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Title
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Municipal Airport
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1939
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport
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Description
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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.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport Terminal Building Groundbreaking Ceremony
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1929-06-26
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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P30 Kansas City (Mo.) Aviation Department Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1945-1980~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Municipal Airport and Downtown Skyline
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Municipal Airport Terminal Building
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of the second terminal building with a TWA plane to the left, looking northeast.
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Date
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1940~/1949~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport, Terminal
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Description
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Looking northeast, image shows original Municipal Airport terminal with TWA and other airplanes on taxiway and unpaved area in foreground. Midcontinent Airlines building is also visible on the left.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Municipal Airport
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Description
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Low, aerial view of Municipal Airport, looking toward the south with the Kansas City, Missouri skyline in view. A portion of the runway and the airport terminal building are visible as well as various airplanes on the ground. The Broadway Bridge, 2nd Hannibal Bridge and ASB Bridge can be seen crossing the Missouri River.
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Date
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1970~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport
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Description
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View of Kansas City's Municipal Airport looking toward the northeast. The airport terminal building is in view as well as a portion of the runway. Several prop airplanes can be seen, including at least one TWA airplane.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
