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Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view, looking southwest, of West Bottoms showing Union Depot and 9th Street Incline.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view looking northwest of Union Depot and West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view looking north of Union Depot and West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: View looking northwest of Union Depot and West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view looking west of Union Depot and West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: View along Union Avenue in West Bottoms; also shows Union Depot.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: View looking northwest of Union Depot and West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view of Union Depot and West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view, looking west, of West Bottoms showing Union Depot.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view, looking southwest, of West Bottoms showing Union Depot and 9th Street Incline.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Avenue Flood
Description: View looking southwest along a flooded Union Avenue near Union Depot. Horses, carts, and carriages traveling along Union Avenue can be seen. Signs for George Eyssell Drugs, Alpha Floral Company, Old Kentucky Whiskey, Dick Brothers, the Blossom House, and J. C. O'Keefe Wholesale and Retail Liquor are in view. The exterior of Union Depot can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1908 Flood, near Union Depot
Description: Postcard view near Union Depot during the 1908 flood.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 1908 Flood, near Union Depot
Description: Postcard view near Union Depot in the West Bottoms during the 1908 flood.
Date: 1908-06-19
Object Type: Postcard

Title: The Floods in the West
Description: Photo of the flooded railroad and Wholesale District, including Union Depot.
Date: 1903-06-13
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: No Overflow Depot Site
Description: Mention that the flood of 1903 and the devastation to the Union Depot site is good reason to put the new railroad station on higher ground. The North side or 22nd Street location are mentioned.
Date: 1903-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Early History of the Lumber Trade in Kansas City
Description: History of the West Bottoms area from 1880 to just after the 1903 flood, including Union Depot and the various manufacturing concerns and railroads in the area.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Book

Title: Union Depot Profile
Date: 1999

Title: P41 Union Station Construction Photographs Finding Aid
Description: The Union Station Construction Photographs collection consists of 49 photographs of Kansas City’s Union Station and corresponding infrastructure while under construction. The photos are identified, dated between 1910-1911, and offer insight into the scope of work put into the building that would serve as the primary transportation hub of Kansas City into the middle of the 20th century.
Date: 1910/1911
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Kansas City in 1879
Description: Promotional booklet for Kansas City, Missouri. Item includes sections covering the development of the city's business interests, a list of buildings constructed in 1878, its history, its geographic advantages, descriptions of various businesses and public institutions, descriptions of its suburbs, and advertisements.
Date: 1879