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Broadway Bridge
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Description
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View of Broadway Bridge from south side of the Missouri River. Also shows the second Hannibal Bridge.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kaw River and Intercity
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Description
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View facing northwest taken from the James Street Bridge. The Kansas River, the Intercity Viaduct, and Interstate 70 can be seen.
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Date
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1962-09-11
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Broadway Bridge
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Description
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Looking southeast from the west side of the middle of the Broadway Bridge. Downtown skyline in view.
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Date
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1960
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Street and Water Department Buildings on Vine
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Description
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View looking northeast along Vine Street from its intersection with 21st Street of a stone Street Department building on the left and a stone Water Department building on the right. The Vine Street Kansas City Terminal Railway Viaduct is in view on the right.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Area of the Stockyards and Kaw River
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Description
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Area of the Stockyards and the Kaw River between 23rd St. Viaduct and Central Ave, showing buildings including Swift and Co., no date.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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23rd Street Viaduct - Looking South
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Description
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View facing south along the 23rd Street Viaduct during construction in the West Bottoms. A small portion of the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show Exhibit Building can be seen on the right side of the photograph. Workers for the Clarkson Construction Company are pouring concrete on the road. Road construction equipment is in view.
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Date
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1961-07-26
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge during 1903 Flood
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Description
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The Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge over the Kansas River during the 1903 flood. The people in the image are standing at the footing of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, which was washed away during the flood.
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Date
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1903
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Early Kansas City Riverfront
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Description
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Riverfront view, looking west from near the south end of the Hannibal Bridge near Broadway.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Second Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of the Second Hannibal Bridge, looking north, which opened in 1917 and carried both rail and car traffic until 1956, when car traffic switched to the Broadway Bridge. In the left side of the photo, to the west of the Second Hannibal Bridge is the Broadway Bridge, which opened in 1956, and was renamed the Buck O'Neil Bridge in 2016. Located in the Harlem neighborhood.
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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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Brush Creek Band
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Description
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View looking northwest of an unidentified big band playing in Brush Creek beneath a pedestrian bridge that crossed the stream at Central Street. Several concert attendees can be seen.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Maynard Ferguson in Brush Creek
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Description
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View looking northwest of Maynard Ferguson and his band playing in Brush Creek beneath a pedestrian bridge that crossed the stream at Central Street. Several concert attendees can be seen.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Brush Creek Band
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Description
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View looking southwest of an unidentified big band playing in Brush Creek beneath a pedestrian bridge that crossed the stream at Central Street. Several concert attendees can be seen.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Alameda Plaza Hotel
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Description
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View looking south along Wornall Road from its bridge over Brush Creek showing the Alameda Plaza Hotel at 401 Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
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Description
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Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Intersection of Ward Parkway & Belleview Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of Ward Parkway and Belleview Avenue, looking north along Belleview, circa 1980. The small bridge crosses over Brush Creek.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Browning, King & Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Browning, King & Co. showing a cityscape (London?) with river, bridge, and towers. One of four cards with similarly designed cityscapes. Back of card says: "Browning, King & Co., Manufacturers and Retailers of Fine Clothing for Men, Boys & Children,.""Also at New York, Philadephia, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee." Manager identified as Henry L. Pitcher. Address given on back of card:
Nos. 1101, 1103, 1105 Main Street,
Cor. of Eleventh Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Paths of Industry West Bottoms and 8th Street Tunnel Tracks
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Description
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View looking west into the West Bottoms from West Terrace Park in Quality Hill. The Bluff Street Bridge, buildings of the J. G. Peppard Seed Company, Kersey Coates Drive, and tracks leading to the Eighth Street Tunnel can be seen.
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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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Photographers near Watts Mill
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Description
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Snapshot of two photographers on the banks of Indian Creek near the Watts Mill site. A bridge can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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