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Title
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West Bottoms
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Description
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View of the West Bottoms area looking toward the northwest. Railroad yards, tracks, and cars are included in the view.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1940-1957, Page p285
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Description
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Portions of northeast Kansas City in the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company's yards and the General Mills Incorporated plant. 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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Doorway and Front Steps
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Description
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Front steps and doorway of an unidentified building in the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards, showing evidence of rat infestation.
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Date
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1948-02-18
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Grain Scattered near Railroad Tracks
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Description
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View of grain scattered near tracks in the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards, shown as evidence of poor rat control practices.
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Date
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1948-02-18
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Locker
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Description
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View of a locker door in an unspecified building at the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards, showing signs of rat infestation.
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Date
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1948-02-18
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rat Burrow
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Description
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Rat burrow and dead rat in the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards, shown as evidence of a "well inhabited" burrow serving rats who feed on grain from nearby railroad cars.
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Date
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1948-02-18
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rat Burrows
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Description
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Rat burrows in the ground near the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards, shown as evidence of heavy rat infestation.
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Date
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1948-02-18
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rat Tracks
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Description
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Rat tracks located on the grounds of the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards, shown as evidence of "hundreds of rats living and breeding" in the area.
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Date
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1948-02-18
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Downtown Kansas City Skyline
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Description
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View of skyline shot from Hospital Hill, looking northwest. Train yards and freight house district are clearly visible in foreground
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Date
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1953-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wright's Map of Kansas City
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Description
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Detailed map of Kansas City, Missouri, that includes roads, railroads, subdivisions and additions, and some property owners. Subdivisions have been colored by an unknown source after the map was printed. A portion of Wyandotte County is also included.
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Date
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1884
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Flooded Area
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Description
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View looking southwest from the 12th street viaduct of railroad yards in the West Bottoms during the 1951 Flood. In the foreground is the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad freight house, and directly behind is the Gulf Mobile & Ohio freight house, formerly the Chicago & Alton. Also in view is the Santa Fe Freight Station, Western Mill Supply Co., Continental Electric Co., John Deere Plow Co., International Harvester Co., and National Carloading Corp. facilities.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph