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This is an 8mm motion picture film showing the 1951 flood in northeast Kansas. Locations in northeast Kansas include Topeka, Lecompton, Lawrence, and Kansas City. Alexander Weir, the cinematographer, took footage during the flood and after the water receded.
Creator: Weir, Alexander
Date: 1951
Item Number: 308652
Call Number: 2014-313
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 308652
Collections - Audio-visual
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Floods
Date - 1950s - 1951
Environment - Weather - Floods
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Film
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Film and video
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