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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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Annie Cade Steamboat
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Description
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View looking northeast of the Annie Cade steamboat traveling on the Missouri River between Kansas City and Clay County. Houses in Harlem, Missouri, can be seen in the background. The piers for the future Armour Swift & Burlington Bridge are in view.
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Date
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1905~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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
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Title
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Steamboats near the Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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Looking northwest at unidentified paddle wheel steamboats passing through the open Hannibal Bridge.
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Object Type
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Photograph