Flood 1953. Return of population after evacuation. Now that the dike at Rilland-Bath was closed Tuesday morning by sinking a ship in the dike hole, some of the residents returned to their old homes on Thursday. The water here has been two meters high for four weeks, great havoc was wreaked, but despite this the fruit trees are blooming. The farmer's wife still has her hands full trying to put everything back in order, April 23, 1953, population, costumes, floods, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to remember, documentary, historic photography 1945-1990, visual stories, human history of the Twentieth Century, capturing moments in time
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