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The view of flooding looking north shows the Shawneetown Public School Building surrounded by water.

Flood waters at the J. H. Curry Lumber Company Building reach to the top of the first floor. On verso: "This building originally faced north."

A view of flooding in the central part of Shawneetown shows several submerged buildings with the courthouse in the background, looking southwest.

The view of flooding looking southwest from Main Street shows the general condition of Shawneetown buildings.

The view of flooding looking north on Main Street from the intersection with Route 13 in Shawneetown shows a person in a boat in the middle of the flooded street.

The oldest bank building in the State of Illinois, located in Shawneetown, is still intact after the flood.

A view of the flooding at Bedford-Nugent Sand and Gravel Company looking west from the Ohio levee shows damaged equipment and buildings.

The lumber from two lumber yards lifted by floodwaters sits on the south levee looking southwest in Shawneetown.

The lumber from two lumber yards lifted by floodwaters sits on the south levee looking southwest in Shawneetown.

A damaged home in the south section of Shawneetown, looking southwest, shows the condition of all the homes in the area.

The view of National Bank Building looking west from Main Street in Shawneetown shows high floodwaters surrounding the building.

The view of flooding looking west from Main Street on Route 13 near Shawneetown shows several small buildings turned on their sides in the center of the intersection.

A man in a boat travels the flooded streets as the camera focuses west on Route 13 from the suburbs of Shawneetown.

One of the many houses submerged in floodwaters in the west suburbs of Shawneetown along Route 13. On verso: "Dead hog lodged in tree."

Works Progress Administration men work to remove floodwater from the well of S. D. Hill in New Haven.

Works Progress Administration men pump floodwater out of the well of S. D. Hill in New Haven.

Works Progress Administration men clean the well at the home of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men replace a sanitary toilet after the flood on the property of George Walton in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men fill in the old toilet on the Walsh Heath property in Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men replace the toilet of Walsh Heath in the village of Ridgway.

Works Progress Administration men pump floodwater out of a well on the farm of Clint Beagel, 1 and 1/2 miles west of Equality.

Works Progress Administration men clean out a well on the farm of Clint Beagle, 1 and 1/2 miles west of Equality in Gallatin County.

The view of the south levee shows where Works Progress Administration men cut and re-filled a gap used to drain flood water from Mounds.

A vacant lot containing several of the toilets removed from Mound City streets.

Works Progress Administration men clean the sidewalk on North Main Street in Mound City.