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Title: Sheffield Pool
Description: View of unidentified children swimming at Sheffield Pool and Shelter Building.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Park
Description: City park located at 27th Street and Madison Avenue. Designers Elpidio Rocha and Dale Eldred were awarded for imaginative use of materials in the design of this park.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ashland Park
Description: View of junior wading pool at Ashland Park.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Troost Lake
Description: View of Troost Lake, located between 28th and 29th streets and Troost Avenue. The Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department received an award for urban design synergy in its restoration of Troost Lake.
Date: 1976
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Feline Exhibit Construction Site Sign
Description: Full view of a sign indicating the proposed site for a new feline exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo. Designer E. F. Corwin, Jr. received an award for his work on this and other signs put in place by the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department on park property under construction.
Date: 1972
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. V. Lewis
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of J. V. Lewis, Superintendent of Parks from 1939-1963. Before becoming the superintendent, he worked as field engineer for the Park Department.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3051 Penn Valley Drive
Description: Photograph of a Kansas City Parks Department maintenance building near the northwest corner of 31st and Wyandotte Street, on Penn Valley Drive. Designed by Root & Siemens and built in 1910, the building was originally a Parks District maintenance headquarters, but was serving as a storage building at the time of the photograph. The building was severely damaged by fire in 1991, leaving only the stone walls intact. St. Mary's Hospital can be seen in the background.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Miller Nichols and Anita Gorman at Eagle Statue Rededication
Description: Speakers at the dedication of refurbished statue. Anita Gorman and Miller Nichols are standing at the podium.
Date: 1991
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek Pedestrian Bridge
Description: Wilbur Dunn, Director of Parks Department, along the banks of Brush Creek near the pedestrian bridge at Central and Ward Parkway.
Date: 1932-06-13
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sunday School Picnic at Budd Park
Description: View of children and adults playing near a shelter house in Budd Park in the Northeast area.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph