Missouri River Flood of 1951 Photos (24)

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Flood '51 MO River Bank, piling afloat

Name/Title

Missouri River Flood of 1951 Photos (24)

Entry/Object ID

P1998.50.7

Description

Missouri River Flood of 1951 Photos (24). b/w. Twenty four photos of various scenes thought to be of the 1951 Flood on the Missouri River near St. Joseph and Northwest MO. (There was a subsequent flood in 1952, but these photos are not dated.) As below: A = Missouri River Bank with former piling afloat B = Unnamed River at bank full C = Relief Workers providing coffee to military men and civilians in a line. D = Man & woman loading furniture into a pickup bed. E = Flooded tributary entering flooded Missouri River, pilings at confluence F = DUKW (Amphibious Transport) on Levee road beside flooded river. G = Flooded Houses in Corning, MO H = Bargeson river filled with repair rock, military trucks on road I = Men in four Rescue Boats, including the Sheriff's Dept. boat J, K, M = Craig, MO, flooded fields & church. News caption: "Craig, Mo., April 20--NO CHURCH TODAY--Worshippers would need a boat to get to services today at this country church near here. The building is completely surrounded by a sea of floodwater from the rampaging Missouri river." L = Flooded town, unidentified N = Flooded town, unidentified O = Home on riverbank, partially caved off into river P = Flooded lane with homes behind fence Q = Home completely collapsed into floodwaters R = Marina surrounded by floodwaters S = Man standing at eroded river bank T = Caked dried mud created bysilt left by flood U = Floodwaters rushing by home engulfed to roof V = Photo of a map of the Missouri River channel as it was before and after the flood when a new channel was created cutting off French Bottoms from the Missouri side. W = Flooded town, unidentified X = Flooded town, unidentified

Collection

Lewis C. Shady Photo

Made/Created

Artist

Lewis C. Shady

Date made

1951

Place

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Missouri River, Missouri River Flood, 1951

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: various

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Aug 26, 2019

Provenance

Notes

Photos taken by Lewis C. Shady, Donated by his children. Shady was staff photographer for St. Joseph News-Press, late 1930's to c. 1960.