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Works Progress Administration Equipment
Remains of Works Progress Administration sewing machines and equipment stand outside a buildingafter the flood. On verso: "These machines were moved from a one story building into the second floor of another building and was under 5 and 1/2 feet of…
Works Progress Administration Enters Cairo
Works Progress Administration men enter Cairo to work on the levee.
Works Progress Administration Craftsman
A Works Progress Administration craftsman turns table legs on a lathe.
Works Progress Administration at Route 151
Works Progress Administration men fill sand bags at the entrance of the sub-way on Route 151 in Cairo, looking north.
Workers with Cut Tree
Workers stand behind the branches of a recently cut tree during road construction.
Workers in Cairo
Residents walk the muddy streets of Cairo during the 1937 Ohio River Flood.
Workers
Two workers smoking cigars lift a large bag while posing for a photo.
Worker Standing on Suspended Log
A worker stands next to a three-legged piece of equipment while balancing on a log suspended on a wire during road construction.
Worker Placing Logs on Truck Roof
A worker guides a log on top of a City of Fairfield Electric Lines truck.
Worker Facilities #5
An interior view shows the sleeping quarters for workers on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Worker Facilities #4
An interior view shows the workers' dining hall set up for mealtime.
Worker Facilities #3
A contractor's camp labeled "A summer resort" stands on the edge of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Worker Facilities #2
Workers line up outside the camp office to receive their checks on pay day.
Worker Facilities #1
Several construction workers stand in a group around two people "shooting craps" outside an unidentified building.
Work on South Levee Gap
Works Progress Administration men fill and tamp the south levee gap that was cut to drain flood water from Mound City.
Work on Illinois
Students watch two students and a teacher make a drawing of the state of Illinois as part of a classroom lesson on the state.
Woodrow Wilson Addresses the Daughters of the American Revolution
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, speaks to the Twenty-Second Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. On verso: "Scene in…
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, speaks to a crowd from a railroad car at an unknown location.