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Title
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Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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Postcard of the Kansas City Stockyards in the West Bottoms.
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Date
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1899
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Golden Ox
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Description
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Unused postcard of a chef at the Golden Ox. Lithograph created by Henry McGrew. The advertisement reads "Golden Ox - at the Stockyards - Where Steak is Born, 1600 Genesee - Victor 2-2866 ...one of the world's unique dining spots, in the heart of Kansas City's famed stockyards - synonymous everywhere with the best steak. Western charm and friendly hospitality are combined with fine service."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Golden Ox
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Description
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Unused postcard depicting a horse rider waving his hat to a group of people entering the Golden Ox restaurant. The artwork is signed Shortino. The back of the postcard includes an advertisement of the restaurant as "...one of the world's unique dining spots..." The address label for a Mrs. Carl L. Thompson in St. Joseph, Missouri is affixed to the back of the postcard.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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In Kansas City the Town of Wonderful Hills
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Description
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Postcard with a poem about Kansas City's steep hills and the trouble they present to the city's cable cars and streetcars, notably the descent down the West Bluffs from downtown into the West Bottoms. Illustrations of a woman, a cable car traveling downhill, and pigs representing the livestock industry in the Stockyards District are shown.
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Date
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1907
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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The Golden Ox Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
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Description
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Unused postcard of the dining area in the Golden Ox. The postcard is a "genuine 'C.T. Curteichcolor' post card - The Allis Press, Kansas City, Mo." The advertisement reads "at the Kansas City Stockyards 'Where Steak is Born'"
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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The Golden Ox Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
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Description
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Unused postcard with pictures of the interior and exterior of the Golden Ox Restaurant. Photography by Bob Cunningham. Advertisement states "Located at the Stock Yards, 1600 Genesee, Kansas City, Mo., Telephone 816-842-2866 Just five minutes from downtown K.C. Internationally famous for steaks. Seating capacity 300. Banquet facilities available. Also in Washington D.C. and Denver, Colo. 'Where the steak is born'"
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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1908 Flood, Morris Packing Plant
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Description
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Postcard of the Morris Packing Plant in the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Kansas, during the 1908 flood.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Armour Packing Company
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Description
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Postcard of the Armour Packing Company Building that was once in the West Bottoms.
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Date
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1904~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Valentine Road
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Description
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Postcard of Valentine Road
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Haymaking
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Description
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Postcard depicting haymaking along a country road.
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Date
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1914~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Sexton Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of the Sexton Hotel, once located at 15-17 W. 12th Street.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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