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Title: Preliminary Analysis of the Post-War Position of Greater Kansas City
Description: Report prepared by the City Plan Commission in 1943 that summarizes the economic base and societal characteristics of the population of Kansas City, Missouri, in order to better understand post-war demographic changes. The report covers the following topics: economic base, trade territory, post-war position, population increase, labor absorption, short-term goals, limitations, and the secular trend.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Report

Title: Inter-American Relations and the War
Description: File containing a pamphlet reporting on the international relations of the United States and other countries in North and South America during World War II, conducted by the Institute on Inter-American Relations in Kansas City.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Report

Title: Mother Weber
Description: Portrait of an individual identified as Mother Weber.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William Chrisman High School Yearbook - The Gleam
Description: Yearbook for the 1943 class of William Chrisman High School.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Fort Carondelet
Description: Short description of the building and maintenance of Fort Carondelet by the Chouteaus for their fur trade. [Auguste] Chouteau obtained a monopoly of the Osage trade in 1794, and kept it until 1802. With his brother, Pierre, [Auguste] established Fort Carondelet on the Osage River, probably in what is now Bates or Vernon County. This was the second fort in western Missouri, preceded only by Fort Orleans.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Chouteaus and Fur Trade
Description: Short description of the Chouteaus' fur trade dominance on the Missouri River in the late 1700s, leading to their agreement with the Spanish government to build Fort Carondelet for exclusive trading rights in 1794 with the Osage Indians.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Wild Bill Hickok: King of the Gun-Fighters
Description: Booklet about the life of Wild Bill Hickok, describing experiences in the Old West and Kansas City, published by Haldeman-Julius, based in Girard, Kansas.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Book

Title: Hannah Cole
Description: One paragraph of biography about Hannah Cole, "the first settler on the site of the present city of Boonville," Missouri, settling the Boon's Lick Country in about 1810 and receiving the first license to ferry a boat at Boonville.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Manual High School Yearbook - The Builder
Description: Yearbook for the 1943 class of Manual High School.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: East High School Yearbook - The Eastonian
Description: Yearbook for the 1943 class of East High School.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Central High School Yearbook - The Centralian
Description: Yearbook for the 1943 class of Central High School.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Southeast High School Yearbook - The Crusader
Description: Yearbook for the 1943 class of Southeast High School.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Yearbook

Title: Suggested Location of Inter-Regional Highways: Greater Kansas City
Description: Report prepared by the City Plan Commission of Kansas City in 1943 covering the suggested locations of interregional highways in the area. The report covers the following topics: types of traffic using U.S. highways, greater Kansas City's interest, major highways focusing on greater Kansas City, a system of outer belt lines, location and origin of destination points, and suggested routes for study.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Report

Title: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ticket Office
Description: Full side view of office located in Fairfax Building on southwest corner of 11th and Baltimore.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Street level view looking southwest from the northeast corner of 5th and Grand.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Anderson Photo Company Employees
Description: Group portrait of employees at annual company Christmas party.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ticket Office
Description: Full frontal view of office located in Fairfax Building on southwest corner of 11th and Baltimore.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ticket Office Interior
Description: Interior view of upper level of office.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ticket Office Interior
Description: Interior view of lower level of office.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Downtown Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Looking west from City Hall.
Date: 1943
Object Type: Photograph

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