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View of building washed off foundation and lying on top of railroad tracks during the 1951 flood that devastated many areas of Topeka.
Date: 1951
Item Number: 215417
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.4 FL.1951 *274
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215417
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 11: A Changing Society, A Modern World
Date - 1950s - 1951
Environment - Water - Rivers
Environment - Weather - Floods
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 - Tracks
Type of Material - Photographs
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