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Amelia Earhart
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Description
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Aviator Amelia Earhart casually sitting in a chair, her knees doubled up beneath her, at the Hotel Baltimore. Earhart was in Kansas City to give a lecture at the Grand Avenue Temple on “Flying for Fun.” The event was sponsored by the Women’s City Club.
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Date
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1933-10-17
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Object Type
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Negative
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Charles Gargotta Being Escorted by Officers
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Mobster Charles Gargotta (center) being escorted to his arraignment to face charges of murdering bootlegger Ferris Anthon and the attempted murder of Sheriff Thomas Bash on August 12, 1933. He is being escorted by Chief Deputy William Schickhardt (left) and Deputy Al Finkelstine.
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Date
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1933-08-16
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Object Type
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Negative
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Unidentified Speaker
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Description
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Unidentified man holding a script and standing behind a podium. One of the microphones has a KMBC Radio logo.
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Negative
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Description
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt with microphone in hand and surrounded by crowd. May be at dedication of Municipal Auditorium, October 13, 1936.
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Date
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1936-10-13
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Object Type
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Negative
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Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hofman
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Mr. and Mrs. Hofman, friends who were playing bridge with the Bennetts when Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over the bridge game. Mrs. Bennett was acquitted. Photo appeared in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," Thursday, February 26, 1931.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Negative
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Pigs Moving into Pen
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Description
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Looking down at unidentified man guiding pigs through a stall.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Aerial View 11th and Baltimore
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Aerial view looking southwest from 11th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Shows Kansas City Club under construction and Convention Hall.
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Date
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1925
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Object Type
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Negative
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Polo Game
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Description
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View of five players participating in a polo game. A large house is in the background.
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Negative
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Polo Game
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Description
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View of eight players participating in a polo game. Unidentifiable words are written on the border of the playing field.
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Negative
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Polo Game
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View of six players participating in a polo game.
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Negative
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Richard E. Byrd
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Description
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Commander Richard E. Byrd in uniform posed outside Union Station. Byrd was in Kansas City in April of 1936.
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Date
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1936-04
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Object Type
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Negative
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Scene of Triple Killing
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Description
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Looking west toward Troost Avenue from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
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Date
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1933-08-12
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Object Type
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Negative
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Scene of Triple Killing
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Description
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View looking northwest from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
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Date
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1933-08-12
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Object Type
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Negative
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Unidentified Building and Fountain
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Description
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Exterior partial view of a institutional-type building, possibly a school or hospital, and a fountain. Another building with smokestacks is in the background.
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Negative
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Men in Office Room
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Description
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Five men in suits lounging in an office room. There is a Alpha Floral Co. calendar on the wall showing January of 1929.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Negative
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Boys with Sailboats
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Description
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Two boys at the edge of a stream or pond playing with toy sailboats.
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Negative
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Llamas
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Description
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Two llamas in fenced area. Print of glass negative shows damage.
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Negative
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Fire Damage
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Description
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Interior room of an unidentified saloon or restaurant which has been heavily damaged by fire.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Graf Zeppelin over the Liberty Memorial
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Description
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View of spectators watching the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin pass over the north side of the Liberty Memorial on the morning of Aug. 28th, 1929. The airship was traveling from Los Angeles, California, to Lakehurst, New Jersey, as part of a round-the-world flight.
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Date
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1929-08-28
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Object Type
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Negative
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