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Central Industrial District Homes
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms which shows homes in a residential part of the area.
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Date
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1934
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Twelfth Street Viaduct
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Black and white charcoal detailed sketch showing a portion of the Twelfth Street Viaduct and street with automobiles underneath. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
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Date
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1934
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Bird's-Eye View of West Terrace Showing Suggested Improvements
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Drawing showing the West Bottoms, West Terrace, West Bluffs, and Downtown areas of Kansas City, Missouri, created to display suggested improvements to the area that would become West Terrace Park. Item appears within the first report of the Kansas City Board of Park and Boulevard Commissioners.
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Date
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1893
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Joseph S. Chick
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Description
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Portrait of Joseph Smith Chick, an early Kansas City banker.
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Riverfront Area
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Description
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Untitled color drawing showing the riverfront area near what appears to be the 2nd Hannibal Bridge. View looking northwest with dock and riverboat in view. Signed: C. L. Budworth "34.
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Date
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1934
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Kansas City Views and Buildings Featured in Harper's Weekly
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Description
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This two-page spread of engravings of views of Kansas City, Missouri, "from photographs by D. D. Thomson & Co.," was published as a supplement to Harper's Weekly, September 15, 1888, pages 702 and 703. It includes the New England Building; Board of Trade Building; Packing House District; YMCA Building; Post Office; New York Life Insurance Building; Kansas City Club House; entrance to the tunnel of the elevated railroad; The Junction at 9th and Main streets; 9th Street Cable Railway Incline; and the view "From the Tower of the Cathedral," centering on the Coates Hotel. The reverse side, pages 701 and 704 (not digitized), has the banner headline "The Gateway of Kansas" for an article written by William Willard Howard and includes engravings of the National Exposition Building; First Congregational Church; Warner Grand Opera House; head portraits of C. Ralph Evans, Manager of the National Exposition Company, Victor B. Buck, President of the National Exposition Company and Edward H. Allen [President of the Board of Trade]; and John Doggett's House.
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Date
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1888
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City Market on Walnut at Fifth Street
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal sketch depicting the City Market as well as City Hall. Includes vehicles and people. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
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Date
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1934
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Hilton Inn Rendering
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Description
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Design rendering of the Hilton Inn that once stood at 6th and Washington streets at the northern end of Quality Hill.
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1970~/1979~
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William Volker
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Description
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Charcoal pencil drawing of William Volker (1859-1947) by artist Frank Goodman (1892-1944), head of The Kansas City Star art department. Note attached to back of framed drawing reads: "Mr. Goodman presented this Wm. Volker portrait to the library. I would suggest that Mr. Van Millet be consulted as to framing, PBW" (Purd Wright).
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Date
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1940~
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Side Tracks in Central Industrial District
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal sketch of train tracks and railroad car in the West Bottoms. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
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Date
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1934
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Factories and Homes
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Description
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Untitled color drawing depicting factories, homes and street, unidentified but presumed to be in the West Bottoms area. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
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Date
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1934
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Central Industrial District Factories
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms. Includes in view Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company building, J. G. Peppard Seed Company building, elevated tracks, etc.
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Date
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1934
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Trucks Beneath Bridge
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Description
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Untitled color drawing of trucks and cars beneath bridge or viaduct. Business along street identified as Admiral Hay Press Mfg. Company located at 1230 West 8th Street. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
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Date
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1934
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Central Industrial District Houses
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Description
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Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms with rooftops of poorer housing in view as well as a bridge in the background.
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Date
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1934
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Twelfth Street Viaduct
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Description
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Untitled color drawing of the West Bottoms which includes the 12th Street Viaduct. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
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Date
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1934
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Railroad Tracks
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Description
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Untitled color drawing depicting railroad tracks in the West Bottoms, formerly known as the Central Industrial District. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company building is part of the view. Signed: C. L. Budworth, '34.
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Date
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1934
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Achelous and Hercules
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Description
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Photograph of the 1947 Thomas Hart Benton mural Achelous and Hercules. The painting was once on display in Harzfeld's department store, but is now in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C. A reproduction of the painting made from this photograph is on display in Kirk Hall in the Central Library at 14 W. 10th Street.
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Coca-Cola Building and Vicinity
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Promotional drawing produced by the Ennis-Edwards Realty Company and included within a booklet promoting the advantages of the Coca-Cola Building. The illustration highlights the building's close proximity to the Liberty Memorial, Union Station, rail lines, major streets, the downtown hotel district, the retail district, the office building district, and the headquarters of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers.
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Date
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1927
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The Automobile Club of Kansas City Cover
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Cover of a booklet published by the Automobile Club of Kansas City to promote a racing event held at Elm Ridge Track on October 17, 1908. The illustration of early automobile racers was created by the David E. Sweeny Company.
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Date
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1908
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