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Title: Fairfax Industrial and Municipal Airports
Description: Aerial view, looking east, of Fairfax Industrial and Municipal airports.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal and Fairfax Airports from Commerce Tower
Description: View facing northeast from the balcony of the Commerce Towers Building at 911 Main Street. The River Market, the Missouri River, the Heart of America Bridge, the Hannibal Bridge, the Municipal Airport, the Fairfax Airport, Harlem, and other downtown buildings are in view.
Date: 1965-04-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC169 North American Aviation Collection Finding Aid
Description: The North American Aviation Inc. operated a B-25 factory at the Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1942-1945. This collection, donated by relatives of former North American Aviation employees, consists of issues of the plant's employee newsletter, notices sent to employees, and a patriotic music catalog.
Date: 1942/1945
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Introducing Fairfax Airport
Description: Report on Fairfax Industrial Airport, "Greater Kansas City's privately operated avaiton center."
Date: 1928-12-18
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Aviation Facilities Suffer Flood Damage
Description: Summary of effects of the flood on the most severely hit airlines.
Date: 1951-07-23
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Aviation History Took Flight at Fairfax
Description: Postcard image and short article about the history of the Fairfax Industrial District, Fairfax Airport and Aircraft Assembly Plant. The Fairfax Airport opened in 1928 and was the primary airmail departure point in the 1930s. The Fairfax plant was used to build B-25 bombers during WWII.
Date: 2010-05-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kansas Citian Aviation Number
Description: Whole issue of the Kansas Citian devoted to aviation. Articles include: ''Kansas City as an Aviation Center'' (p.961-2); ''American Eagle Enlarges'' (p. 963); ''Kansas City Concern Makes Planes [Butler]'' (p. 965 & 980); ''Bennett Flying Association'' (p. 968); ''Kansas City and Air Mail'' (p. 969); ''Twenty-five Years of Flight'' (p. 969); ''National Aeronautic Association'' (p. 971); ''Introducing Fairfax Airport'' (p. 973); ''City Administration Pushes Airport'' (p. 975); ''To Build Metal Planes Here [Standard Steel Works]'' (p. 975); and several others. Advertisements also feature aviation products, planes, and services.
Date: 1928-12-18
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view of downtown Kansas City and portions of North Kansas City, Missouri, looking toward the northwest. The Municipal Airport is in view as well as the Missouri River as it bends to the north. The Fairfax Airport is on the west side of the river. The Broadway Bridge, 2nd Hannibal Bridge, and the ASB Bridge, in that order from left to right, can be seen spanning the river. The Fairfax Bridge can be seen in the distance beyond the airport.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: TWA Airplane
Description: Photograph of an airplane in a hangar at the TWA Overhaul Base, Fairfax Airport.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Fairfax Airport and Its Role in World War II
Description: Article describes the various uses and occupants of the Fairfax Airport and industrial area from the time of the land's purchase by Guy Stanley in the early 1920's, to the airport's closure at midnight on March 31, 1985. The author writes that the terminal building and all other structures of the airport and World War II era bomber plant at Fairfax were eventually razed by General Motors.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: North Kansas City Quadrangle
Description: Topographical map of parts of Clay and Jackson counties in Missouri and Wyandotte County, Kansas, including segments of the Missouri River and the cities of North Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas. Also depicted are roads of varying grades, railroads, local airports, schools, churches, smaller surrounding communities, and a water treatment plant.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri River Hydrographic Survey: Kaw Bend
Description: Map of the Kaw Bend of the Missouri River, curving around Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Soundings across the width of the river are listed at every tenth of a mile. Topographic features such as dikes, revetments, railroad lines are indicated, as well as major industrial sites along the river.
Date: 1971
Object Type: Map

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