Search results

Title: Speaking of Kansas
Description: 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.
Date: 1937-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance
Description: Description of the business of Offutt & Elmore, "[l]ive stock commission merchants, room 14, Exchange Building, Kansas City Stock Yards."
Date: 1886-05
Object Type: Book

Title: Stock Yards Packing House
Description: Schwarzschild & Sulzberger built their big packing house here in 1893, and in the following year the Stock Yards Company spent a million and a half of dollars for additional grounds and improvements.
Date: 1905-03-19
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City: An American Story
Description: Chapter of the book about the mutual growth of Kansas City and its livestock industry, including the Stockyards, meat packing companies, railroads, and the like and all located in the West Bottoms, with illustrations, diagrams, photos, and maps.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Book

Title: KC�??s Animal Health Corridor Lands Bullseye
Description: A 2006 study showed that �??the area between the cities of Manhattan, Kan., Columbia, Mo. and St. Joseph, Mo. has the world�??s largest concentration of animal health industry assets.�?� Known as the KC Animal Health Corridor, member civic organizations are working to promote the region and further develop its bioscience industries. The Corridor currently spans 350 miles, hosts 220 animal health-related businesses that employ 20,000 people, and generates a third of the global industry�??s sales.
Date: 2013-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Booster of KC Region is Dead
Description: Jay Dillingham, local civic leader and former president of the Kansas City Stockyards (1948-1975), died at the age of 97 on August 13, 2007. Dillingham was born March 8, 1910, in Platte City, Missouri. In 1935 he married Frances Thompson, daughter of a founder of the American Royal. After graduating from the Kansas City School of Law in 1935, he went to work at the stockyards and became president in 1948. His legacy includes the growth and reputation of the American Royal, the city's expansion and the Platte County location of the airport, securing federal projects for the area including highway construction, etc.
Date: 2007-08-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Kansas City Meat Packing Industry before 1900
Description: Illustrations and article about the history of the meat packing industry in Kansas City from its beginnings following the Civil War to 1900, with descriptions of the Plankinton and Armour Packing Company plant and similar operations from the early 1870s.
Date: 1960-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Pioneer Banker Reminisces.
Description: In this article George S. Hovey, Chairman of the Board of Inter-State National Bank, recounts his experiences with the Bank and the Live Stock Exchange.
Date: 1943-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: World's Second Greatest Live Stock Market, Kansas City
Description: Article about the rank of Kansas City's livestock market as second largest in the world, with photos and description of the Stockyards and the Live Stock Exchange Building.
Date: 1915-05-15
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Souvenir of Kansas City and Her Fire Department
Description: Thorough description of the factory and grounds and operations at the packing plant, lying on both Missouri and Kansas land in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Book

Title: Chaos and Conspiracy: The Kansas City Livestock Trade, 1886-1892
Description: Early history of the Stockyards and the cattle men and conflicts in its regulation from 1886 to 1892.
Date: 1992
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Livestock Exchange Building Blueprint
Description: Blueprints of the first floor plan for the Livestock Exchange Building in the Kansas City Stockyards (part of a set of blueprints).
Date: 1909-12-30
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Kansas City Stock Yards Company’s Plat No. 1
Description: Description and survey of land known as Kansas City Stock Yards Plat No. 1, March 28, 1906.
Date: 1906-03-28
Object Type: Map

Title: American Royal Building
Description: Drawing of the front and side of the American Royal Building, n.d.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: American Royal Building
Description: Drawing of the American Royal building second floor plan showing location of song birds, pigeons, cats, dogs, fur bearing animals, rock gardens, game birds, and bantams. See also: American Royal building floor plan, Barcode 10029578.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Livestock Exchange Building Layout
Description: Drawing showing the south half of the first floor of the Livestock Exchange Building.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: American Royal Building
Description: Drawing of the American Royal building floor plan showing location of horse stalls, cattle stalls, dog show area, and Merchants and Manufacturer's Exhibit, November 1923. See also: American Royal building second floor plan, Barcode 10029626.
Date: 1923
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Exposition Building
Description: Drawing of Exposition Building for use of American Royal Live Stock Show, Tractor Show, and Motor Show, n.d.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: Livestock Exchange Building Layout
Description: Drawing showing the first floor plan of the Livestock Exchange Building.
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: American Royal Construction
Description: Construction site for the American Royal Building, September 22, 1922.
Date: 1922-09-22
Object Type: Photograph

Search results

Pages

Pages

Refine Search

Object Type

Local Subject

TGM Subject

Date

Creator