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Aerial view of Fairfax District in Kansas City, Ks. Looking southeast

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Aerial view of Fairfax District in Kansas City, Kansas looking southeast. Mouth of Kansas River on right; Missouri River at left; Central Industrial...

Date Published
July-14-1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Aerial view of the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers

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Aerial view of the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers from the Kansas side showing the Municipal Wharf, the West Bottoms, and downtown...

Date Published
April-23-1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

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

CBD looking West - 29th floor City Hall

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Cityscape of Kansas City from City Hall looking NorthWest from the 29th floor.

Date Published
1942
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

Corps of Engineers Dredge boat Meriweather Lewis

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View east along right bank of the Missouri River in Central Industrial District showing Corps of Engineers dredge boat Meriweather Lewis dredging...

Date Published
August-08-1951
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

Flood wall, Central Industrial District, MO

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Photo of flood wall looking west from shoreline of the Missouri River of the West Bottoms, buildings and smokestacks of the Central Industrial...

Date Published
December-17-1946
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
Member of
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

Floodwaters from the Kansas River flowing over the top of the flood wall into the Missouri River

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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...

Date Published
July-14-1951
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

McConahay Building

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McConahay Building at 1121-1131 East 31st Street in Kansas City, a two-story Tapestry Brick building with a restaurant on the corner, a dry cleaners...

Date Published
1922
1930
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Midwest Terminal Warehouse Number 3, Riverward portion of levee

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View east of north side of Midwest Terminal Warehouse Number 3, Riverward portion of levee.

Date Published
October-12-1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Missouri River - Central Industrial District

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View downstream showing levee and flood wall below Kansas City Municipal Wharf, Missouri River - Central Industrial District, MO.

Date Published
April-27-1953
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Old City Hall - Ft. Worth, Texas - 1959

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"WPA" Moderne style building, Fort Worth City Hall, 1000 Throckmorton St.

Date Published
1959
1966
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

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  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (40)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (42)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (42)
  • Views (30)
  • Aerial photographs (2)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • (-) Black & white photographs (42)
  • (-) Cityscapes (42)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (38)
  • 1941-1950 (2)
  • 1911-1920 (1)
  • 1921-1930 (1)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • Floods (32)
  • Rivers (8)
  • Buildings (6)
  • Fires (5)
  • Flood damage prevention (4)
  • Levees (3)
  • Streets (3)
  • Fire fighters (2)
  • Skyscrapers (2)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • City halls (1)
  • Dredging (1)
  • Express highways (1)
  • Livestock (1)
  • Motion picture studios (1)
  • Public buildings (1)
  • Railroads (1)
  • Railroad trains (1)
  • Street photography (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (37)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (31)
  • Fort Worth (Tex.) (3)
  • Germany (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (28)
  • 1951-07-14 (2)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1914 (1)
  • 1919 (1)
  • 1922 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1946-12-17 (1)
  • 1951-04-23 (1)
  • 1951-06 (1)
  • 1951-08-08 (1)
  • 1951-10-12 (1)
  • 1953-04-27 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1966 (1)

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