Vanport Flood

Source: 4x5" negative

Photo by Allan deLay (1915-2005)

Photographed as flood waters were rising, within the first hour of the dyke break. Three survivors, including a boy clinging to man, wade through waist-deep water at Entrance Circle in Vanport. He is not related to the man. This photo was widely published and won first place in the Associated Press spot news awards for the year. May 30, 1948.