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1951 Flood
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Floods
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West Bottoms
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1951
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Women Supplying Men with Food and Drink
1951
Unidentified female Army workers supplying food and drink to uniformed men during 1951 flood.
2.
Women Sorting Clothing
1951
Interior view of unidentified women and children sorting through boxes of clothing during 1951 flood.
3.
Women Providing Food and Drink to Man
1951
Unidentified female Army workers supplying food and drink to unidentified man in bulldozer during 1951 flood.
4.
Women Making Sandwiches
1951
Unidentified female Army workers and other women making sandwiches during 1951 flood.
5.
Women Feeding Uniformed Men
1951
Unidentified female Army workers supplying food and drink to uniformed men during 1951 flood.
6.
Woman Supplying Food to Men
1951
Unidentified female Army worker supplying food and drink to uniformed men during 1951 flood, outside Naval Reserve Training Center.
7.
Woman Standing in Flooded Area
1951
View of unidentified woman standing in front of a house seriously damaged by the 1951 Flood; exact location unknown.
8.
Woman Serving Food to Men
1951
Unidentified female Army worker serving food and drink to men during 1951 flood, along the 1600 block of Genesee.
9.
Why Kansas City Changed Its Water-Works Plan
October//1955
Article about the impact of the 1951 flood and other reasons for expansion and improvements in the water treatment operations by the Water Department, with photos.
10.
West Bottoms during 1951 Flood
1951
Aerial view of a flooded area in the West Bottoms after the 1951 Flood. Shows Sunshine Biscuits Building, Rudy-Patrick Seeds-Feeds, Weber Paper Company, Couch Tractor & Equipment Co., and the Kansas City...
11.
West Bottoms during 1951 Flood
1951
View of four unidentified individuals surveying 1951 Flood damage in the West Bottoms.
12.
West Bottoms after 1951 Flood
1951
View of West Bottoms in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood; shows part of Armour Company facilities, an overturned boxcar, several damaged automobiles, and much mud.
13.
West Bottoms after 1951 Flood
1951
View of pigs displaced by the 1951 Flood walking through a damaged area in the West Bottoms.
14.
West Bottoms after 1951 Flood
1951
View of recovery workers in a West Bottoms area damaged by the 1951 Flood; shows a number of Union Pacific and Rock Island Railroad vehicles.
15.
Water Resources Development by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Missouri
1965
Description of the flood control projects in the Kansas City area, especially concerning the West Bottoms area after the 1951 flood.
16.
Turkey Creek Pumping Station
1951
View of debris from the 1951 Flood outside the Turkey Creek Pumping Station.
17.
Traffic Moves Again over Fairfax Span
May/27/1952
Photo and caption of the newly reopened Fairfax Bridge and highway crossing it, following the recovery from the 1951 flood of the area.
18.
The Wild Missouri: The Great River Is a Moody, Violent Source of Despair--and Hope
March//1950
Extensive article about the history of flood control efforts on the Missouri River and its huge drainage basin, an area "one sixth of [the] total area of [the] continental U. S.," with maps, illustrations,...
19.
The Last Train Out: The Kansas City Flood of 1951
June 2001
File containing photos and an article about the 1951 flood in Kansas City with description of the author's "last train out" of Union Station during the flood's high waters.
20.
The Great 1951 Flood: Tales of the 1951 Flood
1995
Booklet of personal reminiscences (with a few cartoon illustrations) about the 1951 flood in Kansas City, Kansas, especially in the West Bottoms (at the mouth of the Kansas River or Kaw River).
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