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An interior view of the Union Pacific Railroad depot after the 1951 Kansas River flood, Topeka, Kansas. The photo shows workers cleaning after the flood water receded. The water line is visible on the walls.
Date: July 21, 1951
Item Number: 209635
Call Number: QC.9 STO.F .1951 *274
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209635
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Rail-Related - Depot
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Date - 1950s - 1951
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Union Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Depots
Type of Material - Photographs
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