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Title: Flood Scene
Description: Unidentified buildings during the 1903 Flood.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Unidentified men along unidentified street.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Unidentified men in rowboat on Union Avenue near Union Depot in West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Distant view of East Bottoms; also shows Ferd Heim Brewing Company and Electric Park.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Unidentified men in rowboat on Union Avenue near Union Depot in West Bottoms.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: View along front of Union Depot and Union Avenue in West Bottoms.
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: Flood Scene
Description: Missouri River and riverfront area; also shows docked riverboat.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: Missouri River and riverfront area; also shows docked riverboat.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1903 Flood
Description: Story of the anticipation and preparation of the flood and the narrow escape as it struck.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge during 1903 Flood
Description: The Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge over the Kansas River during the 1903 flood. The people in the image are standing at the footing of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, which was washed away during the flood.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge during 1903 Flood
Description: High water at at the Missouri Pacific Railroad bridge over the Kansas River during the 1903 flood.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

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: Blossom House, Union Ave., in the Flood [and] Blossom House in Its Normal State
Description: Photos of the exterior of the hotel, one in the flood and the other not.
Date: 1903-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Historic Spots or Mile-Stones in the Progress of Wyandotte County, Kansas
Description: Part of the book's chapter is on the 1903 flood in the West Bottoms including the Armourdale and Argentine districts, leading to the flood prevention project called the Kaw Valley Drainage District.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Book

Title: History of the Street Railways in Kansas City [Part 3]
Description: Part three in a series of articles by the Railwayan magazine about the history of Kansas City's street railways.
Date: 1923-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: L Road Abandoned on December 29th
Description: History of the trouble-ridden elevated or "L" street railway, from the 1880s to 1923.
Date: 1923-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: How the Bridge Was Saved
Description: Photos and text about the destruction wrought by the 1903 flood on the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Bridge.
Date: 1903-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Walnut Street
Description: Rooftop view looking north along Walnut from 6th. Shows flooded Missouri River.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

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

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