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Title
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Monarch Vinegar Works
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Description
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Drawing of Monarch Vinegar Works factory.
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Evanston Country Club
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Description
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Photographic postcard of entrance to Evanston Country Club.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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How Long Will the Citizens of Kansas City Tolerate Discrimination at Fairyland Park?
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Description
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Single page flyer urging readers to protest racial discrimination at Fairyland Park. The flyer was printed by the Kansas City, Missouri, Branch Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
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Date
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1961
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Hereford House Menu
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Description
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Hereford House menu, measuring 17 x 18.5 in. The menu is designed to resemble a cow's head. The menu is signed by actor George McFarland, known for his role as "Spanky" in the Our Gang (also known as The Little Rascals) films. Printed on the front are the names Jack Webb and Joe Marlo as hosts. A notice printed on the reverse states that this is a souvenir menu and that prices and descriptions of menus items may not be current.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Mary Tolstoi Letter
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Description
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Letter written by Mary Tolstoi for her father, Count Tolstoi, giving his opinion of the Swedenborgiens. Typewritten at the bottom and attached to the letter: "Presented by P. J. Reed, 715 Main Street, to whom this letter was written by Mary Tolstoi for her father, Count Tolstoi."
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Date
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1889-07-15
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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James Gang Resolution
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Description
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A resolution passed by the Common Council of the City of Kansas (now known as Kansas City), following the death of Jesse James. The resolution commends Missouri Governor Thomas Crittenden, Kansas City Police Commissioner Henry H. Craig, and Clay County Sheriff James Timberlake “for breaking up and so nearly destroying the notorious Jesse James Band of outlaws.”
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Date
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1882-04-28
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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The Smasher's Mail Cover - Carrie Nation
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Description
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Cover of the July 1901 issue of The Smasher's Mail featuring a photograph of Carrie (Carry) Nation.
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Date
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1901-07
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Fred Harvey Restaurant
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Description
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Interior view of the Fred Harvey Restaurant at the Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri. ''In the east wing of the Union Station, Kansas City adjoining the Grand Lobby, is the Restaurant. The decorations and furnishings are in Louis XVI period, correct in every detail and delicate in color and design. This light treatment is made perfectly feasible by the system of ventilation employed. Cooled, filtered air is forced into the rooms in summer and warm air in winter, so that all windows are permanently closed against the dust and smoke from outside. The Restaurant is under the management of Fred Harvey" (quoted from back of postcard).
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Date
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1914~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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John Wanamaker Letter
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Description
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Letter written to Mr. Henry W. Rule, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory, from John Wanamaker, Philadelphia. Wanamaker is credited with being a pioneer in the development of the department store in the latter part of the 19th century. He supposedly instituted the use of price tages, money-back guarantees, newspaper ads, and white sales.
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Date
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1902-05-23
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Walt Disney Letter
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Description
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Typewritten letter addressed to the Kansas City Public Library from Walt Disney, written in conjunction with the American Libraries Association meeting held in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1937-08-17
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Tivoli Garden - Kansas City
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Description
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Illustration of Tivoli Garden, once located near 24th and Main streets. Insets show the Grand Avenue entrance and the Pavillion Theater. Martin Keck is listed as proprietor.
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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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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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Twelfth Street Viaduct
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Description
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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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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Bird's-Eye View of West Terrace Showing Suggested Improvements
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Description
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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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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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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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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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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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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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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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Object Type
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Artwork
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