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Title: Fire and Flood Damage
Description: Aerial view of water and fire damage associated with the 1951 Flood at an unidentified location; shows Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co. building in lower right corner.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southeast High School
Description: View of the front of Southeast High School, located at 3500 E. Meyer Boulevard.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bartle Hall
Description: H. Roe Bartle Exhibition Hall, designed by Dwight Horner. View of the intersection of 13th Street and Central Avenue, facing southwest.
Date: 1978
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: Unidentified men assisting in recovery effort in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood at an unknown location; Western Union sign is visible.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tuberculosis Hospital
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City Tuberculosis Hospital built by prisoners of the Municipal Farm in Leeds "under the supervision of the architect and necessary foremen." Prior to the completion of the hospital, patients were cared for in a tent colony on a hill just east of the building beginning in 1913. The hospital opened Christmas Day 1915 with 18 patients from the tent colony. ("Jackson County Medical Journal," Vol. 26, No. 39, pp. 7-11) The building was razed in 1971 ("Kansas City Star," October 8, 1995, page 4). Address in 1916 city directory simply says Leeds, Mo. In 1932, it was listed as being at 1410 Raytown Road, and in 1942 and 1955 at 4210 Raytown Road.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nurses Aides
Description: Interior view with four unidentified women shown making bandages at General Hospital No. 1. Photograph was found published in MVSC 092 M96, November, 1946, p. 6, and captioned as: "Making bandages in one of the supply rooms."
Date: 1946
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nutrition/Food Services in Hospital
Description: Interior view, believed to be the kitchen located in General Hospital No. 2. Includes two unidentified hospital kitchen employees. Photograph found in Municipal Mirror, November, 1946, p. 6, MVSC 092 M96 and captioned: "The immaculately clean kitchen."
Date: 1946
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flag Ceremony
Description: View of young people and counselors at a camp flag ceremony.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Miscellaneous Health Related View
Description: Exterior view of partial view of a delivery truck with driver and another unidentified man holding a milk bottle. May have been taken in outside delivery area at General Hospital. Driver's hat is identified as Country Club Dairy. Image appears in the City Manager's annual report, 1946-47, MVSC Q 092.52 K16, 1940-48, p.32, as part of the Health Department report.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Photograph

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: Housing Facilities under Construction
Description: View of housing development located at 1220 Independence Boulevard under construction. Originally built in 1958, the building was remodeled in 2002.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flooded Area
Description: Aerial view of flooded area near the Midwest Terminal Warehouse Co., #3 Building in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: Unidentified men shoveling mud from beneath a bridge in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Red Cross Station
Description: Red Cross aid station in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood. City Ice Co. Building pictured in background; also shown is a nurse and several unidentified men, one lying on a cot.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Screen Door
Description: Partial view of screen door and entrance sign to unidentified building.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Industrial Scene
Description: Interior view of unidentified man working with industrial equipment at an unknown location.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flood Damaged Area
Description: View of damaged street and railroad tracks in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood; shows part of the Kansas City Pump Co. (far right) sign and building.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residences on Wyandotte Street
Description: View of residences on the 5800 block of Wyandotte Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Window at Street Level
Description: View of street-level window covered by a screen in an unidentified building.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Hose Demonstration
Description: Fire fighters and officials viewing a demonstration of a fire hose.
Object Type: Photograph

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