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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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49th Street Pedestrian Bridge
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Description
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Photograph from the intersection of 49th and Main Streets, looking west down 49th Street, circa 1987. The 4900 Main Building is pictured at left, connected via pedestrian bridge to the Board of Trade building. The Sulgrave Apartments building stands to the west, at 121 West 48th Street.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Map Showing the Location of the Kansas City Bridge
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Description
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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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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 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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American Hominy Flake Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for the American Hominy Flake Co. showing a pink rose and a winter town scene. One of two cards with similar design. Back of card says: "Try a package of Snow Flake Hominy and Cormane And You Will Be Happy.." Address given on back of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
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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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Kansas City Stockyards Bridge General Plan and Elevations
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Description
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Drawing of the Kansas City Stockyards Bridge general plan and elevations. This drawing is one sheet from a set of 26 Corp of Engineers drawings for the Kansas City Flood Control Project at the Kansas City Stockyards Bridge over the Kansas River, showing Bridge and Approach Alterations, 1949.
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Date
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1949
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Kansas Avenue Bridge
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Description
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Blueprint for the Kansas Avenue Bridge showing details of portals and handrails. This blueprint is one of a set of 27 blueprints of the Kansas Avenue Bridge showing details for railway truss, substructure, railings, lamp posts, floor drains, wire pole connections, stresses, beams, girders, portals, handrails, columns, etc., 1914. Hedrick and Cochrane (consulting engineers) are identified on some of the sheets.
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Date
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1914
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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