Maps

Title: Kansas City's Expressways
Description: Illustrated map showing the planned expressway system in the Kansas City area in 1952. Text printed on the map explains how the freeway system will work and how it will benefit the public. The map displays a plan to route the expressways close to the downtown area of Kansas City, Kansas, that was later changed.
Date: 1952
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Penn Valley Park
Description: Map of Penn Valley Park, showing wooded areas, tennis courts, ball fields, etc. At the time of the map's printing, George E. Kessler (landscape architect) and W. H. Dunn (Superintendent of Parks) were part of the Park Commissioners Board.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Map

Title: Geologic Map of Missouri
Description: Map of the state of Missouri contains a variety of geologic information, including predominant rocks and minerals at depths and locations across the state and a cross section of rock distribution and altitude of the state at Jefferson City. Also included in insets are locations of earthquake epicenters in southeast Missouri between 1973 and 1999, glacial drainage and valley patterns in northwest Missouri, and tectonic and volcanic or other impact deformations. Map includes county divisions, some locality names, and is subdivided into quadrangles used for geologic mapping by the state.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Street map of Kansas City indicating proposed changes in the road system, including new streets, streets to be widened, etc. Legend on map. Signatures on map of Director of Public Works, Chairman of City Plan Commission, and President of the Park Board.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City and Vicinity
Description: Road map of Kansas City and surrounding counties including Clinton County in Missouri and Wyandotte County in Kansas, showing cities, towns and villages in vicinity of Kansas City. Inset map of Leavenworth, Kansas. Reverse side is street map of metropolitan Kansas City.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Map

Title: Pocket Map of Greater Kansas City
Description: Street map of Kansas City and environs, including Kansas City, Kansas, North Kansas City, and Independence. Map shows schools, hospitals, orphanages, and police stations. Index to streets, schools, and hospitals included.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Macon County, Missouri
Description: Map of Macon County, Missouri, including roads, railroads, schools, churches, and cemeteries. Includes townships of Drake, Easley, Richland, La Plata, Johnston, White, Walnut Creek, Independence, Lyda, Jackson, Russell, Valley, Liberty, Eagle, Ten Mile, Lingo, Allao, Bevier, Hudson, Round Grove, Morrow, Chariton, Narrows, and Middle Fork. Includes city of Macon.
Object Type: Map

Title: Map Showing Water Mains and Fire Plugs, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map bordered by the Kansas and Missouri Rivers on the west and north, and by Woodland Avenue and 24th Street on the east and south, respectively. Shows locations of 10- to 20-inch water mains, and 4- to 8-inch water mains, as well as fire plugs.
Date: 1885-01-01
Object Type: Map

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: Historic Old Westport
Description: Map showing historic Westport, Missouri. Includes current and original street names, location of homes and businesses (including original and modern site, if relocated).
Object Type: Map

Title: Polling Places in Kansas City
Description: Map shows wards and precincts; polling places are listed at bottom of page.
Date: 1936-09-20
Object Type: Map

Title: Missouri Official Highway Map 1962
Description: Road map of Missouri, including index to cities, with inset maps of the Kansas City, Independence and St. Louis areas. Reverse side includes 44 small maps of Missouri cities, a mileage chart, lists of Highway Patrol captains and Highway Department offices, and a supplemental map of Missouri showing locations of points of interest, roadside parks, historical markers, and commercial caves.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Map

Title: Transit Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of street car, trolley bus and motor bus lines serving Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Includes inset of downtown area showing boarding points, as well as an index to points of interest, service clubs, hotels, ticket offices, theatres, public buildings.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Map

Title: General Highway Map, Clinton County, Missouri
Description: Black and white road map features all types of roads, railroads, bridges, as well as political boundaries, landscape features, and tourist amenities.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Map

Title: Clay County: Suburban Area
Description: Map of a part of Clay County from the Platte County line east to Liberty, and from the Missouri River north to Smithville. Drawn by hand is the boundary of the North Kansas City School District, December 9, 1964.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Map

Title: The Door Step to... Missouri's Vacationland
Description: This map shows counties in mid-Missouri including Chariton, Saline, Howard, Boone, Cooper, Callaway, Montgomery, Moniteau, Cole, Osage, Gasconade, Maries and Pulaski along with the major routes 70, 63, and 54. Cartoon drawings illustrate the activities and historical facts described in the Points of Interest section on the right of the map for the following cities: Argyle, Boonville, California, Columbia, Dixon, Eldon, Fayette, Fulton, Keytesville, Glasgow, Hermann, Marshall, Montgomery City, Linn, and Waynesville. The reverse side of the map features 22 black and white photographs with descriptions of what to see and do in Mid-Missouri.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City, Missouri County Court Districts
Description: Outline map showing the boundaries of the eastern and western Jackson County court districts. Reverse side lists the wards and precincts in each district.
Date: 1966
Object Type: Map

Title: Clay County: Suburban Area
Description: Map of part of Clay County, Missouri, showing roads, railroads, public transportation lines, hospitals, schools, and parks.
Date: 1966
Object Type: Map

Title: Urban Renewal Projects in Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Street map of Kansas City (south of the Missouri River) showing urban renewal areas in color. Map is on a poster which includes before and after photos of urban renewal projects, statistics on projects, and a financial statement of the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority.
Date: 1966
Object Type: Map

Title: Transit Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas bus lines with explanation of fares and diagrams of individual bus routes.
Date: 1966
Object Type: Map

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