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Title
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Stockyards, Kansas City
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Description
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Birds eye view of cattle pens at the Kansas City stockyards with Livestock Exchange Building in distance.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stockyards, Kansas City
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Description
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Image of Kansas City Stockyards corrals that appears to have been taken from a publication. Caption reads, "View of portion of Kansas City stock yards in 1872 after one year in operation. Note the 'rangy' type cattle being inspected by buyers of the day perched atop the fence in right foreground." Negative made from unknown publication.
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Date
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1872
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Stockyards, Kansas City
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Description
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View of stockyards with cattle in pens. Shows Swift sign in background.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stockyards, Kansas City
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Description
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View of cattle moving along side pens at the Kansas City Stockyards.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stockyards, Cattle Pens
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Description
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Cattle in stockyard pen at Kansas City stockyards.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stockyards, Kansas City
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Description
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View of commission man and buyer at cattle pen in the Kansas City Stockyards.
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Date
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1940~/1949~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Men Working with Cattle
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Description
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Partial view of men prodding cattle in a livestock pen with a broomhandle.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Cattle Industry
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Description
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History of the cattle industry in Kansas City from its beginnings with trails and railroads and stockyards, etc., including record cattle runs.First permanent establishment of cattle trade in 1867 followed by first public stockyards in 1871, then banks, packing plants, railroads, and exchanges.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City Stock Yards
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Description
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Essay about the Stockyards with photos of horses and cattle with the caption, "some blooded Scotch highlanders."
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Date
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1899-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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History of the Kansas City Stock Yards.
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Description
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This article provides a brief history of the stock yards from the time of their founding. The editor cites the source as a manuscript compiled from "old timers".
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Date
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1914-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A Short History History of the American Royal
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Description
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Photo and brief history of the American Royal "livestock and horse shows" started annually in Kansas City in 1899 as the National Hereford Show and named after "the British Agricultural Royal in England" in 1901 by Walter Neff.
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Date
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1968-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Area Used To Be the Nation's 'Cattle Capital'
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Description
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Featured in the "Jackson County History" column by David W. Jackson is the role that the cattle industry has played in this area, especially in Jackson County. Article mentions the transporting of cattle from cattle drives into Kansas City and the start of the stockyards. Also mentions the Simpson and Gudgell outfit which were connected with breeding Hereford cattle.
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Date
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2006-07-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Taking Stock
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Description
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Article focuses on the history of the meatpacking industry that once thrived in the West Bottoms. Current connections to the legacy of Kansas City's stockyards are discussed. Article traces the development of the industry from the late 1860s through its eventual decline during the 1950s. Historic photos of the Kansas City stockyards are included.
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Date
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2012-12-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
