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Title
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Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Aerial view of Kansas City from the northeast. Buildings, railroad lines, and other features rendered pictorially. Key at bottom of map identifies churches, schools, reservoirs, businesses, etc. Street names are shown. Hannibal Bridge is shown open for river traffic.
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Date
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1878
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Aerial view of Kansas City from the northeast. Buildings, railroad lines, and other features are rendered pictorially. Key at bottom of map identifies churches, schools, reservoirs, businesses, etc. Street names are shown. The Hannibal Bridge is shown open for river traffic.Typed note taped to back of map reads, "George Ehrlich did extensive research to determine the date of this map - 1878 lithograph, Bird's Eye View, for his 1979 book "Kansas City, Mo.: An Architectural History, 1826-1976."
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Date
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1878
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Bird's-Eye View of West Terrace Showing Suggested Improvements
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Description
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Drawing showing the West Bottoms, West Terrace, West Bluffs, and Downtown areas of Kansas City, Missouri, created to display suggested improvements to the area that would become West Terrace Park. Item appears within the first report of the Kansas City Board of Park and Boulevard Commissioners.
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Date
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1893
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Sepia-toned aerial view from the northeast, showing the Missouri River, Hannibal Bridge, and the city of Kansas City with streets and buildings marked. Points of interest (churches, etc.) numbered; key on back of map. Also on the back is handwritten, "Star, Sept. 30, 1928."
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Map
