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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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Distant view of 6th Street, Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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View along 9th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, showing Abernathy Furniture Company.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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Unidentified street in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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Distant view along James Street in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1903
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1903: The Great Flood
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Description
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Article describes the 1903 Flood in Armourdale, the Kansas River bottoms, and the lower areas of the Argentine district. Author believes the primary cause of the 1903 Flood on the Kansas River was its inability to drain into the Missouri due to the flooded condition of the latter.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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1903 Flood Damage
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Description
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Damage at 4th Street and Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas, after the 1903 flood.
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Date
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1903-06-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1908 Flood, Morris Packing Plant
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Description
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Postcard of the Morris Packing Plant in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1908 flood.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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American Smelting and Refining Company Flood
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Description
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Elevated view looking northeast of the American Smelting and Refining Company facility once located near the intersection of S. 21st Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Argentine (now Kansas City), Kansas, during the 1903 flood.
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Date
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1903
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Terminal Junction
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Description
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Book about the author's upbringing in the Serbian community of Kansas City, Kansas (in the 1940s-1950s) with descriptions of the Greater Kansas City area and its railroads and railroad stations, the 1951 flood, and "the changing American Dream."
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Armstrong Area Lives on at Reunion
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Description
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Article documents planning of a yearly reunion of residents of the former Armstrong neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, to be held August 1-2, 2015. Former residents and descendents of former residents are interviewed and describe the African-American community that was broken up after the flood of 1951 and the expressway construction that followed. A representative from the Wyandotte County Historical Museum states that Armstrong was named after Chief Silas Armstrong of the Wyandot Nation and that it became part of Kansas City, Kansas, in 1886.
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Date
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2015-08-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Postwar Development in Kansas City, Kansas and Johnson County, Kansas
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Description
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Section of chapter provides an overview of the economic history of Kansas City, Kansas and Johnson County, Kansas in the decades after World War II. The author notes that the economy of Kansas City, Kansas was damaged by the 1951 Flood and the evolution of the meat packing industry, but the city's population has managed to rise from 129,553 in 1950 to 146,866 in 2000.
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Date
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1905-06-26
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Demise of Toad-a-Loop
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Description
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Article about the demise of the area of Kansas City, Kansas known as "Toad-a-Loop" or "Tour-de-Loup." Described as "the horseshoe area surrounding Greystone Heights with a portion crossing over into Jackson County, Missouri" and "noted for criminal gang activity for over 25 years" until about 1905.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
