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Title: Invading Fossil Regions: Many Ancient Specimens Have Been Taken from Main Street Cut
Description: Article about the fossils, with illustrations, found in the excavation for the foundation of the new Union Station and into the ground beneath Main Street.
Date: 1911-11-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Union Station
Description: Elevated view looking west of Union Station.
Date: 1938
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pershing Road
Description: Looking west along Pershing Road from just east of Main.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: Partial frontal view looking north along Main.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station from Signboard Hill
Description: Partial frontal view looking north from Signboard Hill along Main.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p146
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 22nd Street south to W. 25th Street and from Broadway east to Main Street, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Union Station Looking North from the Liberty Memorial
Description: View of Union Station facing north from the Liberty Memorial. Several cars parked outside of Union Station and traveling along Pershing Road and Main Street. The downtown skyline is in view in the background of the image. Signs for TWA, Jim Beam bourbon, the Midwest Hotel; Admiral appliances, Kansas City Southern Lines, Belger Cartage Service, Parke-Davis & Company, Old Fitzgerald bourbon, Firestone and Western Auto can be seen.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: Aerial view, looking north, of Union Station; also shows BMA Building and a portion of Main Street.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: Aerial view of Union Station and the surrounding area. Several downtown buildings are in view. Tracks for the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company can be seen behind the station. Cars parked in the station's lot and traveling along Main Street are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and Downtown Kansas City Skyline
Description: View looking toward the northeast taken from Liberty Memorial. Gives a full view of the Union Station building and some railroad tracks as well as the skyline of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Coca-Cola (Western Auto) building is in view on the right and an electric tolley car can be seen traveling on Main Street which runs along the east side of Union Station.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Opening of New Union Station
Description: Panoramic view looking north showing the opening of Union Station. Spectators are crowded along the front of the station and down Main Street. Many cars are in view.
Date: 1914-10-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street
Description: Looking north along Main from just south of Pershing Road.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and Skyline
Description: View looking north from the grounds of the Liberty Memorial of Union Station with the Kansas City skyline in the background. Several cars in the stations lot can be seen.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph