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Title
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Meyer Boulevard
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Description
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Description with photos and history of Meyer Boulevard, part of the park and boulevard system, from Ward to Swope Parkway, 2.80 miles long, acquired in 1913.
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Date
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1995
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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August Meyer
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Description
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References to and descriptions of August Meyer (1851-1905), or A. R. Meyer, as "capitalist and leader in matters of public improvements" and as one of the three most important developers of Kansas City's park and boulevard system along with George Kessler and William Rockhill Nelson. Native of Saint Louis coming to the Kansas City area in 1881 as a wealthy lead mine investor and smelting executive, then becoming president of the park board in 1892 and later the Commercial Club.
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Date
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1938
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Meyer Parkway City Directory Entry
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Description
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First entry in the directory: "Meyer Parkway from Sixty-fourth and Ward Parkway e. along Sixty-fourth to Paseo and thence along Sixty-fifth from Paseo to Swope Parkway."
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Date
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1913
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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A Drive to Bear His Name
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Description
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Article about the funeral for August R. Meyer and considerations for streets to bear his name.
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Date
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1905-12-01
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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A. R. Meyer's Condition
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Description
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Short article about the hospitalization and subsequent death of August Meyer (1851-1905), the "father" of the park and boulevard system.
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Date
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1905-12-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Green to gray: the impact of Kessler's plan.
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Description
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Article describes the parks and boulevards system in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City, Kansas was never able to develop a comparable system and the result is obvious in the contrast between neighborhoods just across the state line that present quite different appearances.
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Date
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2005-06-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Rock's Lake
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Description
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Postcard of Rock's Lake nursery at 63rd and Meyer
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Aerial photograph of one square mile of Kansas City, Missouri showing Swope Parkway, Meyer Boulevard, Southeast High School, and the edge of Swope Park. Map identified from set as Section 3, Township 48N, Range 33W, S-105.
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Date
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1964-04
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Parking Lot
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Description
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View of off-street parking lot near the northeast corner of Brookside Plaza, Wyandotte Street, and Meyer Boulevard.
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Date
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1948-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ward Parkway
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Description
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Looking south along Ward Parkway from the north side of Meyer Circle.
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Date
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1932-06-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ward Parkway
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Description
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W. H. Dunn, superintendent of parks, at Meyer and Ward Parkway.
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Date
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1932-06-13
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Homes of Meyer Circle
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Description
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History of Meyer Circle, developed by J. C. Nichols and George E. Kessler, with interior scenes of homes on the street.
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Date
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1994-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
