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Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Exterior view with members of the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks in view waiting for the train at the railroad station in Iowa City, Iowa. Sanders in his scrapbook describes, "Promenading on the board-walk, Iowa City."
Date: 1924-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Description: Members of the Nighthawks standing at the train depot in Mattoon, Illinois. Identified by Edmiston in his book as from left: Knapp, J. Thiell, Musolino, Birge (partly hidden), Richolson, H. Thiell, Coon, and Estep. Sanders in his scrapbook captions the photo, "The gang at Mattoon, Ill."
Date: 1924-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Road Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Road map of Jackson County, Missouri, that includes roads, railroads, electric lines, sections lines, streams, township lines, old trails, schools, and churches. Legend indicates types of roads shown. Includes townships of Blue, Fort Osage, Brooking, Sni-a-bar, Washington, Prairie, and Van Buren.
Object Type: Map

Title: Woman Standing Next to Train Car
Description: Unidentified woman in a summer dress standing next to a train car.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p013
Description: Northern part of early Kansas City in the West Bottoms from W. 8th Street south to Union Avenue and from Santa Fe Street east to Lincoln Street. Large numbers on the edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Conrad Mann
Description: Conrad Mann and unidentified women (possibly his wife) standing next to a train car. They are wearing winter attire.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Kansas City Park, Boulevard, Street Railway and Railway Map of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas.
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, showing parks, park districts, cemeteries, streets, railroad lines, and trolley lines. Inset map shows location of freight depots and express companies throughout the Midwest.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Map

Title: Plan of the City of Leavenworth, Kansas
Description: Map of Leavenworth including a numbered guide with city and county offices, railroad buildings, hotels, schools, and churches.
Date: 1876
Object Type: Map

Title: Joe Sanders in Raub, Indiana
Description: Exterior view taken at the Raub, Indiana train station. Joe Sanders on left and (Poot) or Harold Thiell on the right. Both are enjoying cookies after not eating all day. Sanders captions the photo in his scrapbook, "Poot and I eating cookies at Raub, Indiana after an all day fast enroute to Silver Lake."
Date: 1926-05-23
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
Description: The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence. Some items from this collection have been digitized and are available to view in the "Stockyards" Digital Collection, http://www.kchistory.org/digital-collections.
Date: 1828/1983
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Harvey's Happy Girls
Description: Short article about the history of Fred Harvey and his establishment of restaurants in train depots. Harvey opened his first railroad eating house in Topeka, Kansas, along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in early 1876. Includes a recipe for Cream of Wisconsin Cheese Soup served at the St. Louis Union Station and later at the Kansas City Union Station in the late 1800s, and which "eventually became President Harry Truman's favorite!"
Date: 2012-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Tiimeline History of the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad: Clay County's First Railroad
Description: This paper includes an introduction, timeline (1853-2005) for the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad, and various supporting references for the timeline. The references include photocopies of Web sites, newspaper clippings, hand drawn diagrams, maps, advertisements, photographs, etc. The main focus is railroad service through Clay County, Missouri, with some general information concerning the initial nineteenth-century railroad development in this area to its demise in the mid-twentieth century. Includes information on the Hannibal Bridge, train doodlebugs, the Burlington train depot in Liberty, Missouri (1906-1979), and photographs of what currently remains of the Chandler depot just northwest of Liberty. According to the timeline, the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad became the Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior Railroad, then the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and eventually the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
Date: 2007~
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: Kansas City, Missouri, and Wyandott, Kansas
Description: Street map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Wyandott City (now Kansas City), Kansas. Map shows parks, railroad lines, and water treatment facilities. List of office holders for each city, as well as a legend listing points of interest (hotels, banks, theaters, etc.)
Date: 1871
Object Type: Map

Title: State of Missouri
Description: Map of Missouri including United States Land offices, county seats, principal railroad stations, roads, etc.
Date: 1878
Object Type: Map

Title: Wright's Map of Kansas City
Description: 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.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Detailed street map of Kansas City, Missouri, that includes wards, railroads, and rivers. Shows businesses, cemeteries, parks, subdivisions, and some property owners.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Map

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