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Title: 1993 Flood
Description: File contains information pertaining to the 1993 Missouri River flood.
Object Type: Vertical File

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: 1908 Flood, 1st Street and Kansas Avenue
Description: Postcard of the 1908 Flood showing 1st Street and Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Misery on the Missouri
Description: Article about the frequent recent flooding of the Missouri River with a table showing the chronology of its 10 floods in the 10 years from 1943 to 1952 and resulting damages. Related information on the proposed Missouri Valley Authority and Pick-Sloan Plan and President Harry Truman's opposition to them, etc.
Date: 1952-04-28
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: National Affairs: Spring Flood Waters Roll On; Controls Stymied by Bickering
Description: Article about "the worst flood since 1844" in the Missouri River valley, with description of flood control measures led by the Army Corps of Engineers, from Sioux City, Nebraska, to Saint Louis, Missouri, with photos.
Date: 1952-04-28
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Flood Heads This Way
Description: Residents of Parkville, Missouri, piled up sandbags in preparation of flood waters that could surpass the records set in the 1993 flood. Includes a sidebar "Flood Forecast" which has a map and figures of water stages and the forecast for 2011 plus record crest and year for nine cities along the Missouri River.
Date: 2011-06-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Flooded River Areas
Description: Aerial view of flooded areas in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flooded River Area
Description: Aerial view of barges and flooding surrounding the Midwest Terminal Warehouse Co., #3 Building during the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Market Area and Kansas City Skyline
Description: View across the Missouri River of the City Market area from the north side of the ASB Bridge during high waters from the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 20 Years Later, We Dread the Next Flood
Description: Article focuses upon remembrance of the flood that impacted the Kansas City area during the summer of 1993. Business and property owners in the affected areas are interviewed and discuss both their recollections and fear of future floods. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and other river management agencies are interviewed and discuss past projects aimed at improving flood control in the area and risk factors that may lead to similar flood disasters.
Date: 2013-06-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Flooded Area
Description: Aerial view of the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood; shows Municipal Airport and Swift packing facilities.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: ASB Bridge and City Market Area
Description: View facing south along the side of the ASB Bridge; shows Missouri River, City Market area and part of the Downtown skyline in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Floods in the Missouri River
Description: Article about the history of floods on the lower Missouri River (written by a steamboat pilot on the river) and its tributaries, with descriptions of the effects on the Kansas City area during several specific floods such as the 1724 flood (at Sainte Genevieve), the 1785 flood (at Saint Louis), the 1826 flood, the 1844 flood, the 1903 flood, and the 1908 flood.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bottoms Flooded By Missouri River
Description: View north from the Great Western Bridge in the bottoms of Kansas City, Kansas being flooded by the Missouri River.
Date: 1915-07-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Some Public Health Implications of the Missouri Valley Development Program
Description: Article about public health implications of the Missouri Valley Development Program in 1950, including possible contamination of the water supply due to potential flooding from the lower Missouri River (including the Kansas City area), "heavily polluted with the domestic and industrial wastes from the metropolitan areas above this portion of this basin."
Date: 1950-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: That Damned Missouri River
Description: Photos, map, and extensive article about the Missouri River and its history of navigation and surrounding settlements. Depiction of Kansas City area scenes including Downtown and the Country Club Plaza, Hallmark Cards, pollution at the mouth of the Kansas River, chemical testing at the Kansas City waterworks, and Thomas Hart Benton.
Date: 1971-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

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