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Title: Front Street Stereopticon Card
Description: Two image stereopticon card identified as Front Street between Main and Walnut in Kansas City. Noted as being a gift of Hugh L. McElroy. Back of card indicates "Stereoscopic Views of Kansas City and Vicinity" by Ragan's Gallery, nos. 514 and 516 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. Bluffs are visible in the background.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Riverfront View
Description: Early two image stereopticon card identified on the back of the photo as "West Kansas from 19th and Mercer Street". Stamped on the back of the card is "Henry E. Hill, Architect".
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates Opera House
Description: An exterior two image stereopticon card, No. 125, of the Coates Opera House showing the back of the structure. Back of the card states "Kissel & Shannon's Stereoscopic & Large Views of Kansas City & Vicinity." They were located on Main Street, between 2nd and 3rd streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Card was a gift to the society by Mrs. Homer Reed. The Coates Opera House was once located on the northwest corner of 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ninth Street Incline
Description: Stereopticon card with an image of the 9th Street Incline, looking toward the east and the Quality Hill area of Kansas City, Missouri. Cable car is in view on bridge over railraod tracks. Back of the card provides the name of the photographer and reads: "Robinson, 542 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kan's."
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC5 Stereopticon Cards Collection
Description: The Stereoscope Card Collection contains stereoscope card assortments documenting the 1904 World’s Fair (also known as The Louisiana Purchase Exposition) and the events of World War I. Included with this collection is one black and white stereoscope card of Philae Island in the Nile River in Egypt, and one stereoscope viewer.
Date: 1904~/1920~
Object Type: Finding Aid

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