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Title: Stockyards
Description: Stockyards history: (1871) organized as the "Kansas Stockyards Company" with the first Live Stock Exchange Building erected; (1876) reorganized as the "Kansas City Stockyards Company"; (1886) Kansas City Live Stock Exchange organized; (1951) most of the Stockyards area wiped out by the flood and the development of Kemper Arena and Interstate 670; (post-1975) the remaining 35 acres sold to National Farms, Incorporated, to be demolished and become part of a planned office park project.
Object Type: Vertical File

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: Me and My...Livestock Exchange Building
Description: Article recalls Jay Dillingham's memories of July, 1951, when the 1951 Flood ravaged the Kansas City Stockyards, of which Dillingham was president and chairman of the board.
Date: 2004-07-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Leaders in Our Town
Description: 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.
Date: 1952
Object Type: Book

Title: Correction
Description: Correction to the April 26, 1952, article by Richard G. Baumhoff in The Nation magazine, notably the editing mistake about the author's comments on the part of the Missouri River valley affected by the 1951 flood and the governmental needs of the area.
Date: 1952-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Water Resources Development by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers in Missouri
Description: Description of the flood control projects in the Kansas City area, especially concerning the West Bottoms area after the 1951 flood.
Date: 1965
Object Type: Report

Title: Post Card from Old Kansas City
Description: Photo of the 1903 flood at the Hannibal Bridge, with the water level at "34.9 feet, 12.9 feet above the natural river bank," compared to the 1951 flood's depth of 36 feet, 2 inches.
Date: 1975-06-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Builders' Association of Kansas City: The City and Its Builders, 1887-1962
Description: File containing information on builders and buildings in the city from 1887-1962. Also containing ads by various firms and information about the impact of the 1951 flood.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Book

Title: Stanton's General Store - Leonard Stanton
Description: View of Leonard Stanton posed outside of Stanton's General Store, once located in Holliday (now Shawnee), Kansas. Signs for Royal Crown Cola can be seen.
Date: 1967-01
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

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