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Stockyards
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Description
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The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence.
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Title
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Stockyards
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Description
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Aerial view looking southeast of the Stockyards district in the West Bottoms. The Livestock Exchange and American Royal buildings can be seen. Serval livestock pens are in view.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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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Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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Exterior view of the Kansas City Stockyards presumably taken looking west from the Livestock Exchange Building.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Area of the Stockyards and Kaw River
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Description
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Area of the Stockyards and the Kaw River between 23rd St. Viaduct and Central Ave, showing buildings including Swift and Co., no date.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plan of the Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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Map showing the plan of the Kansas City Stockyards from Osage Ave. west of the Kansas River to Central Ave. east of the Kansas River, 1899.
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Date
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1899
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Plan of the Kansas City Stockyards and Vicinity
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Description
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Plan of the Kansas City Stockyards and Vicinity along the Kansas River from the 5th street bridge to the mouth of the Kansas River, October 1905.
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Date
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1905-10
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of Live Stock Markets
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Description
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Map showing location of important public live stock markets and small live stock trading yards in western territory, n.d.
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Object Type
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Map
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Two Men near Full Cattle Pen
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Description
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Group of cattle in stockyard pen. A nearby sign reads "Matador Land & Cattle Company, Denver, Colorado."
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stockyards District Has a New Direction
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Description
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Article describes efforts "to build a new hub for creative culture" in the West Bottoms beginning with the opening of the new Bill Brady Gallery in the former Daily Drovers Telegram Building (1505 Genesee Street). Gallery owners Bill Brady and John O'Brien, along with West Bottoms developers Bill Haw and Bill Haw, Jr., are collaborating to rebrand the area and attract "creative class" businesses. Other tenants scheduled to move into the space at 15th and Genesee include Amigoni Urban Winery and KEM architects
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Date
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2012-02-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Map of the Kansas City Stock Yards
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Description
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Map of the Kansas City Stock Yards vicinity with pens designated as Bull Dealers, Calf Dealers, Live Stock Commission Men, Cow Traders, and Steer Traders. The map also has individual names listed under each category.
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Date
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1917
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p172
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 16th Sreet south to W. 17th Street and from Genessee east to Liberty, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1939/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of the Kansas City Stock Yards
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Description
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Map of the Kansas City Stock Yards showing classification of areas in yards and also land tracts, May 31, 1927 (revised by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Dec. 1929).
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Date
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1927-05-31
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Object Type
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Map
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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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Frisco Lines
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Description
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Map of Frisco Lines in Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO, showing tracks in vicinity of Santa Fe Street and Packingtown Main, January 1, 1917. Map has “Recvd 10-26-30” written on it.
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Date
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1917-01-01
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kansas City Terminal Railway
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Description
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Kansas City Terminal Railway Map showing accounting sections, Oct. 20, 1924 (revised March 1929)
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Date
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1924-10-20
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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P21 Kansas City School District, Department of Visual Instruction Glass Slides Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains 388 items in black and white with 121 photographs and 267 glass slides. The glass slides were prepared as instructional material for the Kansas City, Missouri School District by their Department of Visual Instruction. Subjects include Kansas City as well as the state of Missouri. The Kansas City related slides include local buildings, sculpture, charitable organizations, parks, streets, the stockyards, and other famous landmarks. Each slide includes a typed identification and some are dated. Those dated are generally from 1935 to 1940.
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Date
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1935~/1940~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Annunciation Church and Congregation
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Description
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Group portrait of parishioners standing out front of the old Annunciation Church, 14th & Wyoming, in the West Bottoms. The priest in the center appears to be Father William J. Dalton, who founded Annunciation Parish in 1872. The church rectory next door is partially in view.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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