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Title
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Kansas City, Mo. Stock Yards
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Description
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Aerial panoramic view looking west of the Kansas City stockyards in the West Bottoms taken from 500 ft. above 19th and Genesee streets. A note in the lower left hand corner notes that the photograph was taken using the Lawrence Captive Airship. The view stretches across the Kansas River and into Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri River is in view on the right hand side of the image. The first Livestock Exchange Building at 16th Street and State Line Road can be seen.
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Date
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1907-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Morris and Co. Blueprint
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Description
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Blueprint showing detailed layout of Morris and Co. buildings near Central and 3rd west of the Kansas River, April 29, 1918.
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Date
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1918-04-29
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
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Description
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Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Packing Houses in West Bottoms
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Description
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Aerial view looking east across the Kansas River near west end of the Kansas Avenue Bridge; shows Cudahy Packing Company, Swift and Company, and the Kansas City Stockyards.
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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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Meatpacking in Kansas City, Kansas
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Description
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The index of this book has several references to Kansas City, Kansas, about various topics about the meatpacking industry and stockyards. The Armour Company, as well as many other companies associated with the industry, are also mentioned.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Kansas City, Kansas: Formerly Wyandotte - Kansas City, Kan., and Armourdale
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Description
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Color copy of map of Kansas City, Kansas, showing the original areas of Wyandotte and Armourdale. Map includes additions, streets, businesses, schools, parks, cemeteries, railroads, the Kansas City Stockyards, and the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. Text on the map states
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Date
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1886
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kansas City, Kansas: Formerly Wyandotte - Kansas City, Kan., and Armourdale
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Description
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Map of Kansas City, Kansas, showing the original areas of Wyandotte and Armourdale. Map includes additions, streets, businesses, schools, parks, cemeteries, railroads, the Kansas City Stockyards, and the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. Text on the map states it was approved by City Engineer and County Surveyor J. H. Lasley on October 15, 1886.
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Date
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1886
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Object Type
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Map
