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Title: Swope Park
Description: View of tree lined road and a railway track. Identified on the back as: "Swope tract, 1915, Rev. F.M. Smith, Independence."
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: Partial view of Union Station and the tracks located on the west side of the station. View is looking toward the southeast. In view is hill across the street from the station where the Liberty Memorial was later built. Some train cars can be seen on the tracks. Photograph taken from Broadway Viaduct.
Date: 1915-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Bell in Kansas City
Description: View of an unidentified train track area, perhaps Union Station area, with the train carrying the Liberty Bell located on the last special flat car. Back of the photograph reads: "Famous Liberty Bell in Kansas City, W. Malcom Lowry."
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: View of train tracks associated with Union Station. Train engines and railroad cars are in view.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p170
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 17th Street south to about W. 23rd Street and from State Line east to Liberty, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p0645
Description: A portion of Kansas City just north of the intersection of Bristol Avenue and E. 6th Street, showing buildings, railroads and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Indicated at top of sheet that this page number corresponds with pages 689, 690, and 692 in Vol. 5, 1909-1938.
Date: 1940/1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p0646
Description: A portion of Kansas City just north of the intersection of Wilson and Manchester Avenue, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Indicated at top of sheet that this page number corresponds with pages 703, 704, 711, and 723 in Vol. 5, 1909-1938.
Date: 1940/1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p0618
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Independence Avenue south to E. 8th Street and from Colorado Avenue east to Oakley Avenue, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Indicated at top of sheet that this page number corresponds with page 640 in Vol. 5, 1909-1938.
Date: 1940/1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Union Station
Description: View of Union Station and train tracks looking toward the east. Located at Pershing Road and Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Train engines can be seen under the sheds as well as what appears to be employees by the tracks.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad Tracks and Bridge
Description: Distant view of a man in a coat and hat standing between two railroad tracks. A bridge is visible in the background.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Grain Scattered near Railroad Tracks
Description: View of grain scattered near tracks in the Missouri Pacific Railroad yards, shown as evidence of poor rat control practices.
Date: 1948-02-18
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Description: Article reviews the political struggle over the fate of the Katy Bridge at Boonville. The bridge for the MKT (Missouri-Kansas-Texas) railroad was built in 1932 and at the time was the largest lift-span bridge in the United States. It was also "a second incarnation of a bridge that was constructed in 1874." The Katy Trail takes a detour at Boonville to bypass the rail bridge. Union Pacific, owners of the bridge, plan to recycle bridge materials for use in a different location, saying this could save them close to eight million dollars. Save the Katy Bridge Coalition is working hard to raise funds to refurbish it for pedestrian and bicycle use on the Katy Trail.
Date: 2008-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 23rd Street Viaduct
Description: View of the 23rd Street Viaduct, looking toward the northwest with Kansas City, Kansas, in the background. The area is in the West Bottoms, just west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The American Royal building is in view as well as train tracks.
Date: 1961-10-02
Object Type: Photograph

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