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Title
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Flood Disaster: Kansas City--1951
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Description
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Photo of Riverside grocery and liquor stores half-submerged under flood water at "stage 32.4 feet."
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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High & Rising
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Description
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Book is filled with photographs, personal reminiscences, and information concerning the 1951 flood. It includes a section called "A Long History of Flooding" which tells of other floods in the area (pp. 132-133).
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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High & Rising: The 1951 Kansas City Flood
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Description
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Book about the 1951 flood in Kansas City with numerous photos and descriptions of its causes (heavy rains in Kansas) and results (millions of dollars of damage leaving mud and wreckage), etc.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Leaders in Our Town
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Great 1951 Flood: Tales of the 1951 Flood
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Description
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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).
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Date
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1995
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Object Type
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Book
