Mayor Kemp + Lou Holland
William Kemp standing in Council chambers in KC City Hall wearing ceremonial robe and jewels holding a photo standing next to Lou Holland.
Mayor Kemp with robe + jewels
William Kemp standing in Council chambers in KC City Hall wearing ceremonial robe and jewels.
Mid-Cont. Intr. Airport
Aerial view of Mid-Continent International Airport while under construction.
Midwest Terminal Warehouse Number 3, Riverward portion of levee
View east of north side of Midwest Terminal Warehouse Number 3, Riverward portion of levee.
Missouri River - Central Industrial District
View downstream showing levee and flood wall below Kansas City Municipal Wharf, Missouri River - Central Industrial District, MO.
Mrs. Eisenhower - Gen'l Eisenhower - Homecoming
Mamie Eisenhower, General Eisenhower climb stairs to platform constructed at WWI Memorial, L. Perry Cookingham in lower right.
Muse of Missouri 9th + Main Replaced Kay Hotel
Bronze Muse of Missouri statue of woman with fishing net and fish swimming around her legs on the median between north and south bound Main Street north of 9th.
Nurse giving Typhus shots to worker in flood area
Nurse giving Typhus shot to worker in flood area.
Old buildings across from market on 3rd St.
Row of red brick buildings with corrugated metal awnings.
Opening day African Veldt Swope Park
View of African Veldt enclosure with pond at Kansas City Zoo.
Opening new Manchester Viaduct
Sign announcing the dedication of Manchester Trafficway viaduct standing over railroad tracks with a train engine behind.
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.
Paseo Bridge Opening - Sen Morgan
Senator Morgan giving a speech behind a lecture decorated with red, white, and blue buntings at the ceremonies for the Paseo Bridge opening. Other unidentified men sit around him.
Paseo Bridge Opening. Archbishop O'Hara
Group of men standing heads bowed as Archbishop O'Hara stands at lectern decorated with red, white, and blue for the Paseo Bridge opening.
Piles of lumber and fires in the aftermath of the 1951 flood
Piles of lumber and fires in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.
Placeholder from River Club for Lord Mayor of Nottingham
Placecard Lord Mayor, Lord Mayoress of Nottingham with logo of River Club.
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.
Preparing site for Conv. Ctr. 12th - 13th Central - Broadway
Various buildings amid demolition (including the Downtowner Motel) for convention center along west side of Central between 12th and 13th Street as seen from Barney Allis Plaza. Folly Theater can be...
Quality Hill Towers under const
Quality Hill Towers under construction as seen from Jefferson St. south of 10th St. looking north.