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Title
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John T. Frazier, Daguerreotypist of Westport, Missouri
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Judge John Thornton Frazier, an early photographer in Westport starting in the 1850s. He was born in Saint Charles, Missouri, in 1819. Description of his career, moving from Jefferson City to Westport after 1850, and becoming "one of fifteen daguerreotypists [an early type of photography] in Missouri," working also as an artist, carpenter, mayor of Westport, police judge, and town marshal.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Memorial Honors World War I Hero
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Description
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Article about Major Murray Davis, a Kansas City lawyer killed in World War I, describing his life and the memorial dedicated in 1928 to him and his comrades, at 40th and Main Streets, and designed by Wight and Wight architects.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
