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Title: Boat Landing at Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing the riverboat landing site at the foot of Main Street along the Missouri River. The Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge can be seen in the background. Steamboats arriving and departing can be seen.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Boats on the River at the Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Postcard showing steamboats landing and departing on the Missouri River at the foot of Main Street.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Missouri River, Boat Landing
Description: Postcard of a boat landing on the banks of the Missouri River at Kansas City.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
Description: Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - LEXINGTON TO BAKERS, MILE 323.0-289.0
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. The section covers Lexington to Bakers, "Mile 323.0-289.0"
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - DELAWARE TO BLUE MILLS, MILE 398.8-358.3
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. Map covers Delaware to Blue Mills, "Mile 398.8-358.3"
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - BLUE MILLS TO LEXINGTON, MILE 358.3 - 323.4
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. The section covered is Blue Mills to Lexington, "Mile 358.3 - 323.4."
Object Type: Map

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1867-12-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on the first pier of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1867-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. Several workers can be seen standing atop the first section of the bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1868-05-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Steamboats at Kansas City
Description: A crowd watching steamboats on the Missouri River at the foot of Main Street.
Date: 1880
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Steamboat Gipsey Docked in Kansas City
Description: Steamboat docked at a landing between Wyandotte Street and Broadway.
Date: 1867-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Annie Cade Steamboat
Description: View looking northeast of the Annie Cade steamboat traveling on the Missouri River between Kansas City and Clay County. Houses in Harlem, Missouri, can be seen in the background. The piers for the future Armour Swift & Burlington Bridge are in view.
Date: 1905~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Landing
Description: Photograph of a drawing, looking south from north side of Missouri River at Westport Landing.
Date: 1855
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City Riverfront
Description: Drawing of a view looking east along south side of Missouri River at Westport Landing.
Date: 1853
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Bridge, Caisson No. 4 Brought into Position
Description: Drawing showing the lowering of caisson number four, designed to support the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge. Several workers and the steamboat Gipsey are also depicted.
Date: 1868-10-24
Object Type: Artwork

Title: The Improvement of the Missouri River and Its Usefulness as a Traffic Route
Description: Article about the navigation of the Missouri River, especially between Kansas City and Saint Louis, with history since the 1850s. Includes a description of the improvement of its channel and freight rates, including the incorporation of the Missouri River Transportation Company in 1890, then known as the Kansas City and Missouri River Transportation Company.
Date: 1908-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Steamboats near the Hannibal Bridge
Description: Looking northwest at unidentified paddle wheel steamboats passing through the open Hannibal Bridge.
Object Type: Photograph

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