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An aerial view shows the flooding when looking north from the top of the Halliday Hotel in Cairo.

An interior view of Gulf Warehouse shows where Works Progress Administration workmen slept in Cairo.

A close up view shows the interior of the sand boil at 40th Street in Cairo.

A view of the beginning of three sand boils at Future City, 1 mile north of Cairo. On verso: "Not large enough to work."

Works Progress Administration men work on the bulkhead between 4th Street and 6th Street on the Ohio levee in Cairo.

Several men stand next to a pile of sand bags at the sand boil at 40th Street in Cairo.

Works Progress Administration men work on the bulkhead at the foot of 4th Street in Cairo.

W. C. Sargent, local Superintendent of Gulf Warehouse, sits outside of the warehouse in Cairo.

An automobile sits inside the gates of the Gulf Warehouse as the camera looks south in Cairo.

Several men work at the Works Progress Administration Time Office located inside Marine Hospital in Cairo.

Joe Kirch listens on the telephone in the Works Progress Administration Main Office located inside Marine Hospital in Cairo.

Joe Kirch (center) and two other men work at the Works Progress Administration Main Office located inside Marine Hospital in Cairo.

A pile of lumber floats in the floodwaters in Mound City, Pulaski County, at Route 37 looking northeast.

A street view shows flooding from Route 37 looking north in Mound City.

A street view shows flooding in the southwest section of Mound City.

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets of Mound City as the camera looks south.

A view of flooding shows submerged homes in the southeast section of Mound City.

A street view shows flooding in Mound City looking north.

Floodwaters reach the roof lines of several homes in the north section of Mound City.

A rabbit seeks refuge on the roof of a flooded home in Mound City.

Flooding submerges several buildings in the southeast section of Mound City.

Floodwaters reach the roof line of a farm home located between Mound City and Mounds.

A street view shows flooding looking north on Route 51 from the outskirts of Mounds.

A street view shows the flooding on Main Street in Mound City looking south on Route 37.

A street view shows flooding looking north on Main Street in Mound City.