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The caption on this photo is “Daddy” written by Marilyn (Maynard) Thomas, age 10. A related photo, I will share later indicated, there was a “Flood (March 1940).” Two links will be provided for additional information (see below). These photos with some additional clues would put the Thomas family in Mansfield, PA, 1940 – 1941, living along Lambs Creek. They missed the worst of the flooding…but
https://www.pennlive.com/.../the_flood_of_1940_inundated...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-whsSgqR1zU
It was widely reported that central Pennsylvania was devastated by rising flood waters along the Susquehanna River and connecting tributaries. At least 150,000 people were homeless, some 125,000 were ordered to prepare to evacuate, while 9 were known dead and others feared drowned. The Thomas family was not directly in the path of the harshest hit areas, clearly, they experienced flooding.
This strikes home for me as we went through a flood of our own in Stockton, MN in 2007. The pictures in articles and news stories just don't do it justice. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/08/19/flood