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Title
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Quality Hill and Downtown Kansas City
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Description
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Aerial view looking toward the southeast with the Quality Hill area and portions of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, in view. The 8th Street Tunnel is visible in the lower right side. Other buildings in view include the Quality Hill Apartments, Municipal Auditorium, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City Power and Light building, and many other structures.
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Date
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1956
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Quality Hill Area
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Description
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Aerial view of Quality Hill area located just west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Included in the view is the 12th Street Viaduct as well as the Quality Hill Apartments. Looking toward the southwest.
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Date
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1956
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Quality Hill Area
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Description
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Aerial view of Quality Hill area located just west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Included in the view is the 12th Street Viaduct as well as the Quality Hill Apartments. Looking toward the southwest. Major streets in view from left to right include Broadway Boulevard, Washington Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue. The 8th Street Tunnel is in view on the far mid-right side.
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Date
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1956
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bendix Plant
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Description
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Aerial view of Bendix Corporation's facilities on Bannister Road (95th Street) in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwest Boulevard Area
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Description
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Aerial view of Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood, showing smoke rising from a fire.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rosedale Area after 1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view of the Rosedale area in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Aerial View of Big Blue Industrial District
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Description
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Aluminum Company, Vendo; Black, Sivalls, & Bryson; Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack, and Blue River, looking south showing E. 12th Street and Truman Road.
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Date
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1955
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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P32 Richard Corliss Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Richard Corliss was born in Springfield, Massachussetts, in 1915 and moved to Kansas City in 1944. He worked as a freelance photographer, capturing scenes for sale to local news agencies. His collection consists of 46 photographs of varying sizes. Most are black and white. The photographs, shot between approximately 1945 and 1960, are of local personalities and visiting celebrities, accidents, disasters, and other news events. Notable are several photographs of the Truman family after their return to Independence.
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Date
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1945~/1960~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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P30 Kansas City (Mo.) Aviation Department Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This group of 17 black and white and 12 color photographs are duplicates of those at the Aviation Department of Kansas City, Missouri. These photographic copies were processed in the summer of 1999. The collection centers on Municipal, Kansas City International, and Richards-Gebaur airports, and also includes photographs of the downtown skyline from the mid-1970s.
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Date
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1945-1980~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Aerial View of Plane and Pilot
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Description
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Aerial view of an airplane pilot standing in cockpit, possibly performing an stunt, flying above an industrial area and river.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Kansas City International Airport
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Description
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Aerial view of KCI airport looking toward the southwest. View includes the control tower and the three terminals. Includes partial view of the public parking lot as well as the lake and hotel beside it.
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Date
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1970~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Aerial View of 26th and Broadway
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Description
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Aerial view looking northeast from 26th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Included in view are Union Station and Penn Valley Park.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Aerial View of Union Station
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Description
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Aerial view from west side of Union Station, looking east. Rahe's Auto and Tractor School in in view on upper left.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Aerial View of Signboard Hill
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Description
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Aerial view looking northeast from Signboard Hill. The view includes the Journal Post Building, Coca Cola Building, General Hospital, and Hotel Plaza.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Municipal Airport, Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial view of the Municipal Airport showing runways and terminal. Missouri River travels from the north at the top of the frame and bends to the right, and the Kansas (Kaw) River meets up with the Missouri in the lower left corner. The Broadway Bridge crosses the river just south of the airport, and to the east is the ASB (Armour-Swift-Burlington) Bridge which then carried rail and automobile traffic. The Harlem neighborhood runs along the north bank of the Missouri to the east of the airport, and the city of North Kansas City, Missouri, runs along the length of the left side of the image north of Harlem. Kansas City, Kansas, can be seen to the west of the Missouri River.
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Date
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1971-11-07
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Object Type
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Negative