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Esacping the Vanport Flood. 1948

Y-480530-04. “Last flood victims, some of them swimming, make their way out of swirling waters as current begins to speed up. A short time later the current became so strong it swept piles of wrecked houses into a jumbled heap at this point, near the North Denver Avenue underpass.” May 30, 1948.

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Filename: Y-480530-04.tif
Copyright: HistoricPhotoArchive.net
Image Size: 11859x9042 / 204.6MB; 1948 4x5" original negative N Portland Oregon Portland Black History Portland Oregon Vanport Flood disaster escape
Contained in galleries: All Photographs, Vanport

Y-480530-04. “Last flood victims, some of them swimming, make their way out of swirling waters as current begins to speed up. A short time later the current became so strong it swept piles of wrecked houses into a jumbled heap at this point, near the North Denver Avenue underpass.” May 30, 1948.