Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - box set of slides
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Various views of the Kansas City 1951 Flood Disaster.
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1951
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Natural disasters
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - cover
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Kansas City 1951 Flood Disaster, box cover showing partially submerged bridges.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 1
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Northern shore of the Missouri river looking south a the skyline of Kansas City.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 10
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Aerial photo looking east of the West Bottoms overcome with floodwaters.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 11
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Floodwaters overtaking a flood wall in the west bottoms.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 12
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Aerial photo looking east of the West Bottoms overcome with floodwaters. Quality Hill can be seen in the background.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 13
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View looking east from the Kansas side of the Kaw River of various flooded buildings in Armourdale.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 14
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Aerial view of various flooded buildings.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 15
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Railroad bridge being overtaken by flood waters.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 16
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Freight and tanker trains with the flood waters nearly over their roofs.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 17
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Hog standing on the roof of a freight train surrounded by floodwaters.
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1951
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.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 19
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Man inspects a car that is covered by wood and debris.
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1951
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.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 20
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Bulldozer pushing mud that was deposited in flood.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 4
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Various flooded buildings and industrial tanks.
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1951
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.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 6
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Clouds of billowing dark smoke from burning flooded buildings.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 7
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Various flooded industrial buildings.
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1951
Kansas City 1951 flood disaster - no. 8
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Various people standing on a bridge that is almost covered by flood waters
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1951
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.
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1951