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Bill & Lucy Ross - Stage Mgr.

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Bill Ross in suit and tie and Lucy Ross in black dress with white trimmed bow dancing at unknown location.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Coley Worth

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Coley Worth in dark jacket, striped shirt, and white pants stand in front of backdrop on stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Doyne Bailey's son

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Mrs. Doyne Bailey wearing tan capelet sharing chair with son in office.

Date Published
1951
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Earl MacVeigh +

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Unidentified woman in blue and Earl MacVeigh in suit and tie sit at a table holding drinks.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Gil Lamb

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Unidentified man in suit and tie, unidentified woman in striped dress, and Gil Lamb in suit in tie lean together for a photo while sitting at table.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Hon Thomas J. Gavin Councilman 1st Dist

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Thomas J. Gavin wearing suit and tie, holding glass, and seated in gold upholstered chair in Cookingham's house.

Date Published
1951
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Ike Davis + family

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Ilus Davis in suit and tie seated behind desk in City Council chambers with various formally dressed family members.

Date Published
1951
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Jay Velie

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Jay Velie in 1600's period dress including ruffled shirt and breeches.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Joseph McCauley

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Joseph McCauley in period costume with frilled shirt and spectacles on stage.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Judges Frost + Smith

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Judges Edwin Frost and Earle Smith both in suits and ties sit with plates of food at unknown event.

Date Published
1951
1959
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

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Various views of the Kansas City 1951 Flood Disaster.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 1

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Northern shore of the Missouri river looking south a the skyline of Kansas City.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 10

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Aerial photo looking east of the West Bottoms overcome with floodwaters.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 11

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Floodwaters overtaking a flood wall in the west bottoms.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 12

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Aerial photo looking east of the West Bottoms overcome with floodwaters. Quality Hill can be seen in the background.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 13

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View looking east from the Kansas side of the Kaw River of various flooded buildings in Armourdale.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 14

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Aerial view of various flooded buildings.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 15

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Railroad bridge being overtaken by flood waters.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 16

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Freight and tanker trains with the flood waters nearly over their roofs.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 17

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Hog standing on the roof of a freight train surrounded by floodwaters.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 18

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Train trucks sitting on rails with the cars laying on their sides besides them.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 19

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Man inspects a car that is covered by wood and debris.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 2

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View of Downtown airport from Kansas side of Missouri river. Kansas City Skyline can be seen off in the distance.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 20

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Bulldozer pushing mud that was deposited in flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 3

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Various flooded buildings.

Date Published
1951
Member of
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

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Member of

  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (24)
  • Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides (20)

Types

  • photographs (43)

Genres

  • Color photographs (23)
  • Portrait photographs (23)
  • Stereographs (23)
  • Gelatin silver transparencies (21)
  • Cityscapes (19)
  • Group portraits (19)
  • Aerial photographs (11)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • (-) Film transparencies (44)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (44)
  • 1941-1950 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Floods (21)
  • Natural disasters (21)
  • Actors (9)
  • Theaters (7)
  • Costume (6)
  • Parties (6)
  • Theatrical makeup (6)
  • Special events (4)
  • Beverages (2)
  • Dinners and dining (2)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • City managers (1)
  • Dancers (1)
  • Fires (1)
  • Livestock (1)
  • Municipal government (1)
  • Office parties (1)
  • Railroad trains (1)
  • Secretaries (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Swine (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (21)

Subjects, People

  • Olivette, Nina, -1993 (2)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (1)
  • Davis, Harry S. (Harry Scott), 1897-1980 (1)
  • Davis, Ilus W., 1917-1996 (1)
  • Gavin, Ruth (1)
  • Gavin, Thomas J. (1)
  • Goode, Jack (1)
  • Lamb, Gil, 1904-1995 (1)
  • MacVeigh, Earle (1)
  • McCauley, Joseph (1)
  • Veile, Jay (1)
  • Worth, Coley (1)

Date Published

  • 1959 (12)
  • 1960 (9)
  • (-) 1951 (44)

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