Skip to main content

UMKC University Libraries logoUMKC University LibrariesDigital Collections

UMKC University Libraries

UMKC University Libraries

  • Collections
  • About

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Search Results

Search Results

1 - 25 of 49 items

Bundles of lumber in subsiding flood waters in the West Bottoms

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Damaged streets and buildings

Image

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

Image

Dead livestock in the aftermath of the 1951 floods.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Debris and dead livestock strewn street

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded Buildings on Fire

Image

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

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded Buildings on Fire

Image

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

Image

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, 1951 flood

Image

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

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Flooded gas station

Image

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

Image

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

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page ›
  • Last page Last »
  • Clear selected
  • 1951
  • Floods

Member of

  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (29)
  • Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides (20)

Types

  • photographs (48)

Genres

  • Cityscapes (47)
  • Black & white photographs (28)
  • Gelatin silver prints (28)
  • Views (28)
  • Film transparencies (21)
  • Gelatin silver transparencies (21)
  • Aerial photographs (11)
  • Lithographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (49)

Subjects

  • Natural disasters (21)
  • Fires (6)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Fire fighters (2)
  • Livestock (2)
  • Railroad trains (2)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Swine (1)
  • (-) Floods (49)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (49)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (28)

Date Published

  • (-) 1951 (49)

Related Departments

Digital Projects

Digitized and described primary sources from UMKC Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.

LaBudde Special Collections

Print archives and research center serving scholars and organizations from around the world.

Marr Sound Archives

Over 400,000 items with a focus on the American experience as reflected in recorded sound.

University Archives

Records, catalogs, and publications from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

  • Contact Us   |  Terms of Use   |  Acknowledgments   | UMKC Libraries   |  Hosted by University of Missouri Library Systems   |  Copyright ©2025