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Title
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Kansas City Metropolitan Area
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Description
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Plat map of the greater Kansas City area, including north Independence and southern Clay County.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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A reproduction of the 1887 Case and Norman's Stranger's Guide which appeared in The Kansas City Star around 1927 that shows an aerial view of business and industrial districts of Kansas City as seen from the northwest. Indicates population in 1887 as 160,000 and in 1880 as 57,000. Prominent landmarks, buildings, and businesses are numbered to correlate with list at the bottom. Portion of text on map reads: "The map reproduced above shows the city of 'Forty Years Ago' whose social and industrial activities are reflected daily in the familiar column under that caption in the Star's morning edition. Supplement to the Kansas City Commercial."
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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William Gillis Farm, 600 Acres, 1846
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Description
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Pictorial map showing the 1846 boundaries of the farm of William Gillis, an early settler and business leader in Kansas City. The farm totalled 600 acres, and the map shows the location of the Gillis farmhouse. Twentieth-century streets, parks, bridges, and neighborhoods are superimposed over the image of the farm.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of Greater Kansas City and Suburbs
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Description
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Street map of the greater Kansas City area, including Kansas City, Kansas, Independence, North Kansas City, and large parts of Johnson County, Kansas.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Map
