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Title: Westport Landing
Description: Photograph of a drawing, looking south from north side of Missouri River at Westport Landing.
Date: 1855
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Landing
Description: View of Westport Landing, Kansas City's early riverfront, looking south from north side of Missouri River.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Boat Landing at Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing the riverboat landing site at the foot of Main Street along the Missouri River. The Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge can be seen in the background. Steamboats arriving and departing can be seen.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Early Kansas City Riverfront
Description: Drawing of a view looking east along south side of Missouri River at Westport Landing.
Date: 1853
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Geological Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map detailing geological features of Kansas City. Different colors are used to show geological features and a street map is superimposed over the geological information.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Map

Title: Geological Map of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map detailing geological features of Kansas City. Different colors are used to show geological features and a street map is superimposed over the geological information.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Map

Title: Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
Description: Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Map