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Geological Map of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1917
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of Jackson County Missouri
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Description
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Civil War era map of Jackson County, Missouri, showing roads, rivers, and towns. Typical section numbering pattern. Map key not included.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of California, Oregon, Texas, and the Territories Adjoining with Routes Etc.
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Description
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Detailed political map of western territories of the U.S. in 1849. The following territories are included: Nebraska (to Canadian border), Indian Territory, Texas, Upper or New California, Oregon (to Canadian border). A large portion of northern Mexico is shown, including the states of California, Sonora, Cinoloa, Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Cohahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaul. Names of 32 Indian tribes are shown, indicating their general locations. Six routes taken by explorers and emigrants are labeled, including the Oregon Trail, which has numbers along it denoting the distance in miles from Westport Landing, Missouri. Also includes a Table of Distances in upper right corner.
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Date
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1849
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of the Vicinity of Kansas City in Kansas and Missouri
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Description
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Street map of the two Kansas Cities. Only main streets are named. Map includes surrounding areas, among which are Harlem, Independence, Randolph City, Westport, Shawnee, Argentine, Rosedale, and Quindaro. Townships are indicated by color. At top of map, "Presented by the 'Kansas City Times,' January 1st, 1888."
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p498
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 38th Street south to W. 40th Street and from Pennsylvania Avenue east to Broadway, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p476
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 34th Street south to W. 36th Street and from Broadway east to Baltimore Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p524
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 42nd Street south to W. 43rd Street and from Pennsylvania Avenue east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p089
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Description
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Southern part of early Kansas City in the Hyde Park area on the outskirts of Westport from W. 39th Street south to Westport Avenue and from Central Street east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1895/1907
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865, Plate LXVI
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Description
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Composite of 11 small maps of Civil War battles, campaigns, and important locations. Campaign Against Sterling Price, 1864; Osage or Mine Creek, Kansas; Johnson's Island, Ohio Military Prison; Five Forks, Virginia; Westport and Big Blue, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Newtonia, Missouri; and Charlot, Missouri (aka Shiloh Creek). Maps illustrate Union and Confederate positions, towns, rivers, railroads, and important local landmarks.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p521
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 40th Street south to Westport Road and from Waddell Avenue east to Washington Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Edwards' Map of Jackson Co., Missouri
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Description
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Plat map of Jackson County, Missouri, and the southern extents of Clay County and Ray County, along the north bank of the Missouri River. Cities and towns, rivers, and parcels of land labeled with their owners' names are shown.
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Date
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1887
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of Jackson County, Missouri
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Description
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Plat map of Jackson County, Missouri. Cities and towns, rivers, and parcels of land labeled with their owners' names are shown. A list of rural routes is included.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Historical Kansas City
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Description
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General outline map with illustrations showing important dates and events in the history of Kansas City.
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Date
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1960
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page f008
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Description
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Key to Sanborn Map of Kansas City, Vol. 1 (corrected to January 1907), showing Kansas City area bounded from the Kansas and Missouri State Line on the west, Cherry on the east, the Missouri River to the north, and East 43rd to the south. Also shows railroads, bridges, parks, and a cemetery. Indicates area covered by volumes 2 and 3.
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Date
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1895/1907
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map Showing the Park and Boulevard System of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Map showing Kansas City's system of parks and boulevards. The city is divided into five parks districts: West Park, North Park, South Park, East Park, and Westport Park. Lists of parks with their areas in acres, boulevards with their distances in miles, and park drives with their distances in miles is included.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p252
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Description
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Southeastern part of early Kansas City from E. 20th Street south to about E. 22nd Street and from Main Street east to McGee Street, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1896/1907
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Plaza Area Plan Area with Specific Guidelines
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Description
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Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road & 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates an area with specific planning guidelines from Westport Road south to 45th and 46th Streets, and Terrace and Mercier Streets east to roughly Jarboe. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of the Vicinity of Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri
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Description
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Map showing major streets and railroad lines in area bounded by the Missouri and Kansas Rivers, Westport, and Independence. Includes townships. Red ink markings added at an unknown date. In red on the top: "Compliments of J. M. Ford & Co., Brokers, Real Estate & Loans, Office 624 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO."
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Date
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1885
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Object Type
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Map
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