Aerial view of Fairfax District in Kansas City, Ks. Looking southeast
Aerial view of Fairfax District in Kansas City, Kansas looking southeast. Mouth of Kansas River on right; Missouri River at left; Central Industrial District, Mo. in upper right; and Kansas City, Mo...
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.
Floodwaters from the Kansas River flowing over the top of the flood wall into the Missouri River
View west along the right bank of the Missouri River showing floodwaters from the Kansas River flowing over the top of the flood wall into the Missouri River. The Inter-city Viaduct is shown crossing...
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides
Various views of the Kansas City 1951 Flood Disaster.
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.
Midwest Terminal Warehouse Number 3, Riverward portion of levee
View east of north side of Midwest Terminal Warehouse Number 3, Riverward portion of levee.
Nurse giving Typhus shots to worker in flood area
Nurse giving Typhus shot to worker in flood area.
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.