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Title
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Westport Landing
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Description
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Information about Westport Landing, a common name for the Town of Kansas, or Kansas City in the mid-19th century.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Dear Westport
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Description
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Autobiographical letter by Adrienne Christopher, born in about 1907, describing her Yoacham family ancestry and career with Westport periodicals. She was also the first editor of the Westport Historical Quarterly magazine.
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Date
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1977-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Westport Bank
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Description
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Westport Bank, located at 331 Westport Road, between Broadway Boulevard and Central Street. Architect Walter L. Fisher was awarded for restoration design on this building.
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Date
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1978
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Square
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Description
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Partial view of Westport Square. The designers of this space received an award for creating an inviting environment where virtually nothing existed before.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Centennial
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Description
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Unidentified man in costume next to the Scout statue.
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Date
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1933
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Branch
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Description
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Interior view.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Branch
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Description
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Interior view with children at tables.
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Date
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1916-02-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Branch
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Description
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Interior view with men and women at desk staffed by unidentified male staff member.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Bank
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Description
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Photograph of the Westport Bank building at the southeast corner of Westport Road and Broadway circa 1980. The bank originally opened in this location in 1906, and in 1978, the building underwent a $300,000 renovation aimed at creating a contemporary version of the building's original facade. The building was torn down in July 2018 for a mixed-use development project.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport History
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Description
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Illustrations and information on the following subjects: the Daughters of Old Westport, the McCoy Plat of the old town of Westport, Westport city government council proceedings from 1857 to 1883, early churches in Westport, and biographies of the following prominent Westporters: (1) Thomas Fitzpatrick, (2) James Hamilton, (3) John Harris, (4) John Hatcher, (5) Dr. John Parker, (6) John Sutter, (7) the Vasquez family, (8) the Waskey-Purdom families, (9) the Wornall family, and (10) other biographies.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Westport Mill
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Description
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Full frontal and side view with unidentified men in foreground.
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Date
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1880
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Mill
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Description
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Full frontal and side view with unidentified men in foreground; located at Mill Creek Road and Westport Road.
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Date
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1880
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Landing
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Description
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Photograph of a drawing, looking south from north side of Missouri River at Westport Landing.
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Date
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1855
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Landing
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Description
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View of Westport Landing, Kansas City's early riverfront, looking south from north side of Missouri River.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Trucker
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Description
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Bound volume of several issues of the Westport Trucker, the self-proclaimed "underground newspaper" of Westport.
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Date
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1971/1972
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Westport Trucker
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Description
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Incomplete collection of Westport Trucker, a counterculture newspaper distributed in Kansas City, Missouri, beginning in 1971.
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Date
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1971/1972
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Westport House
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Description
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View of Westport House, located at 4100 Waddell Avenue. Architects Abend-Singleton Associates, Inc. received an award for the building's design, which responds beautifully to an older neighborhood as well as becoming a point of reference for the larger area.
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Date
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1984
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Old Westport
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Description
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Descriptions of the two of Westport's oldest buildings, the Chouteau-Bridger Building, now Stanford & Son's, and the "Ewing-Boone Building" or Boone's Trading Post, now Kelly's, both built in the mid-1800s, with descriptions of their histories and need for architectural preservation.
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Date
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1977
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Westport Square
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Description
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Map, photo, and article about the "new Westport Square Development in the Westport district," intended as a commercial area preserving at least part of the old Westport's historical flavor. Also a detailed description of many of Westport's early businesses and business men and their addresses.
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Date
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1974-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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SC134 Westport High School Class Photographs Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains student photographs from Westport High School for the classes of 1907, 1912, and 1917. The collection also includes a set of student photographs that are not dated.
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Date
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1907/1917
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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