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1988.023.014
High water around Santa Fe Station in Lawrence. Person in row boat at left. Water up a foot or two on buildings. 1951 Flood in Lawrence, Kansas.

1988.023.007
Photo of flood waters with a view to the west from 2nd street. Business buildings along 2nd street are shown. Water pouring through from the right

1978.165.033

1978.059.024 Dr. H. H. Bennett (left), chief of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service, and Emil W. Heck (right), president of the Kansas Department of Soil Conservation Districts, standing on the soil that almost covered a crop near this house on the…

1978.059.019
Photograph of the power plant, box factory, and other industrial buildings looking southeast from the Kansas River bridge at Lawrence during the 1951 flood.

1977.055.256 Arial flood scenes of local farmsteads.

1977.055.214  The washout thru Old Highway 40 7-13-51.

1977.055.200 Flood 7/12/51. Silt 8" deep in casings lying out east of the farm.

1977.055.190 High water mark flood of 7-12-51 near top of windows.

1977.055.184 Where the water cut thru to the southest about 3/4 mile west of our south line.

1977.055.154 Sunday. A view of north U.P. trestle near Alfred Heck's farm. Trestles same side. Water seven feet deep.

1977.055.140 Saturday. Freight car ? by rushing waters east of U.P. depot.

1977.055.139 Tepee Station-see drift on phone pole and on gas pumps, also above car at right on line.

1977.055.111 9:30 AM. Breaks in the Union Pacific Railroad Lever-Looking north on railway.

1977.055.110
Wide variety of flood scenes, rural and city, with captions, dates, and other info. Progressive description of flood thru summer 1951.

1977.055.105Another view of lake to the northeast in which my farm buildings are. The whole area from Highway south to the river was one big lake miles wide.

1977.055.096 A look down the Kaw and to the left, water far and wide.

1977.055.093 The trees at water edge were once the bank of the Kaw and far above the water edge. Now they were greatly submerged.

1977.055.080 Looking up stream from on top of Bowersock mill. Not a rail on the Santa Fe is in sight. Telegraph poles are even largely submerged.

1977.055.078  The flood that afternoon about 3pm. Note the little white house across the stream through third (shan?) of bridge, water had then reached it. Also note the guy wires holding telegraph wires at lower extreme right. Later picture taken…

1977.055.077 The white "Warning" sign seemingly under the bridge at lower right was covered early the night of the 12th. See later pictures.

1977.055.076 That afternoon the little white house on opposite bank had water well up on it.

1977.055.075 Water running between Bowersock buildings.

1977.055.074  Showing water afternoon of July 12 after (big 4 inch rain night before) flood had broken dykes that morning and water high had attained about 28 1/2 feet. This is from the crossing just east of our warehouse - the brick (building?) on…

1977.055.073  Water bubbling from drainage manhole on 8th Street.