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People viewing flood damage during the Vanport flood
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- 1948-05-30 (Creation)
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photograph; photographic prints; 4.5x2.75 in
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A photograph of several unidentified people climbing through debris left by the Vanport flood. In the distance, people are visible standing on the roofs of flooded apartment buildings lifted from their foundations by the water. Vanport City, once the second largest city in Oregon, was destroyed by a flood on May 30, 1948 when water breached a nearby section of the dike along the Columbia River. This photograph was part of a series of selected snapshots of "Vanport City, Ore. Destroyed by the Mighty Columbia River," sold as a set after the flood.
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No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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Vanport flood photographs collection, 1948; Org. Lot 131