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Title: Union Station
Description: The Union Station Construction Photographs collection consists of 49 photographs of Kansas City’s Union Station and corresponding infrastructure while under construction. The photos are identified, dated between 1910-1911, and offer insight into the scope of work put into the building that would serve as the primary transportation hub of Kansas City into the middle of the 20th century.

Title: Street Scene Near Union Station
Description: Street level view believed to be looking south probably on Main Street by Union Station area or Signboard Hill area. Identified as â€œCut through the rocks near Union Stationâ€.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad Tracks at Union Station
Description: East end of the railroad tracks at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Handwriting on photo says, "Grand Ave., Tower, K.C.U.S."
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Severs Management Contract with Union Station
Description: On December 5th the Kansas City Council passed a unanimous vote to sever a 20-year management agreement with Union Station Kansas City, Inc. As of May 1, 2014, the city's Parks and Recreation Department will take over management and programming at the Kansas City Museum. The relationship between Union Station and the Museum was strained after the recent unexpected firing of museum director Christopher Leitch, as well as the museum losing its accreditation in 2005.
Date: 2013-12-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fred Harvey Facilities in Union Station
Description: Mary Colter had done the original decorating for Fred Harvey and his space at Union Station. When they needed renovating, he asked Mary Colter to do it again. This included a restaurant and cocktail shop (Westport Room), a drugstore and a novelty shop. She choose to decorate with historical murals depicting the area's history. Hildreth Meiere of New York was asked to paint the murals.
Date: 1905-06-14
Object Type: Book

Title: Union Depot
Description: Composite of front and rear views of remodeled station.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Depot
Description: Full frontal and partial side view of remodeled station, looking south.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jewish Man Showcases Model Roller Coasters at Union Station
Description: For more than 20 years, Randal Strong-Wallace has been building model roller coasters. Currently his "Project 31: The Roller Coasters of Worlds of Fun," will be on exhibit at the Union Station. Article tells how Strong-Wallace began building the models at an early age as a hobby and how it has grown to include a web site where he shares his knowledge on building the models along with images.
Date: 2011-06-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Portfolio Sets Its Sights on Spot by Union Station
Description: Picture with article shows Geri Higgins, owner of Portfolio Kitchen & Home, showing off the space in the Pershing Building at 215 W. Pershing Road that her business is turning into a flagship store. Higgins plans to relocate her business from 8027 State Line Road to the Pershing Road location this summer. "The American beaux-arts-style building dates to around 1918." The building was purchased in 1999 by Developer Dan Clothier and fitted out with "red awnings, a checker-board sidewalk plus Guastavino tile."
Date: 2011-01-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Union Depot
Description: File contains primarily pictures of Union Depot which include photos and sketches.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Union Depot
Description: Partial frontal and side view.
Date: 1881
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Depot
Description: Full frontal view; located at Union Avenue and Santa Fe in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1880
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Depot
Description: View of Union Depot in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1880
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Depot
Description: Unidentified man in outdoor waiting area of Union Depot in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1880
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Depot
Description: Postcard of the old Union depot at Union Avenue and Santa Fe Street in the West Bottoms.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Union Avenue
Description: Postcard of Union Avenue in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1907
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Wreckers Erase Unique Station
Description: Article about the tearing down for a parking lot by the Kansas City Terminal Railways of the 1934 Art Deco gas station next to Union Station, despite its architecture befitting its surroundings.
Date: 1979-01-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Grand Central Station
Description: Kansas City's Grand Central Station was built and owned by the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1890 at 2nd and Wyandotte Streets. It was used until 1914 when the railroads moved to Union Station. It was dismantled in 1932 by the men of the Helping Hand Institute.
Date: 1932-08-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Grand Central Station
Description: Postcard of Grand Central Station, once standing at 2nd and Wyandotte streets.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Friends of Kansas City Museum at Corinthian Hall Proposes Merger with Union Station
Description: Friends of the Kansas City Museum board members hope to strengthen the organization through a proposed merger with Union Station Kansas City, Inc. The agreement calls for the Friends group to become a committee and have input on museum activities.
Date: 2011-06-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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