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Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area in the West Bottoms, looking southwest from near the top of the 12th Street Viaduct; shows stockyards, Livestock Exchange building, Kansas River, etc.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area, looking north of bridges spanning Kansas River and the stockyards.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view looking north of the American Royal building and stockyards after floodwaters have receded.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of Kansas City stockyards and railroad lines showing damage from the 1951 flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Turkey Creek Flood Scene
Description: Photograph of Turkey Creek in the West Bottoms. Debris from an unknown flood can be seen . The American Royal Exposition Building and sheep barn can be seen in the background. The image was taken from an area west of Brook Street at about 23rd street and faces northwest.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1908 Flood, Morris Packing Plant
Description: Postcard of the Morris Packing Plant in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1908 flood.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 1951 Flood, Stockyards, Kansas City
Description: Flooded cattle pens at the Kansas City stockyards during the 1951 flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City after 1951 Flood
Description: View of damage in the Kansas City Stockyards in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City after 1951 Flood
Description: View of Kansas City Stockyards showing damage from the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Taming the Outlaw Missouri River
Description: History, description, large map, and several photos of the Missouri River basin and its modifications for human purposes, including "dam, lake, levee, powerhouse, steamer channel, and irrigation ditch," also with photos of the Kansas City Stockyards.
Date: 1945-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City
Description: Overhead view of the Kansas City Stockyards (empty of livestock), showing water and mud damage from the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flooded Areas
Description: Aerial view of railroad yards, Kansas City stockyards, and West Bottoms buildings in the aftermath of the 1951 flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View of Part of Packing House District, Kansas City, Kansas.
Description: Postcard showing the Kansas City, Kansas, portion of the Stockyards District in the West Bottoms. The Morris & Company packing plant can be seen in the background.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Biography of Jay B. Dillingham (1910-2007), Businessman
Date: 2009
Object Type: Biography

Title: Taming the Outlaw Missouri River
Description: Photos, map, and article about issues of controlling the channel of the Missouri River, including its course between Kansas City and Saint Louis, etc., with photos of "Kansas City's mammoth grain elevators," long freight trains, "giant Stockyards," and river barges. Discussion of the river's history of moving its channel and flooding numerous towns and cities, including Kansas City in 1903, etc.
Date: 1945-11
Object Type: Magazine Article