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This aerial photograph looks north across the Kansas River during the 1951 flood in Topeka, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are the Topeka and Kansas Avenue bridges and numerous businesses.
Creator: Wolfe's Camera and Photo Shop
Date: July 12, 1951
Item Number: 24881
Call Number: Fk2.S5 T.4 FL.1951 *99
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 24881
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade - Business
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1950s - 1951
Environment - Weather - Floods
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Rivers - Kansas
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Bridges
Type of Material - Photographs
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