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Title
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Blue Valley Industrial District
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Description
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Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. The left foreground of the image shows The Ruberoid Co., manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials. To the north is Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc., makers of steel products. North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Standard Oil Co. refinery at Sugar Creek is visible in the far background. The Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack at 7900 Truman Road is visible south of 12th Street and east of the river. As of 2010, the Olympic Stadium site is now home to Pick-n-Pull used auto parts lot. The Standard Oil Refinery, later Amoco Oil Company, closed in the 1980s.
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Date
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1962-11-20
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Blue Valley Industrial District
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Description
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Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. In the left foreground, a portion of The Ruberoid Co. (manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials) is visible. Just north of that is the parking lot of Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc. (makers of steel products). North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Just out of sight on the south of 12th and east of Blue River is the Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack.
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Date
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1962-11-20
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
