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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of flooded area looking east across the Fairfax Industrial District.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of flooded area looking west across Fairfax District. The Owens-Corning Fiberglass plant is in view.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of flood looking west across the West Bottoms from near the foot of the 12th Street Viaduct. Stockyards in view. Businesses in view include Stowe Hardware and Supply Company, Continental Electric Company, John Deere Plow Company, and Columbian Tanks.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of 1951 flood looking east from near the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas River - shows downtown skyline and flooded West Bottoms area. Intercity Viaduct is on left and the Kansas or Kaw River at the bottom. Eighth Street Tunnel can be seen in distance.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of flooded area looking southeast across the Fairax District. Downtown skyline, Municipal Airport, General Motors assembly plant, and Phillips Refinery in view.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of flooded area looking east across Fairfax District. View includes the Kansas City, Kansas, Water and Light plant and tanks of the Phillips Petroleum Company Refinery.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of 1951 flood looking north across Phillips Petroleum tanks aflame; located on Southwest Boulevard near 31st Street.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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View of debris at 31st and Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the Phillips Petroleum tank fires associated with the 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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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, looking west, of West Bottoms showing Intercity Viaduct with 4th Street Viaduct in foreground.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flood Hits Industry
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Description
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Sugar Creek refinery near Kansas City only source of oil after the flood's damage to other plants.
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Date
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1951-07-26
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Flood Damaged Area
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Description
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Overhead view of Santa Fe street in the West Bottoms showing damage from the 1951 Flood; visible are buildings owned by the Rudy-Patrick Seed Co., Crooks Terminal Warehouse Co., Kansas City Terminal Warehouse Co., Jacobs Warehouse Co., and Central Can Co.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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West Bottoms after 1951 Flood
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Description
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View of pigs displaced by the 1951 Flood walking through a damaged area in the West Bottoms. The photo was taken from the 12th street viaduct looking southwest towards Mulberry street. The buildings pictures are the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad freight house on the left, and on the right the U.S. Supply Company building. In the distance is the Stowe Hardware and Supply Company building.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Correction
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Description
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Correction to the April 26, 1952, article by Richard G. Baumhoff in The Nation magazine, notably the editing mistake about the author's comments on the part of the Missouri River valley affected by the 1951 flood and the governmental needs of the area.
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Date
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1952-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Perspective: Domesticating Big Mo
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Description
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Editorial essay about the need for cooperation of flood control agencies by the federal and local levels of government in order to prevent repeated disasters like the 1951 flood for area cities, buildings, and agriculture.
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Date
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1953-04-16
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Dam the Missouri Floods!
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Description
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Brief article about the proposed engineering project on the Missouri River to be regulated by its own comprehensive federal agency, covering flood control, electrical energy, soil conservation, navigation, and irrigation, with map.
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Date
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1952-04-26
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Wild Missouri: The Great River Is a Moody, Violent Source of Despair--and Hope
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Description
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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, photos. Gives descriptions of disasters from the 1930s droughts and the 1951 flood.
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Date
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1950-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Woman Supplying Food to Men
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Description
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Unidentified female Army worker supplying food and drink to uniformed men during 1951 flood, outside Naval Reserve Training Center.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Men and Women Sorting Clothing
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Description
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Unidentified men and women with Army workers sorting through boxes and clothing during 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Women Feeding Uniformed Men
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Description
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Unidentified female Army workers supplying food and drink to uniformed men during 1951 flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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