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Title
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From the Archives
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Description
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One paragraph about the collection of photographs from the Swoford family showing "a street corner and some buildings, horses and street car tracks, and on the side of one building. ..printed P[alace] S[tables and] S[hoeing] S[hop]," possibly at the corner of Westport and Main Streets in 1899.
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Date
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1964-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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McCoys of Early-Day Independence: Alexander Watts McCoy
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Description
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Portrait and biographical description of Alexander Watts McCoy, or Alexander McCoy, a civil engineer and publisher of an abolitionist newspaper in Independence. Description of his life and career, born in Ohio in 1812 as a brother of William and John McCoy and coming to Independence in 1849, then having his printing establishment destroyed during the Civil War Battle of Independence and leaving Jackson County for good.
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Date
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1964-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
