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Title: Flood Scene
Description: View along 9th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, showing Abernathy Furniture Company.
Date: 1881
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood Damage
Description: Interior view of church identified as the Gospel Tabernacle located at 6th Street and Osage Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Clearly shows damage to the church sanctuary from the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1903: The Great Flood
Description: 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.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 1903 Flood Damage
Description: Damage at 4th Street and Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas, after the 1903 flood.
Date: 1903-06-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951: The Great Flood
Description: Photos and article about the 1951 flood, "the second major flood of Kansas City, Kansas history" and the author's experiences in surviving it.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Great 1951 Flood: Tales of the 1951 Flood
Description: Booklet of personal reminiscences (with a few cartoon illustrations) about the 1951 flood in Kansas City, Kansas, especially in the West Bottoms (at the mouth of the Kansas River or Kaw River).
Date: 1995
Object Type: Book

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: American Smelting and Refining Company Flood
Description: 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.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Leaders in Our Town
Description: Photo and bio of Clark Tucker, mayor of Kansas City, Kansas during the 1951 flood. Born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1897 and serving in World War I before becoming a lawyer, judge, and then mayor in 1947.
Date: 1952
Object Type: Book

Title: Terminal Junction
Description: 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."
Date: 2001
Object Type: Book

Title: Armstrong Area Lives on at Reunion
Description: 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.
Date: 2015-08-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Postwar Development in Kansas City, Kansas and Johnson County, Kansas
Description: 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.
Date: 1905-06-26
Object Type: Book

Title: The Demise of Toad-a-Loop
Description: 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.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Magazine Article

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: Lakes and Chutes, Carnival Park, Kansas City, Kans.
Description: Postcard of the Lakes and Chutes ride at Carnival Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
Object Type: Postcard

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