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Title: Flood Scene
Description: 12th and Argentine Boulevard, Armourdale, Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: 4th and Osage, Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Scene
Description: 7th Street Trafficway and Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas.
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: 1951 Flood Damage
Description: Interior view of church identified as the Gospel Tabernacle located at 6th Street and Osage Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. Clearly shows damage to the church sanctuary from the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1903: The Great Flood
Description: Article describes the 1903 Flood in Armourdale, the Kansas River bottoms, and the lower areas of the Argentine district. Author believes the primary cause of the 1903 Flood on the Kansas River was its inability to drain into the Missouri due to the flooded condition of the latter.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 1951 Flood Damage
Description: Exterior view of home at 722 S. 6th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, showing damage to the home from the 1951 Flood. Home may have belonged to Balderas family.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1903 Flood Damage
Description: Damage at 4th Street and Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas, after the 1903 flood.
Date: 1903-06-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951: The Great Flood
Description: Photos and article about the 1951 flood, "the second major flood of Kansas City, Kansas history" and the author's experiences in surviving it.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 1908 Flood, Morris Packing Plant
Description: Postcard of the Morris Packing Plant in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1908 flood.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Postcard

Title: American Smelting and Refining Company Flood
Description: Elevated view looking northeast of the American Smelting and Refining Company facility once located near the intersection of S. 21st Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Argentine (now Kansas City), Kansas, during the 1903 flood.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC165 Mary Lou Eisert Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains photographs showing flood damage to residences and buildings in the Kansas City, Kansas area and a permit for Mary Lou Eisert to enter the flood area to regain property from her residence at 628 S. Coy.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Armstrong Area Lives on at Reunion
Description: Article documents planning of a yearly reunion of residents of the former Armstrong neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, to be held August 1-2, 2015. Former residents and descendents of former residents are interviewed and describe the African-American community that was broken up after the flood of 1951 and the expressway construction that followed. A representative from the Wyandotte County Historical Museum states that Armstrong was named after Chief Silas Armstrong of the Wyandot Nation and that it became part of Kansas City, Kansas, in 1886.
Date: 2015-08-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Demise of Toad-a-Loop
Description: Article about the demise of the area of Kansas City, Kansas known as "Toad-a-Loop" or "Tour-de-Loup." Described as "the horseshoe area surrounding Greystone Heights with a portion crossing over into Jackson County, Missouri" and "noted for criminal gang activity for over 25 years" until about 1905.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: General View of Part of Packing House District, Kansas City, Kansas.
Description: Postcard showing the Kansas City, Kansas, portion of the Stockyards District in the West Bottoms. The Morris & Company packing plant can be seen in the background.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Lakes and Chutes, Carnival Park, Kansas City, Kans.
Description: Postcard of the Lakes and Chutes ride at Carnival Park in Kansas City, Kansas.
Object Type: Postcard

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