FLOOD SPECIAL! [CONNECTICUT, 1936] Part 2
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On Works Progress Administration (WPA) flood relief activities in Hartford, Connecticut. Flood waters pour over the damaged New Hartford dam. National Guard units patrol city streets. Citizens are rescued in row boats and taken to temporary WPA shelters. Buildings are inspected and WPA trucks distribute bedding. Usable goods are sorted from debris. Inundated cellars are pumped out. WPA units clean debris from streets with picks and shovels.
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Records of the Work Projects Administration
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