Bundles of lumber in subsiding flood waters in the West Bottoms
Bundles of lumber in subsiding flood waters in the West Bottoms.
City workers and police working in street after water subsides
City workers and police working in street after water subsides.
Collapsed wall of building and subsiding flood water in West Bottoms
Collapsed wall of building and subsiding flood water in West Bottoms.
Damaged streets and buildings
Damaged streets and buildings from the 1951 flood.
Dead livestock in the aftermath of the 1951 floods
Dead livestock in the aftermath of the 1951 floods.
Debris and dead livestock strewn street
Debris and dead livestock strewn street.
Fire fighters with hoses and fire trucks training hoses on flooded buildings
Fire fighters with hoses and fire trucks training hoses on flooded buildings.
Firefighters waist deep in flood water using firehose to battle fire
Firefighters waist deep in flood water using firehose to battle fire.
Firemen waist deep in water
Firemen waist deep in water battling a oil tank fire in the West Bottoms.
Flooded Buildings on Fire
Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.
Flooded Buildings on Fire
Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.
Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms
Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.
Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood
Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.
Flooded gas station
Flooded gas station and dead livestock in the aftermath of 1951 flood.
Flooded West Bottoms with just the tops of train cars showing above water
Flooded West Bottoms with just the tops of train cars showing above water.
Kaw River Flood
Kaw river flood, water flowing over Missouri river flood wall.
Lot of cars recovered from flood waters
Lot of cars recovered from flood waters.
Overturned train car in aftermath of 1951 flood
Overturned train car in aftermath of 1951 flood.
Part of Central Industrial Dist. flooded
Aerial shot of the conjunction of the Kaw and Missouri rivers showing the flooded West Bottoms.
Piles of lumber and fires in the aftermath of the 1951 flood
Piles of lumber and fires in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.
Police directing traffic on expressway
Police directing traffic on expressway in Kansas Cities West Bottoms. Low flying airplane over the road.
Police Officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood
Police officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood.
Police Officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood
Police officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood.