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                <text>The September 1938 hurricane and resulting flood and the 300th Anniversary of the founding of Chicopee.&#13;
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                <text>This is a collection of three scrapbooks created by Tadesuz S. Chmura, Chicopee resident and City Employee for the Water Department in 1938. Two scrapbooks are related to the 1938 flood and contain newspaper clippings and snapshots taken by Chmura while working for the water department. The third scrapbook is a record of the 300th anniversary parade and weekend of events held on July 3-4, 1938. It is made up of snapshots by Chmura and newspaper clippings from the local newspapers. &#13;
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                <text>The Chmura Family.</text>
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                <text>Digital content made available in the Chicopee Archives Online is intended for personal research and educational purposes; commercial use or distribution of this content is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.&#13;
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The Chicopee Public Library holds copyright to select content in the Chicopee Archives Online. Copyright to other content may be held by authors or their heirs, or may be in the public domain.&#13;
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Requests to reproduce, distribute, or publish content in the Chicopee Archives Online should be sent to cpl@chicopeepubliclibrary.org.</text>
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                <text>Tadesuz S. Chmura</text>
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              <text>One of two scrapbooks by Tadesuz Chmura that show the devastation of the September 21, 1938 Hurricane and Flood in Chicopee. Chmura was a water department employee for Chicopee and many of the snapshots give a unique perspective of the destruction and reconstruction of the bridges and dams through the following year.</text>
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              <text>The Chmura Family</text>
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