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Title
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Early Kansas City Architect: A Liberated Woman
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Nelle Peters (1884-1974), a prolific architect (pictured) specializing in apartments and hotels in Kansas City and also designing churches, hotels, residences, and commercial buildings (with a photo of the "David Copperfield" apartments or hotel). Born in North Dakota and coming to Kansas City about 1907 as an architect for Ernest Brostrom before going independent in 1909.
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Date
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1978-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Early Kansas City Architects: Alice G. Jackson
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Description
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Biographical article about Kansas City architect Alice Gertrude Jackson, or Alice Jackson, a local architect with credits including mainly houses, notably a Swiss chalet type at 5408 Central Avenue.
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Date
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1994
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Early Kansas City Architects: Homemaker Par Excellence
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about Elizabeth Evans Rivard, a contemporary woman architect of Nelle Peters in Kansas City, designing mainly homes from about 1923 to 1933. Description of her life and career as a native Kansas Citian raised in Lawrence, Kansas, and becoming an architect during World War I before working with Hoit, Price & Barnes and then independently.
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Date
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1978-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
