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Title: Road Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Road map of Jackson County, Missouri, that includes roads, railroads, electric lines, sections lines, streams, township lines, old trails, schools, and churches. Legend indicates types of roads shown. Includes townships of Blue, Fort Osage, Brooking, Sni-a-bar, Washington, Prairie, and Van Buren.
Object Type: Map

Title: Woman Standing Next to Train Car
Description: Unidentified woman in a summer dress standing next to a train car.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p013
Description: Northern part of early Kansas City in the West Bottoms from W. 8th Street south to Union Avenue and from Santa Fe Street east to Lincoln Street. Large numbers on the edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Two Men at Union Station
Description: Two men standing by what appears to be Union Station. They are wearing winter coats, and the man on the right is holding up his hat.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Conrad Mann
Description: Conrad Mann and unidentified women (possibly his wife) standing next to a train car. They are wearing winter attire.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Kansas City Park, Boulevard, Street Railway and Railway Map of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas.
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, showing parks, park districts, cemeteries, streets, railroad lines, and trolley lines. Inset map shows location of freight depots and express companies throughout the Midwest.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Map

Title: Plan of the City of Leavenworth, Kansas
Description: Map of Leavenworth including a numbered guide with city and county offices, railroad buildings, hotels, schools, and churches.
Date: 1876
Object Type: Map

Title: Union Station
Description: View of the south side of Union Station looking toward the north with the Kansas City skyline in the background. Photograph was taken from the Liberty Memorial grounds. Includes view of parking lot with cars.
Date: 1937~
Object Type: Negative

Title: SC167 Kansas City Stockyards
Description: The Kansas City Stockyards operated in the West Bottoms of Kansas City from 1871 to 1991. It was the second largest stockyards in the nation and one of Kansas City's most important industries. This collection documents the natural and built environment of the Kansas City Stockyards and West Bottoms from 1828-1983. It is a mostly oversized collection of blueprints, maps, architectural drawings, land abstracts, photos, and correspondence. Some items from this collection have been digitized and are available to view in the "Stockyards" Digital Collection, http://www.kchistory.org/digital-collections.
Date: 1828/1983
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Union Depot Lives on in Exhibit
Description: The 131-year-old doorway stone from the Union Depot is now on display at Union Station. Union Depot was located in the West Bottoms and torn down in 1915 after being replaced by Union Station. The piece, inscribed with "Union Depot 1877," is the only known item left from the building. "Also on display at Union Station is a 35-foot-long drawing on linen dated 1904 for the Union Depot Co. titled 'Alternate Plan No. 4'." The doorway stone was salvaged and found its way to a business at 1010 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. The current business owner donated the stone to Union Station in exchange for a copy.
Date: 2008-05-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Harvey's Happy Girls
Description: Short article about the history of Fred Harvey and his establishment of restaurants in train depots. Harvey opened his first railroad eating house in Topeka, Kansas, along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in early 1876. Includes a recipe for Cream of Wisconsin Cheese Soup served at the St. Louis Union Station and later at the Kansas City Union Station in the late 1800s, and which "eventually became President Harry Truman's favorite!"
Date: 2012-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Troubled Station Faces Prospect of Derailment
Description: Article describes the "ongoing financial difficulties of Union Station, made worse by the current recession." Facing the worst-case scenario of closing the building, officials struggle with what to do with the post office and Amtrak service. A chart showing Union Station deficits since 2000 is included.
Date: 2009-09-13
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Tiimeline History of the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad: Clay County's First Railroad
Description: This paper includes an introduction, timeline (1853-2005) for the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad, and various supporting references for the timeline. The references include photocopies of Web sites, newspaper clippings, hand drawn diagrams, maps, advertisements, photographs, etc. The main focus is railroad service through Clay County, Missouri, with some general information concerning the initial nineteenth-century railroad development in this area to its demise in the mid-twentieth century. Includes information on the Hannibal Bridge, train doodlebugs, the Burlington train depot in Liberty, Missouri (1906-1979), and photographs of what currently remains of the Chandler depot just northwest of Liberty. According to the timeline, the Kansas City and Cameron Railroad became the Kansas City, Galveston, and Lake Superior Railroad, then the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and eventually the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
Date: 2007~
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: A Witness to Union Station's Transformation
Description: Brief article with accompanying collection of photographs of Union Station by Roy Inman. Inman's photographs document the 1994-1999 restoration of Union Station.
Date: 2014-10-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Union Station Polishes Exhibit on Shoeshine Era
Description: Article documents the unveiling of an exhibit at Union Station that focuses upon the history of shoe shiners prior to the decline of rail travel in the United States. Local author and historian Sonny Gibson tells of his experiences working as a shoe shiner at Union Station in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Additional details of the exhibit, containing items and information provided by local historian Joe-Louis Mattox, are provided.
Date: 2015-10-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Udris Steers Union Station Ahead
Description: Union Station had its first year in the black in 2007, reporting a profit of about $200,000, but CEO Andi Udris must attract private funding in addition to tax-generated income in order to survive. Article includes chart showig attendance from opening of Station in 1999 through 2007.
Date: 2008-01-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Chamber's Home Chugs into 21st Century
Description: Two-page spread about the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and its move to Union Station at the end of 2011. Their new boardroom, 4,400 square feet that will seat up to 196 people in theater-style rows, was located in the old Harvey House Diner area.
Date: 2011-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City, Missouri, and Wyandott, Kansas
Description: Street map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Wyandott City (now Kansas City), Kansas. Map shows parks, railroad lines, and water treatment facilities. List of office holders for each city, as well as a legend listing points of interest (hotels, banks, theaters, etc.)
Date: 1871
Object Type: Map

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