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Title
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Stockyards, Kansas City
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Description
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Aerial view of Kansas City Stockyards, facing northwest.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Results of Commission Government in Kansas City, Kansas
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Description
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Article about the commission form of city government in Kansas City, Kansas, and the government's relation to the city's tax revenues, economy, and work force, with some description of the prohibition of alcoholic beverages on the Kansas side of the state line.
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Date
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1911-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Speaking of Kansas
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Description
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Lengthy article about the present and history of the state of Kansas, with map, numerous photos, and description, including its "metropolis," Kansas City, Kansas, the American Royal and Stockyards (pictured), prominent Kansans such as former senator John Ingalls, border ruffians, et al.
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Date
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1937-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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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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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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Central Industrial District, Kansas City, U.S.A.
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Description
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Map of central industrial district area including Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers. Shows stockyards, railroad yards, railroad lines, freight houses, street car lines, bus lines and major companies. Reverse side includes aerial views and text, with statistics, promoting the district.
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Date
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1936~
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Object Type
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Map
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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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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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Meatpacking, Milling, and the Rise of Kansas City, Kansas
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Description
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Section of book chapter analyzing the growth of Kansas City, Kansas from the years 1880-1950. Describes the importance of the Kansas Ctiy Stockyards and the meatpacking industry to the development of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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Date
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2004
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Object Type
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Book
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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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