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Title: History of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Biographical sketch of William Little, a "house and sign painter" born in Ohio in 1844 and serving the Union in the Civil War before coming to Kansas City in 1866, then becoming a real estate developer and "originator of the Southwest Boulevard, that magnificent thoroughfare, which has done so much for the development of the southwestern quarter of Kansas City." Later the organizer of "the Kansas City Gravel and Tile Company" at 19th and Walnut Streets.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Book

Title: Word of Mouth: Cruisin' Down the Boulevard
Description: Photo and review of several Mexican restaurants on "Southwest Boulevard, in the 2.3 mile stretch between long-time favorite Manny's on the east and Sol Azteca on the west end near Rainbow" Boulevard.
Date: 2001-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view looking east along Southwest Boulevard at 31st Street. Shows Phillips Petroleum tanks on fire. Shows downtown Kansas City in the distance.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of 1951 flood looking east at Phillips Petroleum tanks on fire. Located on Southwest Boulevard near 31st.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of debris at 31st and Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the Phillips Petroleum tank fires associated with the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view looking southwest along Southwest Boulevard at 31st Street. Shows Phillips Petroleum tanks on fire.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view looking east along Southwest Boulevard at 31st Street. Shows Phillips Petroleum tanks on fire. Upper center shows Union Station and the Pershing Road Post Office.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of 1951 flood looking north across Phillips Petroleum tanks aflame; located on Southwest Boulevard near 31st Street.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: View of debris at 31st and Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the Phillips Petroleum tank fires associated with the 1951 flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of 1951 flood scene looking down upon Phillips Petroleum tanks on fire; located on Southwest Boulevard near 31st Street. Schutte Lumber Company, Sweet Lumber Company and Thompson-Hayward Chemical Company in view.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rosedale Had Mule Cars
Description: Reminiscences of Mrs. Margaret Landis of the first horse and mule-drawn street cars in Rosedale, Kansas, starting in 1887 following the completion of the adjacent Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1973-08-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Exploding Tank Blasts an Inferno across Southwest Boulevard
Description: Gas and oil fire and explosions at 31st and Southwest Boulevards, causing six deaths including five firemen and about 100 injuries, with photos.
Date: 1959-08-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Urban Traffic
Description: Two images of Kansas City automobile traffic used to promote expressways as a way to ease automobile congestion. The first image was taken on an unidentified street east of downtown. The second image was taken from an elevated vantage point and captures Southwest Trafficway passing over Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1958
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital
Description: View of the Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital, once located at 311 Seminary Street in Rosedale (now Kansas City), Kansas.
Date: 1972-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Boulevard Area
Description: Aerial view of Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood, showing smoke rising from a fire.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Boulevard Area
Description: Aerial view of Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood, showing smoke rising from a fire.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Trafficway Bridge
Description: Looking north along the west side of the Southwest Trafficway bridge crossing Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Baltimore Street
Description: Looking south along Baltimore from Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Boulevard
Description: Street level view of businesses along the north side of Southwest Boulevard between Jefferson and Summit streets in Kansas City, Missouri. View is looking to the west. Includes a portion of the LaFama Bakery.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Kansas City
Description: Southwest along Southwest Boulevard near 7th Street Trafficway.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

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