Pages
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Title
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Pioneer Life in Southwest Missouri
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Description
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Chapter of the book about the construction of the "two-story brick mansion" of John B. Wornall, "the most pretentious of anything in that section," just before and during the Civil War, including a description of the Battle of Westport near the house.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Scarritt Residence
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Description
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File containing a nomination form (with photos and map) for the National Register for the Nathan Scarritt home, built in 1847 at 4038 Central Street (formerly 305 Lawrence Avenue).
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Harris-Kearney House
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Description
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File containing a nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places for the Harris-Kearney House in Westport, built by John Harris.
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Harris/Kearney House
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Description
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History of the house including the story of its preservation by moving from Westport and Main Streets to 4000 Baltimore Avenue.
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Date
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1924
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Historic Kansas City Architecture
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Description
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Book contains a photo and caption about the "early Westport home" built in about 1855, located at 4000 Baltimore Avenue.
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Date
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1975
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Brazier Family Genealogy
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Description
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Information on the interrelated Brazier family, Purdom family, and Waskey family of pioneer Westport. Photos, illustrations, maps, and information on prominent family members such as Catherine Brazier Purdom, or Catherine Purdom (1785-1859) coming to Westport about 1856, her children such as Thomas Waskey Purdom coming to Westport "as early as 1842 and building their house at 4026 Summit Street in 1854, and Alexander Waskey (1814-1879) coming to Westport and living in the house (pictured) after Catherine's death, etc.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Harris-Kearney House
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Description
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Full, front view of the Harris (Kearney) House, probably located at Westport Avenue and Main at the time of the photograph. House was moved to 40th Street and Baltimore Avenue in 1922. Identified as "Old Westport Views."
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Residence at 4232 Greenwood Place
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Description
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Frontal view of house at 4232 Greenwood Place; used by Kansas City Orphan Boys Home as a residence for priests.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Residence At 4248 Greenwood Place
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of house located at 4248 Greenwood Place, the southwest corner of Greenwood Place and Southwest Trafficway.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwest Trafficway
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Description
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View along Southwest Trafficway near Westport Road. Several billboards are shown.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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James Hamilton
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Description
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Information on James Hamilton, a Western freighter arriving in Westport in the early 1840s, native to Virginia. Illustrations and description of his career, becoming a merchant with Boone & Hamilton and then Bernard & Hamilton, building his home at the northwest corner of Westport Road and Belleview Avenue (sketched in Spalding's 1855 map of Westport), and traveling overland to California in 1858.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City: A Place in Time
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Description
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Book of Kansas City landmarks, from commercial buildings to residences to historical sites, divided by parts of town, for example, Westport, Midtown, etc.
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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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Residences on Southwest Trafficway
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Description
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View of homes along Southwest Trafficway near Westport Road, including a woman walking along the sidewalk.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Automobiles, Home and Shed
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Description
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Automobiles, home and shed in the area of Southwest Trafficway and Roanoke Road north of Westport Road.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Drawing of Harris Home
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; located at Westport and Main.
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Date
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1919
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The John Wornall House, 1858
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Description
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History of the Wornall House and discussion of its place and its owner's place in the history of Westport and Kansas City.
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Date
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1984
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Object Type
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Book
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