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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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View looking north along Walnut Street from 6th Street during a 1908 flood. The Missouri River can be seen in the distance. Several downtown buildings are in view. Signs for the New Nelson building, the Henry House hotel, and the Clay Auction Company can be seen.
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Date
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1908
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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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Walnut Levee from North Side of the River
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Description
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View looking south of the levee between Walnut and Wyandotte streets from the north bank of the Missouri River. Several early downtown buildings, including the Gillis House Hotel, can be seen.
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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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River Market and North Kansas City
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Description
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Photograph taken from a elevated location of the River Market neighborhood, North Kansas City, the Missouri River, and the Downtown Airport circa 1990. The image appears to be taken from a building on the site currently occupied by Ilus W. Davis Park, which was cleared in 1994 and developed into a park and civic mall shortly thereafter. The United States Courthouse building, at 9th and Grand, can be seen in the lower left of the image. The Broadway Bridge is visible at far left, and the Heart of America Bridge, which opened in 1986, at right.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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Looking Northwest from Payne's Addition
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Description
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View looking northwest into the West Bottoms from Payne's Addition, now 12th Street, from south of Ottawa Street atop the West Bluffs in the Quality Hill area. Several early West Bottoms buildings are in view. The Missouri River can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1870-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
