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Bundles of lumber in subsiding flood waters in the West Bottoms

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Bundles of lumber in subsiding flood waters in the West Bottoms.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

City workers and police working in street after water subsides

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City workers and police working in street after water subsides.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Collapsed wall of building and subsiding flood water in West Bottoms

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Collapsed wall of building and subsiding flood water in West Bottoms.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Damaged streets and buildings

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Damaged streets and buildings from the 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Dead livestock in the aftermath of the 1951 floods

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Dead livestock in the aftermath of the 1951 floods.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Debris and dead livestock strewn street

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Debris and dead livestock strewn street.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Fire fighters with hoses and fire trucks training hoses on flooded buildings

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Fire fighters with hoses and fire trucks training hoses on flooded buildings.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Firefighters waist deep in flood water using firehose to battle fire

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Firefighters waist deep in flood water using firehose to battle fire.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded Buildings on Fire

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Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded Buildings on Fire

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Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms

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Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
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L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood

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Flooded buildings on fire in the West Bottoms, 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded gas station

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Flooded gas station and dead livestock in the aftermath of 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded West Bottoms with just the tops of train cars showing above water

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Flooded West Bottoms with just the tops of train cars showing above water.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Lot of cars recovered from flood waters

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Lot of cars recovered from flood waters.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Overturned train car in aftermath of 1951 flood

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Overturned train car in aftermath of 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Partially submerged train engines

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Partially submerged train engines.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Piles of lumber and fires in the aftermath of the 1951 flood

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Piles of lumber and fires in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Plume of smoke and fire

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Plume of smoke and fire.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Police directing traffic on expressway

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Police directing traffic on expressway in Kansas Cities West Bottoms. Low flying airplane over the road.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Police Officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood

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Police officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Police Officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood

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Police officer standing on street while workers clear it of flood damage, 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Stockyards in the aftermath of the 1951 flood

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Stockyards in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Street scene of flood damage

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Street view of flood damage from the 1951 flood.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Toppled train cars and other damage in the aftermath of the 1951 floods

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Toppled train cars and other damage in the aftermath of the 1951 floods

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

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Genres

  • Black & white photographs (28)
  • Gelatin silver prints (28)
  • Views (28)
  • (-) Cityscapes (28)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (28)

Subjects

  • Floods (28)
  • Fires (5)
  • Fire fighters (2)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Livestock (1)
  • Railroad trains (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Streets (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (28)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (28)

Date Published

  • (-) 1951 (28)

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