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Title: Westport Centennial
Description: Unidentified men and women in costume to celebrate the Westport centennial.
Date: 1933
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Descendants
Description: Group portrait of female fourth and fifth generation descendants of pioneers of Old Westport.
Date: 1933
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Bank
Description: View looking southeast of the Westport Bank Building, once located on the south corner of Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard in Westport. Cars traveling along Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard can be seen.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Bank
Description: View looking north of the rear side of the Westport Bank Building, once located on the south corner of Westport Road and Broadway Boulevard in Westport.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Avenue
Description: View of Westport Avenue, looking east at Broadway Boulevard. Identified as "Old Westport Views."
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Road
Description: View looking southwest from 530 Westport Road (Mill Street).
Date: 1947-07-14
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Map
Description: 1855 Westport map reproduced in a publication entitled "The Uptowner".
Date: 1947-01-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Road
Description: View looking southwest from 530 Westport Road from Mill Street.
Date: 1948-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Intersection
Description: View of the intersection of Southwest Trafficway, Madison Avenue, Westport Road, 43rd Street and Belleview Avenue in Westport facing southwest. A building housing Frank's Brake & Clutch Service on the south side of 43rd Street is in view. Billboards for the First National Bank and Holsum Bread can be seen. The First National Bank billboard shows their main location at 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue where the Central Library is located.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Goodbye, Westport
Description: Discusses the influx of chain businesses into Westport and how they alter the perception of the area.
Date: 1998-06-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Old Westport
Description: Article describing several firsts for the city of Westport, starting with the supposed first white visitor to the land in 1787, Daniel Morgan Boone. Description of early institutions and businesses from the 1830s to the 1860s, mostly related to the Santa Fe Trail trade.
Date: 1965-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Old Westport
Description: Stories and newspaper excerpts from about 1843 to 1860 concerning wind wagons built like sailboats with wheels for crossing the Great Plains from Independence or Westport, with illustration.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Book

Title: Old Westport
Description: Article about the early settlers and events before the Civil War in Westport, including the Santa Fe trade and the slavery issue.
Date: 1965-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport, Missouri
Description: Looking northwest from the southeast corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in Westport, Missouri. Boone's Trading Post can be seen on the right.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Neighborhoods: Old Westport, New Westport
Description: Article describing the recent business and land use trends in Westport, including its revitalization as a "center of off-beat fashion, new-age art and. ..crowded, but energetic night clubs," also with some history back to its 1830s origins and a painting reproduction."
Date: 1988-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1879-80
Description: One paragraph of general description of the town of Westport, Missouri, population 500, and a list of 31 of its businesses.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport - Its Place in Western History
Description: Author prepared and read this 12 page paper before the Broadway Improvement Association, Oct. 6, 1941. Includes a cover letter dated May 25, 1962, addressed to Mr. George Fuller Green.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Around Westport--General News: Westport Historic Survey
Description: Announcement of the "detailed study of the architecture of Westport" to be made by the Historic Kansas City Foundation in a survey for potential nominations for the National Register.
Date: 1977-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport, 1812-1912
Description: Description of the origins and early history of the town of Westport, Missouri as an embarkation or jumping-off point for western travels including the Santa Fe Trail especially in the 1820s-1850s, with illustrations of the Yoacham Tavern and Thomas Goforth, first mayor of Westport.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport: 1812-1912
Description: Drawing of the "old Yoacham tavern, Westport Ave. and Mill Street."
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

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