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Title: Missouri River, South
Description: Postcard view of the downtown and riverfront areas of Kansas City in 1855, looking South from the Missouri River.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 4th Street
Description: Storefronts along the north side of 4th, west from Grand.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue Facing South
Description: View of Grand Avenue facing south from about 7th Street.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bridge Over Railroad Tracks
Description: Looking east along 1st Street from Grand Avenue at unidentified bridge.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Looking north along Grand Avenue from 8th Street.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Looking east near the northeast corner of 7th Street and Grand Avenue.
Date: 1865
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Centropolis Hotel
Description: Street level view looking northwest at the southeast corner of 5th and Grand. The Centropolis, built in 1880, was the first hotel in Kansas City to install electric lighting. "As Kansas City moved southward and new hotels were built, the old Centropolis gradually faded. In later years only part of the imposing structure was used as a hotel" as shown in this photograph. For more about the hotel see this postcard and accompanying historical article http://www.kchistory.org/u?/Mrs,1292.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Post-World War I Military Parade
Description: Uniformed troops marching southward along Grand at 15th.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Looking southeast from the northwest corner of 17th and Grand.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: View of Grand Avenue looking toward the north from around 21st Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The WDAF radio towers can be seen in the distance.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue, South from 12th Street
Description: Postcard of Grand Avenue, south from 12th Street.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Grand Avenue, North from 12th Street
Description: Postcard of Grand Avenue, facing north from 12th Street.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Grand Avenue, North from 12th Street
Description: Postcard of Grand Avenue facing north from 12th Street.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Grand Avenue, South from 8th Street
Description: Postcard of Grand Avenue facing south from 8th Street.
Date: 1909-08
Object Type: Postcard

Title: V 817 Grand Ave., about 1870 Kansas City, MO.
Description: Postcard showing a photograph of Grand Avenue near 14th Street captured around 1870. Early Kansas City buildings and businesses are in view. This postcard was issued as part of a set to celebrate Kansas City's centennial in 1950.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Theodore Roosevelt in Kansas City
Description: Photographic postcard of former president Theodore Roosevelt in an open carriage on Grand Avenue.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Street Scene
Description: Looking north along Grand from 24th. Shows streetcar and automobiles.
Date: 1929
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Post-World War I Military Parade
Description: Uniformed troops marching southward along Grand at 15th.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Post-World War I Military Parade
Description: Uniformed troops marching southward along Grand at 15th.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Unidentified view from Grand Avenue.
Date: 1875
Object Type: Photograph

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