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Title
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The Star's Coverage of Kansas City's Drive-In Territory
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Description
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Map showing communities within a 100 mile radius of Kansas City and the number of subscribers to the Kansas City Star in each. Includes legend of towns and number of subscribers. Reverse shows map of region with number of subscribers in each area (Kansas City, MO, area; Kansas City, KS, area; North Kansas City area; and Independence area). Figures are current as of March 29, 1948.
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Date
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1948
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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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The National Old Trails Road, 6,000 Miles in Length....
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Description
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Map shows roads formerly of old trails that crossed the United States from coast to coast. Includes the Old Lost Road from Boston through New York to Washington; Bradlock's Road; the Cumberland Road or National Pike; Boon's Lick Road; Santa Fe Trail; Trail of the Padres; El Camino Real; the Oregon Trail; and the California Cutoff of the Forty-niners
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Date
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1915-02-28
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The Motor Trails of Kansas
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Description
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The Santa Fe Trail in the state of Kansas is detailed in this map. Shows counties and other roads and trails in the state.
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Date
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1912-08-12
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Dividends of Good Government
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Description
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Page from the Kansas City Star, March 21, 1951, with rough map showing the Northeast Industrial District and the flood protection measures taken there.
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Date
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1951-03-21
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Object Type
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Map
