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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: 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: Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908
Description: Photo and bio of William Knepp, a railroad and electrical industry executive and co-organizer of the Intercity Viaduct. Description of his life and career, born in Pennsylvania in 1858 and coming to Kansas City in 1879. "[E]ngaged in the grain commission business until 1902" and after the 1903 flood "engaged in promoting Inter-Urban Electric Railways and power plants," as well as becomng "secretary of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Excelsior Springs Railway Company" and "the Mid-Continent Refrigerating Company" of Kansas City, with residence at 100 East 34th Street.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Electric Park (2nd)
Description: Postcard view of the second Electric Park.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 1]
Description: Volume one of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 3]
Description: Volume three of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 2]
Description: Volume two of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Manual High School Yearbook - The Nautilus
Description: Yearbook for the 1908 class of Manual High School.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Yearbook