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Title
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Huge Expanse Lies under Union Station
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Description
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Article about the "modern mail-sorting wonder" of the underground complex connecting the Main Post Office to Union Station and its part in helping Kansas City become a transportation and communication leader, starting in the 1930s.
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Date
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1988-02-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Central Postoffice Here
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Description
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Article announcing the upgrading of the Main Postoffice on Pershing Road to central status, now handling direct mailing rather than all mail materials being sent through Washington, D. C., first.
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Date
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1934-04-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Cox's Pasture
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Description
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Reminiscences about the land where the post office building is on Pershing Road in 1907, known then as "Cox's pasture."
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Date
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1949-12-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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IRS Reaches Deal to Use Post Office
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Description
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Major lease terms for the old Main Post Office building on Pershing Road have been negotiated with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). U.S. Senator Kit Bond was a major influence in the project. Current postal operations will be shifted to Union Station. The $370 million project means 4,000 full-time and 2,000 seasonal jobs for downtown.
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Date
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2004-01-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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General Post Office
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Description
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Postcard of the main post office at 315 W. Pershing
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Dedication ceremonies.
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Date
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1933-09-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; located at 315 W. Pershing.
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Date
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1945
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Cut Stone Company
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Description
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Interior view of Kansas City Cut Stone Company; located at 5th and Cheyenne. Shows David Judah and Vincent Alberici and ornamental carvings for the post office on Pershing Road.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Cut Stone Company
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Description
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Interior view of Kansas City Cut Stone Company; located at 5th and Cheyenne. Shows ornamental carvings for the post office on Pershing Road.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Cut Stone Company
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Description
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Interior view of Kansas City Cut Stone Company; located at 5th and Cheyenne. Shows ornamental carvings for the post office on Pershing Road.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Frontal and west side view of post office at 315 Pershing Road. Cars are parked in front of the building.
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Date
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1935~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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U.S. Post Office
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Description
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Photograph of the United States Post Office building at 315 West Pershing Road in the early 1980s. In 2004, the building became part of a large Internal Revenue Service complex at the southeast corner of Pershing and West Pennway.
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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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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Kansas City's main post office at 315 W. Pershing Road.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph