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Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Article about the origins of Grand Avenue in the road built by Peter Roi (also known as Peter Roy) to his river ferry in the 1820s-1830s. Grand Avenue was the first outlet from the river front that bridged the gap between Westport Landing and old Westport, sharing this honor with Main Street, its companion highway, which was cut through the cliffs of clay and limestone at a later date.
Date: 1938-10-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Annals of the City of Kansas: Embracing Full Details of the Trade and Commerce of the Great Western Plains
Description: Detailed description of the extension of Grand Avenue south to Westport from Kansas City in 1857, "decidedly one of the handsomest and most attractive streets in the State--and is evidently destined to become one of the principal business streets of the city," passing through McGee's Addition.
Date: 1858
Object Type: Book

Title: Theodore Roosevelt in Kansas City
Description: Photographic postcard of former president Theodore Roosevelt in an open carriage on Grand Avenue.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Grand Avenue, North from 20th Street
Description: Postcard of Grand Avenue, looking north from 20th Street.
Date: 1912~
Object Type: Postcard

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