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Title
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Union Station
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Description
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The folder contains train time tables for 1957, 1964, and 1970; a Fred Harvey sale brochure, 1937, which includes a history of the Westport Room in the station as well as the mural located there; a brochure with color illustration produced by the Peet Brothers Mfg. Co.; and a photocopy of the National Register of Historic Places inventory nomination form. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
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Date
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1937/1970
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Union Station Interior
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Description
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Engraving of the interior of Union Station during World War II, located in SC 57, folder 3.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Elbert Landfried Photograph Collection
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Description
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This collection contains 11 black and white mounted display photographs measuring 14" x 16" and housed in one box. The award-winning photographs were taken by Elbert Landfried. They show both artistic merit as well as historical significance. Subjects include Union Station, the West Bottoms, Vaile Mansion, Truman home and Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, a portrait of the artist Thomas Hart Benton, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and the Liberty Memorial. Collection also contains 17, 35mm, b&w negatives of Watts Mill and the Missouri River area at Sugar Creek, Missouri. Accession #1994-37, gift of Mr. Landfried. Processed: 1994.
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Date
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1940~/1969~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 5: Records and General Data
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Description
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This series contains miscellaneous police records, newspaper clippings, Kansas City Star staff correspondence, and information on various mafia members, including Charles Gargotta and several others listed in Series 2, all suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Loose mug shots were removed and interfiled with Series1-3.
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Date
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1947/1959
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 4: Unione Sicilione
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Description
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This series contains photographs, miscellaneous documents,and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Sicilian-American criminal brotherhood known as the Unione Sicilione, or Unione Siciliana, and individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City.
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Date
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1950/1961
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
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Description
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This series contains files on criminals of Italian descent suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Items include: mug shots, photographs, KCPD and FBI records, short biographies, and newspaper clippings. While most of the documents are undated, many contain arrest records from the 1930s until the year 1950. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
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Date
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1934/1964
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Object Type
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Archival Material
