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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

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

Exterior Saginaw City Hall

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Ivy covered exterior of Saginaw City Hall, 1315 s. Washington Avenue, Saginaw, Mich.

Date Published
1938
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

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

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

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

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
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

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