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Title
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Elmwood Cemetery
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Description
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Photo and article about the history of Elmwood Cemetery, established in 1872 as a private cemetery at 4900 Truman Road and with graves dating "as early as 1840," with landscaping designed by George Kessler. Includes interments of many famous Kansas Citians, such as Jacob and Ella Loose, Annie Chambers, Kersey Coates, Louis Hammerslough, eleven mayors, and George Nettleton, "who also played a major role in the railroads and contributed the Nettleton Home."
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Bess Truman
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Description
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Story of the extremity of change in gender roles during Bess Truman's lifetime, from 1884 to 1981.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Impact of the Korean War on Kansas City
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Description
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Photo and article about the impact of the Korean War on Kansas City in the early 1950s. Mentions decrease of unemployment through increased local manufacturing industry, reactivation of World War II facilities (Grandview Airport becoming Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base), apartment and public housing construction, hospital expansion and new bridge construction, with a timeline of local events starting in 1950.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Octave Chanute
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Octave Chanute (1832-1910), "builder of Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge," mentor to the Wright brothers in their invention of the airplane, and nationally prominent civil engineer also reponsible for the New York City Rapid Transit system.
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The New Plan: Kansas City Northeast High School in the 1930s
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Description
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Photo and article about the "New Plan" of accelerated education at Northeast High School in the 1930s, including a junior college program, formally called the "Northeast Accelerated Junior College Experiment."
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Date
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2000
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
