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Title
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Park and Boulevard System
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Description
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Award program for the Park and Boulevard System as the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark on October 21, 1974.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Recreation Advances in Kansas City
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Description
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Report on improvements to public recreation facilities "vested in the Division of Recreation of the Welfare Department, but close cooperation is given by the Park Department and the Board of Education," including playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, baseball diamonds, etc.
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Date
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1941-10
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
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Description
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Souvenir program book the Kansas City centennial celebration. The book details the events, organizations involved, and people associated with the celebration. The book contains many advertisements and brief articles detailing the history of various Kansas City area businesses, organizations, and public figures. An index for the book can be found on page 144.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Sheffield Pool
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Description
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View of unidentified children swimming at Sheffield Pool and Shelter Building.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Park
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Description
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City park located at 27th Street and Madison Avenue. Designers Elpidio Rocha and Dale Eldred were awarded for imaginative use of materials in the design of this park.
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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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Ashland Park
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Description
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View of junior wading pool at Ashland Park.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Troost Lake
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Description
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View of Troost Lake, located between 28th and 29th streets and Troost Avenue. The Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department received an award for urban design synergy in its restoration of Troost Lake.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Feline Exhibit Construction Site Sign
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Description
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Full view of a sign indicating the proposed site for a new feline exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo. Designer E. F. Corwin, Jr. received an award for his work on this and other signs put in place by the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department on park property under construction.
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Date
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1972
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Budd Park, Sunday Picnic
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Description
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Postcard of a Sunday school Picnic at Budd Park in the Northeast area.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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J. V. Lewis
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of J. V. Lewis, Superintendent of Parks from 1939-1963. Before becoming the superintendent, he worked as field engineer for the Park Department.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1940-1957, Page p277
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Description
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A portion of northeast Kansas City from Pendleton Avenue south to Independence Boulevard and from Park Avenue east to Montgall Avenue, showing buildings, parks, and streets. Large numbers at edges of pages refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1940/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of Penn Valley Park
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Description
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Map of Penn Valley Park, showing wooded areas, tennis courts, ball fields, etc. At the time of the map's printing, George E. Kessler (landscape architect) and W. H. Dunn (Superintendent of Parks) were part of the Park Commissioners Board.
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Date
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1910
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Street map of Kansas City showing parks, cemeteries, park district boundaries, and street car lines.
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Date
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1940
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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3051 Penn Valley Drive
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Description
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Photograph of a Kansas City Parks Department maintenance building near the northwest corner of 31st and Wyandotte Street, on Penn Valley Drive. Designed by Root & Siemens and built in 1910, the building was originally a Parks District maintenance headquarters, but was serving as a storage building at the time of the photograph. The building was severely damaged by fire in 1991, leaving only the stone walls intact. St. Mary's Hospital can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Map Showing the Park and Boulevard System of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Map showing Kansas City's system of parks and boulevards. The city is divided into five parks districts: West Park, North Park, South Park, East Park, and Westport Park. Lists of parks with their areas in acres, boulevards with their distances in miles, and park drives with their distances in miles is included.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kansas City Park Department
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Description
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Folder contains two brochures connected with the Park Department. One concerns a music in the parks series held in 1946 and the other concerns the "Park and Plan Week Celebration" which includes among other things, Swope Park Day, 1922.
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Date
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1922/1946
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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SC32 George Kessler Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This one box collection includes 16 landscape drawings done primarily by George Kessler, dated 1910 - 1916 and covering not only Penn Valley Park and North Terrace Park in Kansas City but also projects in China, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, St. Joseph, St. Louis, etc. It also includes two microfilm reels of official correspondence to and from the Board of Park Commisssioners, held in the same box as the drawings.
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Date
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1895/1923
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Brush Creek Pedestrian Bridge
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Description
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Wilbur Dunn, Director of Parks Department, along the banks of Brush Creek near the pedestrian bridge at Central and Ward Parkway.
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Date
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1932-06-13
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Object Type
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Photograph
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