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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 4

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Various flooded buildings and industrial tanks.

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

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 5

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Flooded train tracks along the Kaw River on the west side of Union Station.

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

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 6

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Clouds of billowing dark smoke from burning flooded buildings.

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

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 7

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Various flooded industrial buildings.

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

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 8

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Various people standing on a bridge that is almost covered by flood waters

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

Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 9

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Aerial photo looking north northwest of the Downtown Airport showing flooding of Fairfax in background.

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

Kaw River Flood

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

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

Nurse giving Typhus shots to worker in flood area

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Nurse giving Typhus shot to worker in flood area.

Date Published
July-1951
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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
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L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Part of Central Industrial Dist. flooded

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Aerial shot of the conjunction of the Kaw and Missouri rivers showing the flooded West Bottoms.

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

Partially submerged train engines

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Partially submerged train engines.

Date Published
1951
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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
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L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Plume of smoke and fire

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Plume of smoke and fire.

Date Published
1951
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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
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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
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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
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L. Perry Cookingham Collection

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  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (37)
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Types

  • photographs (56)

Genres

  • Cityscapes (51)
  • Black & white photographs (36)
  • Gelatin silver prints (36)
  • Views (32)
  • Film transparencies (21)
  • Gelatin silver transparencies (21)
  • Aerial photographs (13)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • Lithographs (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (57)

Subjects

  • Natural disasters (21)
  • Fires (7)
  • Rivers (4)
  • Fire fighters (3)
  • Automobiles (2)
  • Livestock (2)
  • Railroad trains (2)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Flood damage prevention (1)
  • Levees (1)
  • Public health (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Swine (1)
  • (-) Floods (57)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (57)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (33)

Date Published

  • 1951 (49)
  • 1951-07-14 (5)
  • 1951-06 (1)
  • 1951-07 (1)
  • 1951-10-12 (1)

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