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| Record Series: | Scrapbooks and Albums |
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| Collection: | Washington Emergency Relief Administration, Division 2 Works Project Summaries, 1934-1945 |
| County: | Statewide |
| Reference Number: | AR55-1-0-8_p0141 |
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| Subject Start Date: | 1935 |
| Subject End Date: | 1935 |
| Notes: | Image shows a dirt and gravel road lined with sandbags; the road runs alongside a river lined with reeds and shrubs. Buildings and wooded hills are visible in the background. "State of Wash. E. R. A. Dis. #2 / Project # 17-B20-181. / Neg. No. 724 / 2-11-1935 -." -- handwritten in lower left-hand corner on recto. "Emergency flood prevention near Kent / At O'Brien Bridge. High Water / 3 inches above highway" -- handwritten in center bottom on recto. "K.N." -- handwritten on recto in lower right-hand corner. "Flood Control and Repair / (90) River control and flood repair work employed hundreds of unemployed men, and thousands of dollars were expended, bringing marked benefits and relief to property owners in the afflicted districts. Herewith is shown the emergency flood control measures adopted near Kent where the water overflowed the highway." -- on typewritten note attached to verso. |
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Sandbags
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| Genre Terms: | Photographic prints |
| Extent: | 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8.5 x 9.75 in. (7.75 x 9.75 in. after disbinding) |
| Container: | Box 1, 92-A-97 |
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