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Boat Landing at Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Postcard showing the riverboat landing site at the foot of Main Street along the Missouri River. The Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge can be seen in the background. Steamboats arriving and departing can be seen.
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1912
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Postcard
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Inter-City Viaduct, Kansas City, Mo.
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Postcard showing the Intercity Viaduct leading from the West Bottoms into Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri River can be seen.
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Date
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1913
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Log Raft Passing Burnside Bridge
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Postcard showing a timber raft passing beneath the Burnside Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
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Postcard
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Bridge on Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo.
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Postcard showing the stone Rockhill Road Bridge that once spanned Brush Creek. The bridge had previously been known as the Nelson Bridge.
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1910
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Armour Swift Bridge, Kansas City, Mo.
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Postcard of the Armour Swift Burlington (ASB) Bridge that connects Kansas City to Clay County to the north.
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1912
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Postcard
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Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
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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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1885~
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Map
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Browning, King & Co.
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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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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Map Showing the Location of the Kansas City Bridge
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Map showing the location of the Hannibal Bridge, as well as the surrounding communities of Harlem, Wyandott, West Kansas and early Kansas City. The map shows the location of the southern bank of the Missouri River when the area was first surveyed in 1826 and indicates the rail lines connecting to the bridge.
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Object Type
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Map
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Browning, King & Co.
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Advertising card for Browning, King & Co. showing a cityscape with river, bridge, and boats. 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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