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Title: Flood Disaster: Kansas City--1951
Description: Photo of Riverside grocery and liquor stores half-submerged under flood water at "stage 32.4 feet."
Date: 1951
Object Type: Book

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area looking east across the Fairfax Industrial District.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area looking west across Fairfax District. The Owens-Corning Fiberglass plant is in view.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flood looking west across the West Bottoms from near the foot of the 12th Street Viaduct. Stockyards in view. Businesses in view include Stowe Hardware and Supply Company, Continental Electric Company, John Deere Plow Company, and Columbian Tanks.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of 1951 flood looking east from near the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas River - shows downtown skyline and flooded West Bottoms area. Intercity Viaduct is on left and the Kansas or Kaw River at the bottom. Eighth Street Tunnel can be seen in distance.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area looking southeast across the Fairax District. Downtown skyline, Municipal Airport, General Motors assembly plant, and Phillips Refinery in view.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of flooded area looking east across Fairfax District. View includes the Kansas City, Kansas, Water and Light plant and tanks of the Phillips Petroleum Company Refinery.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of 1951 flood looking north across Phillips Petroleum tanks aflame; located on Southwest Boulevard near 31st Street.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: View of debris at 31st and Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the Phillips Petroleum tank fires associated with the 1951 flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood Damage
Description: Exterior view of street identified as 800 S. 9th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, showing damage from the 1951 Flood to the houses along the street.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood Damage
Description: Exterior view of home at 813 S. 13th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, showing damage to the home and others from the 1951 Flood. Home may have belonged to Mrs. Shenkel.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood Damage
Description: Exterior view of home at 1012 Hasbrook Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, showing damage to the home from the 1951 Flood. Two individuals in view are identified as Mr. and Mrs. Stinson.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of a pig wandering among an area damaged by the 1951 Flood; shows Faultless Starch Co. in background.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Railroad Cars
Description: View of damaged Santa Fe and Chicago & Great Western railroad cars beneath an unidentified viaduct in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of debris piles outside of an unidentified freight office during cleanup after the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Car
Description: View of two unidentified men and a Chamberlin's Service Garage tow truck towing a water damaged car in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Boulevard Area
Description: Aerial view of Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood, showing smoke rising from a fire.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: Ground-level view of railroad yard damaged by the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Building
Description: View of an unidentified building damaged by the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Men Distributing Cigarettes
Description: Group of unidentified men surrounding a car marked with the "Old Gold Cigarettes" logo. Packages of cigarettes are apparently being distributed among 1951 Flood relief workers.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

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