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House destroyed by the flood at Zanesville.
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Flooding at Valley Park near St. Louis.
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Flood scene in Covington showing how stranded people received provisions fromsmall boats.
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Flooded residential section. Probably Dayton.
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Bridge piers remain in the river where the bridge was washed away at Zanesville.
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The Columbus fire department helped save many stranded people.
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A double exposure which makes it difficult to ascertain the veracity of thisphoto.
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An artist's rendition of the suffering caused by the flooding.
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An artist's rendition of the overturning of a relief boat attempting to savepeople from flooding along the Miami River.
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Unidentified bodies in the morgue at Dayton after the flood.
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Cover of The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915. This book is a photo essay of flood problems on the Mississippi and the necessity tobuild adequate levees. In some respects it is a social essay as well.Library Call No. TC 425 .M6
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Frontispiece to The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox. Thisimage is typical of the suffering caused by the floods of 1915 where poor tenant farmers were displaced and survived after being stranded along the levees orother high ground.
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President Woodrow Wilson commenting on the flooding on the Mississippi and thenecessity to build levees. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915. Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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Republican Presidential Candidate (1912) William Howard Taft endorsing buildinglevees on the Mississippi River. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, byJohn A. Fox, 1915. Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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Progressive Party Presidential Candidate (1912) Theodore Roosevelt endorsingbuilding levees on the Mississippi River. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915.Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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The drainage basin of the Mississippi River. Area 1,240,050 square miles. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915.Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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Map showing the alluvial delta of the Mississippi River damaged by floods. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915.Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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Levee building along the Mississippi River. The levees are not completed. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915.Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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Clearing land. We ask for protection, not reclamation. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915.Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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Reclamation. Reclamation follows protection. In: The Mississippi River Flood Problem, by John A. Fox, 1915.Library Call No. TC 425 .M62 F69
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