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Title
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Union Station and Skyline
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Description
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View looking north showing Union Station and the downtown skyline from the grounds of the Liberty Memorial.
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Date
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1945
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station - Tower 6
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Description
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View looking southwest of Interlocking Tower 6, once located to the east of Union Station along the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks. Buildings once located at the intersection of Pershing Road and Main Street, the Liberty Memorial, and Union Station can be seen. Signs for the Upjohn Company, the Hotel Plaza, and Sherwin-Williams are in view.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station Dedication
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Description
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View looking north of Union Station during the dedication of the Liberty Memorial site.
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Date
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1921-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station Looking North from the Liberty Memorial
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Description
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View of Union Station facing north from the Liberty Memorial. Several cars parked outside of Union Station and traveling along Pershing Road and Main Street. The downtown skyline is in view in the background of the image. Signs for TWA, Jim Beam bourbon, the Midwest Hotel; Admiral appliances, Kansas City Southern Lines, Belger Cartage Service, Parke-Davis & Company, Old Fitzgerald bourbon, Firestone and Western Auto can be seen.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Station Hill to Be Beautiful
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Description
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Article about the transformation of the ground surrounding the Union Station into a park with a cliff drive and other beautifying elements.
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Date
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1912-06-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication
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Description
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Lieutenant General Baron Jacques of the Belgian Army exiting a car in front of Union Station.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication
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Description
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Admiral Lord Earl Beatty (Great Britain) standing in car near entrance to Union Station.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication
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Description
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Admiral Lord Earl Beatty (Great Britain) and other unidentified dignitaries in front of Union Station entrance.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication
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Description
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General Armando Diaz (Italy) standing in car near Union Station entrance.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial
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Description
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Reprint of a letter with an illustration of a "tower suggested for the crowning of station hill," where Liberty Memorial was later built, representing at the time the "spirit of progress" of the city.
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Date
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1913-02-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication
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Description
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Crowd scene along Pershing Road between Union Station and north end of memorial.
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Date
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1921-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication
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Description
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Soldiers in formation marching in front of Union Station.
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Date
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1921-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication
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Description
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Interior view of General Armando Diaz, Commander in Chief of the Italian Armies, arriving at Union Station for memorial dedication.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillham Road
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Description
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Looking west across Gillham from Hospital Hill.
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Date
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1926
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial
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Description
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Photograph taken from Union Station looking toward the south across Pershing Road, with the full north side of the Liberty Memorial in the view. Automobiles, including taxicabs, can be seen parked in the Union Station parking lot in foreground as well as a clock situated in the lot.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Winning Wonders
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Description
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The newspaper recently tried to have readers decide what the area's Seven Wonders were from a list of 21 possibilities. Over 2,000 ballots arrived and the winners were: (1) Country Club Plaza, (2) Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, (3) Community of Christ Temple, (4) Union Station, (5) Truman Presidential Museum and Library/Truman homes, (6) Liberty Memorial, and (7) Fountains & Boulevards. The article also lists the 21 selections in order by ranking.
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Date
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2006-08-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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