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Title
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1951 Flood
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Description
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Aerial view looking north of the American Royal building and stockyards after floodwaters have receded.
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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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Postcards of Northeast Life
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Description
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Photo (from a postcard) and history of the old American Royal building, "built around 1910 specifically to house agricultural expositions" for the American Royal Livestock, Horse Show, and Rodeo, "razed to make way for the new Royal facility, built in the early 1990s" in the West Bottoms.
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Date
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2000-11-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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George Collett
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Description
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Photo and bio of George Collett, "president of the Kansas City Stock Yards," born in 1872 in Michigan, starting in the railroad and telegraph businesses before engaging in the management of stockyards in Chicago, Milwaukee in 1905, East Saint Louis in 1897, and Kansas City in 1913, building the American Royal Building in 1922.
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Date
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1905-04-13
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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American Royal Looks At Its Future
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Description
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A $50 million plan to enlarge the American Royal complex was given on October 20, 2005. The actual costs will probably be between $50 and $100 million dollars. It is hoped that an additional 151,000 visitors will result and it should create more than 500 jobs. Neal Patterson, head of Cerner Corporation, gave the presentation. Shopping areas and expanded year-round facilities and venues for regional and national equestrian, rodeo and livestock events are part of the plan. Article includes a diagram of the facilities.
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Date
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2005-10-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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23rd Street Viaduct - Looking South
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Description
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View facing south along the 23rd Street Viaduct during construction in the West Bottoms. A small portion of the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show Exhibit Building can be seen on the right side of the photograph. Workers for the Clarkson Construction Company are pouring concrete on the road. Road construction equipment is in view.
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Date
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1961-07-26
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Object Type
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Photograph
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American Royal Sculpture
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Description
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Detail view of sculpture north of 1992 building.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Royal Building
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Description
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Distant view of building and surrounding viaducts.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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