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Title
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Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1885~
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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 Kansas City area, including Rosedale and Kansas City, Kansas; North Kansas City, Independence, and Mount Washington in Missouri. Shows classes of roads, railroad lines, and streetcar lines as well as clubs and cemeteries. Includes index to streets and streetcar lines.
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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River, Mouth to Kansas City
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Description
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Continuation of title, "Revision from Airplane Photographs, July 15, Aug. 21, 1924. In 50 sheets. Sheet No. 50."Map of a stretch of the Missouri River from Quindaro Bend and the Fairfax Drainage District to the East Bottoms Bend. Shows all principal topographic features for a minimum distance of 2000 feet inland, indicating levees, jetties, creeks, and railroad lines. Goose Island, the Kansas River, Kaw Point, Kansas City, Kansas, Harlem, North Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, are in evidence.
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Date
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1924
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Object Type
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Map
