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Wisconsin River Flood

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: Wisconsin River in flood, looking downstream.
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Flooded Railroad Tracks

Date: 04 22 1965
Description: A panoramic view of the Mississippi River flooding during the spring, showing the dykes built along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks at Sec...
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Railroad Tracks Flooding

Date: 04 21 1965
Description: View down flooded railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad by the Mississippi River. There are houses on the left, and in the backgroun...
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Wisconsin River Flood

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: View of a wooded area affected by a Wisconsin River flood.
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Flooding of the Wisconsin River

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: View through trees and over water of a small house in a wooded area surrounded by water due to the flooding of the Wisconsin River.
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Flooded Farm Field

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: Landscape view of a flooded field at sunrise.
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Grove of Trees

Date: 05 10 1960
Description: Grove of trees in a flooded area from a late snow melt.
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Flooded Woods

Date: 04 17 1965
Description: View of flooded woods along Highway 14.
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Flooded Woods near Wisconsin River

Date: 04 17 1965
Description: Flooded woods near the Wisconsin River. A sign for "The Dutch Kitchen" at Hotel Meyers is nailed to one of the trees.
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Flooded Wisconsin River Bottomlands

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: View of a grove of trees and their reflections in the flooded Wisconsin River bottomlands.
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Wisconsin River Flood

Date: 04 18 1965
Description: A flooded woods near the Wisconsin River. A small bridge and a submerged road are in the background.
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Betsy Flood Victims

Date: 09 10 1965
Description: A New Orleans group hold signs as they rally at Mercy Seat Baptist Church for compensation for lives lost and 25,000 homes ruined during a flood. Reverend ...
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Flooded Land

Date: 04 03 1965
Description: From back of Pairing, "Flooded land partly covered by ice at Knapp's Creek (at junction with the Wisconsin River near Boscobel), Wis. View looking toward t...
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Wisconsin River Overflow

Date: 04 17 1965
Description: Wisconsin River overflowing into wooded areas near Highway 14 bridge.
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Washout Through Cornfield

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: Big washout through cornfield after heavy rain. In the background is a field with crops leading up to a low hill crowned with trees.
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Ham Operators Direct Disaster Exercise

Date: 10 01 1964
Description: The American Radio Relay League sponsors a communications and rescue drill based on a simulated flood near Verona. 30 workers and 35 mobile communications ...
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Madison Civic Opera Presents "Falstaff

Date: 02 06 1965
Description: Jerry Hjert, director and John Custer, technical director of the Madison Theater Guild, foreground, survey the ruins of the Madison Civic Opera's scenery a...
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Spring Flooding

Date: 04 1965
Description: A man and another person are in a rowboat in the flooded waters under the entrance to the covered bridge in Stonefield Village, which is a Wisconsin Histor...

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