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Crane Family Genealogy
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Description
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File contains a copy of a legal document describing the property of S. E. Crane in Jackson County, including a store in 1869. S. E. Crane had a store at the Junction in 1867.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Kansas City Then & Now
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Photos and description of the change in the structures and streets at the intersection of Main, Delaware, and 9th Streets (formerly known as the Junction and removed of Delaware Street) from just after the Civil War (with only wooden buildings) to the Diamond Building (built about 1870 by Samuel Vaughan), its replacement about 1915 by the Westgate Hotel (demolished in 1954 with the street straightening), and replacement by the Muse of the Missouri fountain, TenMain Center, and Commerce Tower in the late 1900s.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on the Junction of 9th, Main, and Delaware Streets, originally the site of the Elijah Jackson farm house in the 1840s and after the Civil War becoming the hub of Downtown Kansas City as the site of Vaughan's Diamond Building (built in 1870 and demolished in 1915) and later hotels until elimination of Delaware Street and adjacent buildings under street and building renovations from the 1950s to 1970s, with replacement in 1963 by the Muse of the Missouri statue and fountains.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Muse of the Missouri Fountain
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Description
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Folder contains photos and information on the Muse of the Missouri fountain and statue, placed in 1963 at the site of the former Junction of 9th, Main, and Delaware Streets (present 9th and Main Streets) by the Kemper Foundation.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Shipwreck Kelly Is Down
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Description
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Story of daredevil "Shipwreck" Kelly's record 146 hours and 13 minutes of sitting atop the flagpole of the Westgate Hotel, finished on February 25, 1927. Announcement of his plan the next day to attempt a "loop-the-loop" on an airplane at Richards Field while tied to a flagpole attached to it.
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Date
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1927-02-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Westgate Hotel
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Description
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The hotel was built around 1915 on the former site of the old Diamond Building that was built in 1870 and later bought by the Kansas City Times in 1883.
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Date
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1925-09-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Main Street Downtown
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Main Street looking south between 8th and 9th street in downtown Kansas City. View includes the Muse of the Missouri fountain/statue as well as part of Commerce Towers. Back of photograph reads: "old 'Junction' famous center of K.C. in early days. 9th & Main, looking south, M.R."
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Date
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1964
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Legion Memorial Fountain
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Description
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Close-up view of the American Legion Memorial Fountain located at 9th and Main streets in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Who Remembers Mike Tuite?
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Description
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Photo and article about "Mike Tuite," the man stationed at the Junction of 9th, Main, and Delaware Streets in the 1880s-1890s to warn pedestrians and other traffic of approaching cable cars.
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Date
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1968-04-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Fountain - Missouri Waters
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Description
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View facing north of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street. A portion of Main Street can also be seen.
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Date
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1964-01-19
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Missouri Waters Fountain - Commerce Building
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Description
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View facing southeast of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street. The Commerce Towers Building can also be seen.
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Date
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1964-07-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Missouri Waters Fountain
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Description
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View facing northwest of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street.
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Date
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1964-07-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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View of a demolished building site at the intersection of 9th and Main Streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Men and horses stand on the site. Ringling Bros. posters are visible on the side of the next building.
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Date
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1915-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Looking north along the east side of Main between 10th and 11th.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Blues Parade
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Description
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Cars turning east onto 9th from Main Street (The Junction) in SCBA parade honoring the Kansas City Blues; lead car carrying Kansas City Blues Queen. Kay Hotel billboard is in view.
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Date
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1954
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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View looking east on 9th Street at the junction of Main and Delaware streets. Shows the buildings in the area referred to as The Junction.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Looking north along Main Street from 10th Street at the Junction area of Main, Delaware, and 9th streets. Business in view includes J. T. Welden, Undertaker. Also has view of what appears to be a delivery wagon and street railway tracks.
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Date
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1884
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Early view looking north of Main Street and Vaughan's Diamond Building at the junction of Main, 9th, and Delaware.
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Date
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1875
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street Plaza
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Description
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View of the Main Street Plaza, from 6th to 9th streets on Main Street, facing north. The sculpture and fountain pictured is known as the Muse of the Missouri.
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Date
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1964
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of Vaughan's Diamond Building; located at the intersection of 9th, Main, and Delaware at the Junction.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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