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Map showing high water marks in the city of Montpelier during the 1927 Flood.

Bookplate for the "Johnnycake Trail Collection" given to Vermont libraries by Rhode Island citizens after the 1927 floods.

"Attention Friends of Vermont." Notice from the Massachusetts Library Club requesting donations of books or money to replace the collections of Vermont public libraries destroyed or damaged in the 1927 Flood.

The Montpelier Evening Argus' broadsheet issue containing an account of the 1927 Flood, which details the extent of the damage in Vermont and the actions taken by state government in the aftermath of the disaster, November 15, 1927.

Reprint of Associated Press' account of Governor John E. Weeks' "Vermont Has Come Back" speech, January 22, 1928.

Excerpt from President Calvin Coolidge's "Vermont is a state I love" speech at Bennington, Vermont, on September 21, 1928, at the conclusion of his tour of the state to inspect flood damage.

President Calvin Coolidge inspects flood damage in Burlington. From left to right are an unidentified man (with bow tie), Attorney General John G. Sargent (a Vermont native), Mrs. Sargent, Governor John E. Weeks, Mrs. Weeks, First Lady Grace G.…

President Calvin Coolidge returned to his native state to inspect the flood damage in September 1928. Here he is seen at the back of a train car in Montpelier Junction with Vermont Governor John E. Weeks and their wives.

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and a team of government officials inspect flood damage in Essex, Vermont.

The third branch of the White River as dug a wide channel in East Granville, Vermont, after the 1927 Flood. Railroad tracks are suspended after being undermined by the raging river.

The lawn of the Vermont State House in Montpelier is strewn with lumber and debris on the day after the 1927 flood.

The power of the flood water is demonstrated in Springfield, Vermont, where the Black River is rushing through town towards the Connecticut.