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Title: 12th Street Viaduct
Description: Streetcar stopped at Hickory Street and the 12th Street Viaduct.
Date: 1918-02-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Streetcar Stop
Description: Streetcar stop at Hickory Street and 12th Street Viaduct.
Date: 1918-02-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Get It Done
Description: Illustration and brief text about controlling traffic.
Date: 1921-03-29
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view of downtown Kansas City looking east. At the right side of the image is the Kansas City Power & Light Building, with Municipal Auditorium immediately to the west. To its left, in the bottom half of the image, the 12th Street Bridge descends into the West Bottoms. The double-towered building at the left of the image is the Fidelity National Bank building. Also visible are the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Kansas City City Hall, and Jackson County Courthouse.
Date: 1958-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Twelfth Street Cable
Description: Poem from 1913 when the cable cars stopped functioning.
Date: 1931-03-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 12th Street Bridge
Description: Distant view, looking southwest, of north side of bridge; also shows 8th Street bridge leading into the 8th Street Tunnel.
Date: 1926-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Railroads of the City
Description: Reprint of an article from the August 10, 1873, Kansas City Times about the "extension of tracks [and] additions to the street railroads of the city," including new connections to Westport and Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Twelfth Street Viaduct
Description: Black and white charcoal detailed sketch showing a portion of the Twelfth Street Viaduct and street with automobiles underneath. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Twelfth Street Viaduct
Description: Untitled color drawing of the West Bottoms which includes the 12th Street Viaduct. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: 12th Street Viaduct Links Downtown to Bottoms
Description: Photo postcard showing the construction of the "new" 12th Street Viaduct and an accompanying article about its opening on March 8, 1915.
Date: 2011-07-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Twelfth Street Cable
Description: Poem commemorating the 12th Street cable line, also the 9th Street Incline, by Walter P. Neff.
Date: 1923-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Woodcuts
Description: This collection of woodcuts of scenes from Kansas City were done by Herbert F. Slaughter who also wrote the accompanying text for the booklet, which is a narrative about Kansas City with a woodcut illustration on each facing page. One of the woodcuts illustrates the 12th Street Viaduct showing the two above ground levels. Most of the woodcuts are of prominent landmarks or buildings in Kansas City.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Book

Title: Bridges: Construction of the Twelfth St. Trafficway Viaduct, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Discussion and illustration of cross-section and aerial layouts of construction plans for the 12th Street Viaduct. Intended to "facilitate the usual street traffic between sections of Kansas City, Mo., which are separated topographically."
Date: 1915-10-27
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City's Twelfth Street Trafficway Viaduct
Description: This is a short article about the history and significance of the Twelfth Street viaduct which connected Kansas City's "commercial and business district on the edge of the bluffs to the industrial district 200 feet below".
Date: 1905-06-25
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Souvenir of Kansas City and Her Fire Department
Description: Photo of Quality Hill in the background behind a view of the 12th Street Viaduct, with a store in the foreground for J. B. Spellman Wholesale Feeds.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Book

Title: Souvenir of Kansas City and Her Fire Department
Description: Photo or illustration of the "Great 12th Street Viaduct over Railroad Tracks."
Date: 1893
Object Type: Book

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Distant, aerial view of downtown Kansas City looking toward the east. Shows a portion of the West Bottoms with train tracks, Quality Hill, 12th Street Viaduct, and the freeway along the north side of downtown.
Date: 1958-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Building Rapid-Transit Viaduct, Kansas City
Description: Photos, drawings, and descriptions of construction plans for the 12th Street Viaduct.
Date: 1928-10-18
Object Type: Magazine Article

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