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A picture of Mt St Helens before the 1980 eruption

After the eruption, stripped trees and green trees

Image and caption from Richard Rowe interview conducted by Clark Douglas Halker: Richard Rich Rowe, business agent for Iron Workers Union (IWU) Local #63 and unofficial iron worker historian, at IWU Local #63 Headquarters in Broadview, IL.

Washington Governor Dixi Lee Ray invited President Jimmy Carter, US Senator Warren Magnuson and others to view the destruction.

Flowers growing after the eruption.

A new fern growing out of the ash

Along the Toutle River

Results of the lateral blast stripped trees.

A collage of pictures showing volcanic ash clean up.

"New York, New York. Chinese-American girl playing hopscotch with American friends outside her home in Flatbush." August 1942.