P-012: Claude Strauser, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District Collection Images

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: James Pierce Butler, Jr. and Leroy Percy; James Pierce Butler, Jr. (fifth from right) and Leroy Percy (3rd from right) during the 1927 Mississippi River flood. Butler was president of the Canal Bank. Leroy Percy was once Senator of Mississippi.

: Kankakee (Steamboat); Steamer Kankakee with passengers during the Great Flood of 1927.

: Launching a Coast Guard Rescue Boat; Men launching a Coast Guard rescue boat into a flooded waterway during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Levee Repair; Levee Repair, Great Flood of 1927.

: McCrea Levee; McCrea Levee, McCrea, Louisiana, during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Melville, Louisiana During 1927 Flood; A flooded street in Melville, Louisiana, during the 1927 Mississippi River flood. Submerged buildings are in the background, while in the foreground cars have been pulled up onto higher ground.

: Melville, Louisiana During 1927 Flood; A Coast Guard boat makes its way down the submerged Main Street of Melville, Louisiana, during the 1927 Mississippi River flood. The Able Hotel, Able's Café, a drugstore, a Pan Am-related business, and two paddlers in canoes are in the background.

: Melville, Louisiana During 1927 Flood; A flooded street in Melville, Louisiana, during the 1927 Great Flood. Submerged buildings, including the Gordon Service Station, are in the background, while in the foreground cars have been pulled up onto higher ground.

: Meramec Basin, Missouri; Meramec Basin, Missouri. Basin Map showing proposed reserviors.

: Mississippi River and Tributaries and The Great Lakes; Mean sea and gulf level, Missississippi River and tributaries of the Great Lakes. Extreme low water is shown. Data compiled under the direction of Major John C. Gatwals, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, District Engineer, St. Louis, Mo., by William Penniman, Engineer, January, 1927.

: Navy Floatplane 25; U.S. Navy floatplane 25 on river. Mississippi River flood of 1927.

: Navy Floatplane 4; U.S. Navy floatplane 4 on river. Mississippi River flood of 1927.

: People and Livestock; People and coralled cattle waterside during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Pig and Chicken Rescue on a Levee; Pig and Chicken Rescue on a Levee, Mississippi River Flood 1927.

: Pile Dike No. 144.I5 R; New Pile Dike No. 144.I5 R, 370 linear feet. Placing shore protection - shore end of dike. Upper Mississppi River, St. Louis, Mo. Engineer District.

: Precipitation in Mississippi Drainage System; Flood of April - May, 1927 in The Lower Mississippi River. Rainfall, March 21 to May 8, inclusive over entire basin, subdivided according to elevation and during selected 10-day periods so that runoff synchronizes approximately with mean flow at Red River Landing. May 9 - 15 inclusive.

: Proposed Locks No. 27; Mississippi River Chain of Rocks Improvement. Proposed Locks No. 27. War Department, Corps of Engineers, Upper Mississippi Valley Division. Conceptual design.

: Red Cross Workers Tending to Mother and Child; Red Cross workers tending to a mother and her child at Indianola, Sunflower County, Mississippi, during the Great Flood of 1927.

: Refugee Line; Flood Refugees in Line for Food at a Bell Tent City, Mississippi River 1927 Flood.

: Refugees and Animals; Refugees and animals on a levee during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Refugees and Animals; Refugees and animals sitting on a levee during the 1927 Mississppi River flood.

: Refugees and Household Goods; Refugees and their household goods rescued by boats during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

: Refugees and Tents; Refugees and tents on a levee during the Great Flood of 1927.

: Refugees, Animals, and Household Goods; Klemwood, Louisiana, Refugees, animals, and household goods on a levee during the 1927 Mississippi River Flood. Coast Guard boat Monmouth Beach in the mid-ground, larger vessel behind it.

: Revetment Work; Revetment work during the 1927 Great Flood.

: Reybold, Eugene; Lt. General Eugene Reybold, Chief of Engineers.

: River Gauges, 1927.; March, April, May, 1927 river gauges. Saint Louis, Cincinnati, Cairo, Little Rock, Vicksburg, Red River Landing, New Orleans., R. F., 1:20,000

: River Rescue Operations; River rescue operations during the 1927 Mississippi River flood.

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