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Title
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Tin Town
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Description
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There was anxiety today among the fourteen residents of the community known as tin town," which lies on the bluff and in the hollow to the east of McGee Road just south of Pershing Road."
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Date
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1940-01-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Signboard Hill Area
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Description
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Photo and caption about the urban renewal plans for Signboard Hill, "east of Main street and south of Pershing road" and 120 acres surrounding it "between the Union Station. ..and Hospital hill, [22nd Street] to [27th Terrace]." View depicting also Liberty Memorial and the "older part of the Hallmark Cards plant," later the company reponsible for building the Crown Center shopping complex there.
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Date
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1963-02-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Union Station and Sweeney Automotive School
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Description
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View looking west from the Signboard Hill area near Union Station and Sweeney Automotive School. Includes the backsides of several billboards.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Street level view believed to be looking south on Main Street by Union Station area or Signboard Hill area. Identified as cut through the rocks near Union Station.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Signboard Hill
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Description
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Looking south along the west side of Main Street near Pershing Road. The Hotel Plaza and Signboard Hill can be seen.
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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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Union Station - Tower 6
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Description
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View looking southwest of Interlocking Tower 6, once located to the east of Union Station along the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks. Buildings once located at the intersection of Pershing Road and Main Street, the Liberty Memorial, and Union Station can be seen. Signs for the Upjohn Company, the Hotel Plaza, and Sherwin-Williams are in view.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Looking north along Main from just south of Pershing Road.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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View South from atop Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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Panoramic view looking south from the roof of the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) building at 2107 Grand Avenue. Neighborhoods and business districts south of downtown can be seen. Several buildings are in view, including: General Hospital, General Hospital No. 2, Rahe's Automobile and Tractor (also known as the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, Schutte Lumber Company, Union Station, and the Sweeney Automobile School (later the BMA Building). In view are signs for: Oldsmobile, Holsum Bread, Melton Tire & Battery, Norwalk Tires, Kelly Tires, Racine Tires, White Rose Butter, Sunshine Biscuits, Merit Bread, Camel cigarettes, National Biscuit Company, and Folger's Coffee Company. Signboard Hill can be seen to the northwest of Union Station. The view spans the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks, which are in view on the right hand side of the photograph.
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Date
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1922~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Aerial View of Signboard Hill
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Description
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Aerial view looking northeast from Signboard Hill. The view includes the Journal Post Building, Coca Cola Building, General Hospital, and Hotel Plaza.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Plaza Hotel
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; located at 13 E. 24th. View looking south of the Plaza Hotel, once located at 13 E. 24th Street near Signboard Hill.
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Date
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1925
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Mr. Kessler's Opinion
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Description
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Opinions of the city's landscape architect regarding what to do with Signboard Hill, the hill between Union Station and Penn Valley Park.
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Date
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1914-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A Union Station Park
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Description
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Short article about the favorable proposition to use the "land directly to the south of the new Union Station ... for park purposes," and "that ample traffic ways to the east and to the west from the station should be provided," with a photo of Union Station.
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Date
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1914-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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View West from atop General Hospital
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Description
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Panoramic view looking west from roof of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 24th and Locust streets. The view looks into downtown and surrounding neighborhoods and business districts. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Business District of Kansas City
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Description
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Panoramic photograph showing the downtown area. The photograph is labeled: The Business District of Kansas City, June 7, 1922. Panoramic photograph from the General Hospital, showing the new Union Station and the city's growing skyline. Labels written on the photograph include: General Hospital, Entrance to Penn Valley Park, Overland Building, Memorial Park, Indications of Approximate Location of Pershing Road, Union Station, J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, D. A. Moor Building, Coca-Cola, Film Exchange, Kansas City Club, K. C. A. C. Bldg., Kansas City Star, Waldheim Bldg., Commerce Bldg., R. A. Ling Bldg., Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., Telephone Bldg., Densmore Hotel, Locust, Oak, Hospital Hill, proposed Oak St. Viaduct and Approach, Gillham Road, McGee St. Viaduct, Proposed Cut in Grade 21 Feet, and 23rd. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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View West from atop General Hospital
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Description
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Panoramic view looking west from roof of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 24th and Locust streets. The view looks into downtown and surrounding neighborhoods and business districts. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future Liberty Memorial Site
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Signboard Hill area at the intersection of Main and 24th streets. Construction of street railway lines headed south along Main Street can be seen on the left hand side of the image. Construction of the Sweeney Automobile School Building, late the Businessmen's Assurance Company Building at 24th and Wyandotte streets can be seen on the right. A portion of the Park Hotel Building is in view in the background.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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