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Works Progress Administration men load debris from the alley between 4th Street and 5th Street in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men throw debris onto a truck from the alley of 4th Street and 5th Street in Mound City.

A view looking west shows Works Progress Administration men cleaning debris from south 5th Street in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men fill and tamp the south levee gap that was cut to drain flood water from Mound City.

A street view shows flood damage in the north section of Mound City looking south.

Works Progress Administration men turn pages in wet books while drying them.

Gilbert Sheerer, Works Progress Administration foreman, looks through his home in Mound City after the flood. On verso: "This was general condition of each room in his home, the house was left in center of street from flood waters."

A man stands outside of a damaged building turned on its side on North Main Street in Mound City.

A view of flood damage looking south on North Main Street shows several homes in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men drain flood water through a gap in the back levee at Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men clean county record books at the Mound City Court House.

A general view looking north shows the gap cut into the south levee at Mounds.

Works Progress Administration men repair a gap on the south levee at Mounds. On verso: "This gap was cut to let flood water out of Mounds."

Two men examine the chlorinating unit set up by the State Board of Public Health at Mound City Water Plant.

A truck takes a load of dead animals from Mound City to the burying grounds.

The four-member sanitary inspection group poses for a photograph in front of a railroad car in Mound City. From right to left: Clarence Klassen, Sanitary Engineer of State Health Department; William Bestge, Works Progress Administration…

Doctor Frank Jirka, Director of the State Division of Public Heath, and members of his team make a general inspection of the sanitary conditions in Mound City. Other inspection team members included I. H. Roth, William Bestge, and Clarence Klasson.

Works Progress Administration men load spoiled meat and groceries in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men load spoiled meat into a truck from the W. E. Parker Store in Mound City.

Works Progress Administration men load condemned fruit and vegetables in Mound City.

A street view looking north of the flood damage on north Main Street in Mound City shows an upended building.

A street view looking north shows a damaged house on north Main Street in Mound City. On verso: "This is one of many houses left in streets by the flood."

Mrs. George W. Gunn, the mayor's wife, comes for drinking water shipped in by rail to Mound City. On verso: "This water is closely guarded day and night."

A street view of flood damage looking north on Main Street in Mound City shows several men outside damaged commercial buildings.

Works Progress Administration men clean a building that was used for construction of sanitary privies in Mound City.