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Title
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Huge Expanse Lies under Union Station
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Description
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Article about the "modern mail-sorting wonder" of the underground complex connecting the Main Post Office to Union Station and its part in helping Kansas City become a transportation and communication leader, starting in the 1930s.
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Date
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1988-02-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Central Postoffice Here
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Description
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Article announcing the upgrading of the Main Postoffice on Pershing Road to central status, now handling direct mailing rather than all mail materials being sent through Washington, D. C., first.
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Date
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1934-04-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Cox's Pasture
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Description
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Reminiscences about the land where the post office building is on Pershing Road in 1907, known then as "Cox's pasture."
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Date
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1949-12-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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IRS Reaches Deal to Use Post Office
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Description
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Major lease terms for the old Main Post Office building on Pershing Road have been negotiated with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). U.S. Senator Kit Bond was a major influence in the project. Current postal operations will be shifted to Union Station. The $370 million project means 4,000 full-time and 2,000 seasonal jobs for downtown.
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Date
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2004-01-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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General Post Office
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Description
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Postcard of the main post office at 315 W. Pershing
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Dedication ceremonies.
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Date
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1933-09-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; located at 315 W. Pershing.
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Date
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1945
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Cut Stone Company
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Description
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Interior view of Kansas City Cut Stone Company; located at 5th and Cheyenne. Shows David Judah and Vincent Alberici and ornamental carvings for the post office on Pershing Road.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Cut Stone Company
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Description
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Interior view of Kansas City Cut Stone Company; located at 5th and Cheyenne. Shows ornamental carvings for the post office on Pershing Road.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Cut Stone Company
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Description
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Interior view of Kansas City Cut Stone Company; located at 5th and Cheyenne. Shows ornamental carvings for the post office on Pershing Road.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Frontal and west side view of post office at 315 Pershing Road. Cars are parked in front of the building.
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Date
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1935~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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U.S. Post Office
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Description
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Photograph of the United States Post Office building at 315 West Pershing Road in the early 1980s. In 2004, the building became part of a large Internal Revenue Service complex at the southeast corner of Pershing and West Pennway.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Federal Post Office
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Description
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Kansas City's main post office at 315 W. Pershing Road.
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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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Swing's Man of the Month: Lou Holland--"In the Beginning"
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Louis Edward Holland, or Lou Holland, leading organizer of the Municipal Airport, "the main Kansas City post office building" (across from Union Station), and the first air mail out of Kansas City in 1926.
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Date
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1946-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
