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Title
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Board of Trade
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Description
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Contains an article not available in this library in Southwestern Grain & Flour Journal, June 1, 1916, page 1.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Exchange Building
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Description
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Passage about the financing of the Exchange Building in 1884-1886 for the Board of Trade.
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Date
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1886-05
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Old Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and information on the old Board of Trade Building designed by architect John Wellborn Root, or John Root, and built in 1888 at 210 West 8th Street, called "the pride of downtown Kansas City" before being demolished for a parking lot in 1966. Articles about its architectural significance by Donald Hoffmann, art and architecture critic for the Kansas City Star, and expert on Chicago School architects such as John Root and Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Board of Trade Section
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Description
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Entire section of newspaper devoted to the Kansas City Board of Trade. It includes photographs of buildings, officers, etc. and articles on various topics associated with it. The articles on stocks are especially interesting, given the date.
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Date
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1929-06-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Board of Trade Structures Tied to City Growth
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Description
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Article near the end of the paper with chronology, history, and illustrations of the various Board of Trade buildings of Kansas City. 1. 1877-1887: 5th and Delaware (Armour Building) 2. 1887-1925: 210 West 8th Street (Manufacturing Building) 3. 1925-May 1966: 127 West 10th Street
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Date
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1966-05-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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One paragraph about a rumor to prevent preservation of the building about the real architect not being the respected Root.
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Date
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1965-11-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Death Knell
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Description
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News of the old Board of Trade Building at 210 West 8th Street being demolished in the 1960s because "[m]embers of the plan commission showed little interest in the fact that the old building was probably the most important 19th century architectural landmark in the city," designed by nationally prominent architect John Root of Chicago.
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Date
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1965-03-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Construction view of the Board of Trade building tower; located on the northwest corner of 8th and Wyandotte.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Interior construction view of roof of the second Board of Trade building; located on the northwest corner of 8th and Wyandotte.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Postcard of Kansas City's second Board of Trade Building, once located at 8th and Wyandotte streets.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Full frontal view of second building; located at 8th and Wyandotte.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Distant full frontal view of second building; located at 8th and Wyandotte.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Postcard of Kansas City's second Board of Trade Building, once located at 8th and Wyandotte streets.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Board of Trade Building
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Description
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Distant view of second building, looking down from nearby building; located at 8th and Wyandotte.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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