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Title
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Boat Landing at Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Description
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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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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Missouri River, Boat Landing
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Description
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Postcard of a boat landing on the banks of the Missouri River at Kansas City.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Postcard
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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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The Improvement of the Missouri River and Its Usefulness as a Traffic Route
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Description
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Article about the navigation of the Missouri River, especially between Kansas City and Saint Louis, with history since the 1850s. Includes a description of the improvement of its channel and freight rates, including the incorporation of the Missouri River Transportation Company in 1890, then known as the Kansas City and Missouri River Transportation Company.
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Date
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1908-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article