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1993 Flood
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Description
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File contains information pertaining to the 1993 Missouri River flood.
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Vertical File
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1903 Kansas City Flood
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Description
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The 1903 flood occurred on May 30-31 and June 1, 1903.
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Vertical File
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Worth County, Missouri
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Description
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File contains photos, map, and article about Worth County, Missouri, "the smallest county in the state" in the northwest part of the state. Description of its pioneering flood control measures on "[i]ts Platte river tributaries watershed."
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Vertical File
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Floods
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Description
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File contains clippings about floods not found in a specific file, i.e. 1993 Flood.
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Vertical File
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Blue River and Flooding
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Report of relief activities by the Red Cross during the flood of the Blue River in December 1928 to January 1929.
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Vertical File
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Root & Siemens Architectural Firm
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File contains photos, illustrations, and information on the Root & Siemens architectural firm of Kansas City including its partners Walter Root and George Siemens (ca. 1864-1951). Siemens, a native of Jefferson City, Missouri, came to Kansas City as an architect of local residences (residing himself at 3729 Baltimore Avenue). Walter Clarke Root, or Walter Root (1859-1925) was a native of Atlanta, raised in New York City, and came to Kansas City in 1886 as an architect for the firm of Burnham & Root in Chicago. Root witnessed and wrote about the 1903 flood. File has information about several buildings designed by the firm: the Scarritt Building (at 9th and Grand Avenues in 1907), the Westport Methodist Episcopal Church (at 40th and Washington Streets), and the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company building (at 11th and Main Streets in 1914).
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Vertical File
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Kansas River
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Description
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File containing material pertaining to the Kansas River as it relates to Kansas City.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
