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Title: Shovels and Cars in Field
Description: View of a number of cars parked in a field in an area overlooking the West Bottoms; shows hundreds of shovels awaiting distribution for 1951 Flood cleanup.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Man Working in Flooded Area
Description: View of men and machinery fighting floodwaters from the 1951 Flood beneath an unidentified viaduct.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woman Standing in Flooded Area
Description: View of unidentified woman standing in front of a house seriously damaged by the 1951 Flood; exact location unknown.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood in West Bottoms
Description: Distant view, looking west along north side of 12th Street Viaduct, of West Bottoms.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Men Working in Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of an unidentified man on ladder, offering cigarettes to another man leaning out of house. House shows damage from 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood Damage In West Bottoms
Description: Distant view of rail yard in West Bottoms; also shows 12th Street Viaduct.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Travels in Search of the Elephant: The Wanderings of A. S. Waugh, Artist, in Louisiana, Missouri, and Santa Fe, in 1845 and 1846
Description: Descriptions of Independence, many of its people and businesses, and unusual and notable characters in 1845-1846.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Book

Title: Travels in Search of the Elephant: The Wanderings of Alfred S. Waugh, Artist, in Louisiana, Missouri, and Santa Fe, in 1845-1846
Description: Excerpt from a book about the travels in search of work in the "Fine arts," including stops in "the landing at Kansas" and Westport in 1845.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Book

Title: Women Sorting Clothing
Description: Interior view of unidentified women and children sorting through boxes of clothing during 1951 flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Investigation of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce Part 4-A: Missouri
Description: Testimonies of James Pendergast and Thomas Lacoco, respectively, about ballot theft, gambling money, the Gargotta and Binaggio murders, and other organized crime activities related to the Pendergast machine.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Report

Title: Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women
Description: Biographical sketch of Howard Austin Cowden, or Howard Cowden, a Kansas City business executive born in Pleasant Hope, Missouri, in 1893 and starting as a school teacher before founding and managing the Consumers Cooperative Association in Kansas City in the 1920s, with office at 318 East 10th Street.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Book

Title: Dunklin County Historical Society
Description: Biographical sketch of George Marshall, a land developer and railroad investor in 19th century Dunklin County, Missouri, born in Tennessee in 1849.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Book

Title: Lincoln High School Basketball Team Portrait
Description: Two rows of Lincoln students in uniform pose in front of a basketball goal in a gym.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of flooding in an unidentified location in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flooded Area
Description: View of flooding in an unidentified location, probably in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of flooding in an unidentified location, probably in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City after 1951 Flood
Description: View of damage in the Kansas City Stockyards in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of damaged railroad yard area in the West Bottoms in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood. Facilities of the Columbian Steel Tank Manufacturing Co. and the Gustin Bacon Manufacturing Co. are shown in background.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: Elevated view of a number of gasoline trucks damaged in the 1951 Flood; shows John Deere Plow Co. in background.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood and Fire Damaged Area
Description: View of men and machinery assisting in recovery effort after the 1951 Flood. An attached typewritten caption read: "Gin-pole and winch used in moving heavy steel tank destroyed in flooded fire area."
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

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