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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

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

Cookingham and unidentified actress

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L. Perry Cookingham poses for picture with unidentified Starlight actress

Date Published
1950
1959
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

Final day of street cars in K.C.

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L. Perry Cookingham, Harriette W Cookingham, and unidentified persons standing outside streetcar on last day of streetcars

Date Published
June-23-1957
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

Firemen waist deep in water

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Firemen waist deep in water battling a oil tank fire in the West Bottoms.

Date Published
July-14-1951
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
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

Harriette W. Cookingham stands next to L. Perry Cookingham outside Union Station

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Harriette W. Cookingham in black dress, fascinator hat, gloves, and fur scarf stands next to L. Perry Cookingham, who is pointing off into the...

Date Published
1940
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Kaw River Flood

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Kaw river flood, water flowing over Missouri river flood wall.

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

L.P. Cookingham operating street car on county line final day of cars in K.C.

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View from outside as L. Perry Cookingham operates street car on country line on the last day of streetcars.

Date Published
June-23-1957
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Large crowd at Liberty Memorial for Eisenhower homecoming

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Large crowd at Liberty Memorial for Eisenhower homecoming.

Date Published
1945
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Life Magazine Photo

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L. Perry Cookingham in suit stands in front of Kansas City Hall for Life magazine.

Date Published
1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Life Magazine Photo

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L. Perry Cookingham in suit stands in front of Kansas City Hall for Life magazine.

Date Published
1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Life Magazine Photo

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L. Perry Cookingham in suit stands in front of Kansas City Hall for Life magazine.

Date Published
1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

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Types

  • photographs (47)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (44)
  • Gelatin silver prints (44)
  • Views (34)
  • Cityscapes (30)
  • Portrait photographs (12)
  • Group portraits (8)
  • Color photographs (3)
  • Aerial photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (40)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1981-1990 (3)
  • 1931-1940 (1)

Subjects

  • Floods (33)
  • City managers (8)
  • Fires (6)
  • Fire fighters (3)
  • Public relations (3)
  • Special events (3)
  • Zoos (3)
  • Liberty Memorial (Kansas City, Mo.) (2)
  • Street-railroads (2)
  • Actresses (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Armed Forces--Officers (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Buildings (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Livestock (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Public health (1)
  • Railroad trains (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Theater (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • World War (1939-1945) (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (45)
  • (-) Kansas City (Mo.) (47)

Subjects, People

  • Cookingham, L. Perry (Laurie Perry), 1896-1992 (10)
  • Perry, Susan L. (3)
  • Cookingham, Harriette W. (1)
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (28)
  • 1954 (4)
  • 1951-07-14 (3)
  • 1984-02-11 (3)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1957-06-23 (2)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1950 (1)
  • 1951-06 (1)
  • 1951-07 (1)
  • 1959 (1)

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