(5 1/2 x 8 1/2 In) This is an original vintage S & W Publications booklet printed by Metcalfe-Beall Ptg. Co. in the 1950s. "AFTERMATH" A Pictorial Record of the Destruction Caused by the Flood of 1951 in Kansas City", Missouri. Photography by Chas. O. Siebenthaler and T. Taylor Warren. The booklet is 32-pages long, printed photographs on every page.

"We bring you "Aftermath" a pictorial record of the terrible destruction wrought by the flood in the Kansas Cities in July, 1951. Here, a month after the rampaging waters of the Kaw smashed their way through the lowlands, are scenes of the havoc visited upon certain sections of business and residential areas of the two great cities. The waters have gone, but the terrible damage done will remain for months to come. Homeowners and businessmen are working day and night to clear the debris, rebuild and bring their homes and businesses out of the muck and the mire. It would take volumes of pictures to present actual scenes of the damage done. We have tried in this presentation to give you a cross-section of the chaos that remained when the waters receeded. Dotted line on photos indicate the high water mark at that particular spot."

Images include:

West Across Lower Central Industrial District
N.W. Across 8th Street Car Bridge
Intercity Viaduct
Crowds Watch Barges Hit Hannibal Bridge
Southwest Boulevard at 29th Street
Socony-Vacuum Tank Farm
Schutte Lumber Co. - Southwest Boulevard Area
Wreckage Following Fire - Southwest Boulevard
Furniture Store on Southwest Boulevard
Remains of a Large Drugstore
Finis for Last Chance
This Was A Machine Shop
Note High Water Marks on Billboards
Demolishing Condemned Buildings, Southwest Boulevard Area
Fuel Oil Co. Tank Farm-- Roofing Co. Debris in foreground
Where Fire Started in Argentine
No Show Tonite
Warehouse and Office on Strong Ave.
Oil Storage Tank battered against 12th Street Bridge
Argentine Merchants Clean Up
Original Foundation to Left of House
Kansas City Spirit - Cleaned Up and Ready For Business
Partially Constructed Factory Building, Wrecked By Waters
12th Street Area-- Armourdale
On Osage Avenue
Argentine Boulevard Home
Walls Washed Away
Note Section of Fence on Roof
Under Construction, Brickwork Washed Away
Demolished Home in Armourdale
Lawn Chair on Chimney
A Home No More
Interior Showing Water and Mud Damage
To A Resting Place on Argentine Boulevard
St. Thomas Church
Armourdale Baptist Church
Buried
Many Motor Vehicles Were Damaged
Planes at Fairfax Airport
Railyards at Fairfax Washed Out
De-Railed and Half Buried in Sand
Fairfax Railyards
Note Watermark Near End of Car
Wash-Out
Woodswether District Building
High and Dry
Cleanup on James Street
Box Cars in Central Industrial District

The booklet is in EXCELLENT condition, light wear at the edges, blunted corner tips, a few minor stains.

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Aftermath A Pictorial Record of the Destruction Caused by the Flood of 1951 - Kansas City, MO KS - Booklet, c. 1951