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Title: Municipal Airport
Description: View of the terminal building at Municipal Airport, looking toward the southeast with the Kansas City skyline in the background. There are TWA airplanes on the ground and the Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (TWA) airport hanger building is in view.
Date: 1939
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport
Description: View from west side of runway looking at terminal building and Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. hangar with two planes. Kansas City downtown skyline in background.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport
Description: View of Municipal Airport Terminal, looking toward the west. Includes parking lot and cars.
Date: 1939
Object Type: Negative

Title: Municipal Airport Terminal Building and Parking Lot
Description: Looking north, view shows automobiles in parking lot to the east and south of the main terminal building. Handwritten on the back in pencil, "New Parking Lay-out. Grading and landscaping completed early Spring, 1942."
Date: 1942
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport Terminal Building Groundbreaking and Airplane Christening Ceremony
Description: Henry McElroy, Jr., Eleanor Beach (mayor's daughter), and other unidentified people on raised platform and surrounding crowd at groundbreaking for the new airport terminal, called a station at the time, and the christening of the airplane "Kansas City."
Date: 1929-06-26
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport Terminal Building Groundbreaking Ceremony
Description: Dignitaries posed before the Transcontinental Air Travel plane "Kansas City" at the groundbreaking for the new terminal building, or as it was called then, airport station. Men are seen refueling the airplane.
Date: 1929-06-26
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport Terminal Building and Downtown Skyline
Description: Looking southeast, airport's terminal building with Kansas City skyline in background and TWA plane on the tarmac.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport Terminal Building Groundbreaking Ceremony
Description: Henry McElroy, Jr., Eleanor Beach (mayor's daughter), and other unidentified people on raised platform and surrounding crowd at groundbreaking for the new terminal building, or as it was called then, airport station.
Date: 1929-06-26
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport and Skyline
Description: Distant view of airport with Kansas City skyline in background.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport and Skyline
Description: Distant view of airport with Kansas City skyline in background.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: P30 Kansas City (Mo.) Aviation Department Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: This group of 17 black and white and 12 color photographs are duplicates of those at the Aviation Department of Kansas City, Missouri. These photographic copies were processed in the summer of 1999. The collection centers on Municipal, Kansas City International, and Richards-Gebaur airports, and also includes photographs of the downtown skyline from the mid-1970s.
Date: 1945-1980~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Municipal Airport Terminal Building
Description: Full frontal view of terminal building and parking lot full of cars.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport and Downtown Skyline
Description: Aerial view looking south to downtown Kansas City showing Municipal Airport terminal buildings and parking lot. Airplanes sit on the taxiway. The Broadway Bridge spans the Missouri River on the right. The Harlem neighborhood north of the Missouri River can also be seen. Airport was later renamed Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Municipal Airport Terminal Building
Description: Full frontal and side view of the second terminal building with a TWA plane to the left, looking northeast.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport
Description: Aerial view of Municipal Airport, looking toward the north. The Missouri River can be seen at the top left portion of the photograph. View includes the full runway and airport facilities as well as part of North Kansas City.
Date: 1975-04-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hangar Ten Departs from Tradition
Description: Short article about Hangar Ten, "a customer service facility for private jet traffic to and from Kansas City, recently opened at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport." The facility is owned by James Stowers III. The 55,000-square-foot facility includes several crew rest areas, a large fitness center, and a new 29,000-square-foot hangar.
Date: 2011-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Why of KCI
Description: Article covers the planning and development of Kansas City International Airport. The article focuses upon features designed to accommodate supersonic jet traffic through the airport and how those features have improved access for passengers while making security a challenge for airport and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff. The arguments for and against redesigning the airport are covered.
Date: 2014-03-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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