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1936 Kansas City Blues Team
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Description
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Group portrait of the 1936 Kansas City Blues baseball team inside Muehlebach Field (later renamed Blues/Municipal Stadium). The team is posed in front of an oversized baseball display that reads "George Trautman Official League". Autograph on photo reads "To my pal N. Emerson Paton in appreciation, Phil Small, May 4, 1936, 'Parkview Pharmacy'".
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Date
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1936-05-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3 & 2 All-Star Teams
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Description
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Group portrait of Red Birds and All-Stars, little league baseball teams, at Ruppert Stadium (Municipal Stadium).
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Date
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1944
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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 19th to 27th Streets and Paseo Boulevard. Lincoln High School and Municipal Stadium are visible. Map identified from set as Section 9, Township 49N, Range 33W, S-51.
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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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Ballpark Area's Future May Lie In Historic Past
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Description
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Article about the efforts being made in the Monarch Manor subdivision on the former site of old Municipal Stadium to attract home buyers. "Nearly $300,000 worth of trees, landscaping and a paved pavilion will outline where the grandstand once stood."
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Date
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2012-06-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Billy Graham Filled Municipal Stadium
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Description
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Author recounts his experiences as an usher during a Billy Graham Crusdae at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, concluding on September 17, 1967 with over 53,000 attendees.
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Date
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2006-05-14
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Concession Stands
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Description
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Municipal Stadium concession stands.
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Date
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1955
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Early Years of the Kansas City Royals
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Description
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Chapter of book detailing the early years of the Kansas City Royals. Describes the Royals strategy in the 1968 expansion draft (to draft the best available talent rather than try to fill specific roster slots), early Royals personnel, and the Royals Baseball Academy.
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Date
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1905-06-26
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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George E. Muehlebach, Jr.
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Description
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Photos and biographical article about George Edward Muehlebach, Jr., or George Muehlebach, Jr., "president [of the] Kansas City American Association Baseball Company, president [of the] George Muehlebach Company, [and] president [of the] George Muehlebach Estate Company," owning the Hotel Muehlebach. Born in Kansas City in 1881 as the son of the brewer and Swiss native George Muehlebach, Sr. at 1736 Main Street. Mention of the present (1923) construction of the baseball field first known as Muehlebach Field and later to be called Municipal Stadium at 22nd and Brooklyn Avenues.
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Date
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1923-05-27
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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H. Roe Bartle at First Kansas City A's Game
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Description
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Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle is seated at the first Kansas City A's game held at Municipal Stadium. Missouri Governor James T. Blair is seated two rows behind Bartle next to the right of the patrolmen. Former Kansas City mayor William Kemp is third from Bartle's right.
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Date
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1955-04-12
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Innings Ago: Recollections by Kansas City Ballplayers of Their Days in the Game
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Description
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Book with photos and descriptions of several baseball players starting out or playing professionally in Kansas City for the local teams preceding the Kansas City Royals. Chapters on Buck O'Neil, Hank Bauer, Willard Brown (the first black to hit a home run in the American League), and others with a brief history describing the Kansas City Unions (1884), the Kansas City Cowboys (1886-1900), the Kansas City Blues (1901-1955), the Kansas City Packers (1914-1915), the Kansas City Monarchs (also ending in 1955), and the Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967), etc.
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Date
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1987
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City Blues and Kansas City Blues Queen
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Description
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Group portrait of Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Blues Queen, and unidentified officials outside Municipal Stadium before parade honoring the baseball team.
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Date
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1954
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Blues Baseball Game
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Description
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View of spectators at what is presumed to be a Kansas City Blues game at Blues Stadium (later named Municipal Stadium).
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Blues Baseball Team
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Description
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Group portrait of Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Blues Queen, and unidentified officials outside Municipal Stadium before parade honoring the baseball team.
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Date
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1954
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Blues Parade
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Description
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View of cars lined up outside Municipal Stadium before a South Central Business Association parade honoring the Kansas City Blues.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Blues Parade
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Description
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Members of Kansas City Blues posed near cars lined up outside of Municipal Stadium for South Central Business Association parade honoring the baseball team.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Blues Queen and Parade
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Description
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Kansas City Blues Queen and unidentified men near cars lined up outside Municipal Stadium before parade honoring the baseball team.
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Date
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1954
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Object Type
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Photograph
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