Maps

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - DELAWARE TO BLUE MILLS, MILE 398.8-358.3
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. Map covers Delaware to Blue Mills, "Mile 398.8-358.3"
Object Type: Map

Title: Metropolitan Kansas City
Description: Street map of metropolitan Kansas City, with inset maps of Olathe, Kansas and Lee's Summit, Missouri. Features colored areas showing light and heavy industry, with many named industrial districts, city and school district boundaries, "switching limits."
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Board of Election Commissioners, Kansas City, MO
Description: Map showing 23 election districts and the city limits of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City and Vicinity
Description: Road map of Kansas City and surrounding counties including Ray and Buchanan counties in Missouri, Johnson and Leavenworth counties in Kansas; enlarged maps of St. Joseph, Mo. and Leavenworth, Kan. inset. Reverse side is street map of metropolitan Kansas City. Includes indexes to towns, airports, golf clubs, cemeteries, parks, lakes, and streets.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Geologic Cross Sections of Kansas City and Jackson County
Description: Six cross sections of areas of Jackson County, Missouri, and Kansas City, Missouri, illustrate altitude above sea level and types of bedrock. Labels display locations of creeks and rivers, as well as major city thoroughfares including Southwest Boulevard, Armour Boulevard, and 75th Street.
Object Type: Map

Title: Greater Kansas City
Description: Road map of Kansas City and surrounding counties including Platte and Clay counties in Missouri, Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas. Includes an index to streets.
Date: 1961~
Object Type: Map

Title: Annexation Ordinances - Covering Portions of Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties
Description: Map showing areas of Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties annexed by Kansas City, Missouri in the 1950s. The indicated annexation zones display the relevant ordinance numbers, dates introducted, dates to be voted on, and dates to be annexed.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City Municipal Farm
Description: Map and legal description of the Kansas City Municipal Farm. Map includes boundaries, details of the Kansas City Southern Railway right-of-way, and text of legal descriptions of three tracts of the farm property.
Date: 1967-03-22
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City, Missouri School District
Description: Blue-line street map of Kansas City, Missouri, showing the boundaries of the Kansas City School District. Map also depicts public schools, parochial schools, hospitals, police stations, parks, cemeteries, golf courses, bodies of water, railroads, and significant buildings.
Date: 1958
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Description: Map of the Kansas City metropolitan area, showing boundaries of Kansas City and surrounding communities. Map also shows major roads and highways; proposed routes for Interstates 435, 35, 670, 635, and 470; proposed route for U.S. Highway 71; bodies of water; and airports.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Urban Renewal: Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Street map of downtown Kansas City, Missouri and vicinity showing urban renewal projects, general neighborhood renewal project, public housing projects, private redevelopment, and existing and proposed freeways.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Official Map of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas, and North Kansas City indicating streets, motor coach lines and street railway lines. Reverse side includes a map of U.S. highways and state highways for greater Kansas City, as well as a map of Independence and Sugar Creek showing bus lines and street railroad lines.
Date: 1942
Object Type: Map

Title: Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Aerial view of Kansas City from the northeast. Buildings, railroad lines, and other features are rendered pictorially. Key at bottom of map identifies churches, schools, reservoirs, businesses, etc. Street names are shown. The Hannibal Bridge is shown open for river traffic.Typed note taped to back of map reads, "George Ehrlich did extensive research to determine the date of this map - 1878 lithograph, Bird's Eye View, for his 1979 book "Kansas City, Mo.: An Architectural History, 1826-1976."
Date: 1878
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of Grounds, Kansas City Municipal Farm
Description: Detailed map of the grounds of the Kansas City Municipal Farm. The map includes diagrams of buildings, streams, roads, Interstate 435, and the Kansas City Southern Railway. The deed citations for each tract of land comprising the grounds of the farm, as well as the year acquired, are included as map details.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Map

Title: Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of bus and trolley lines in Kansas City; enlarged map of downtown area inset. Lines are identified by key on map. Also has a list of points of interest and a list of schools and hospitals.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - BLUE MILLS TO LEXINGTON, MILE 358.3 - 323.4
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. The section covered is Blue Mills to Lexington, "Mile 358.3 - 323.4."
Object Type: Map

Title: Rascher's Map of Kansas City, Kansas
Description: Atlas of Kansas City, Kansas, also showing areas of Bonner Springs, Calorific, New Philadelphia, Vance, Quindara Township, Argentine, Rosedale, and Shawnee Township.
Date: 1889/1891
Object Type: Map

Title: Map of the City of Kansas - Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map of the City of Kansas, later known as Kansas City, in Jackson County, Missouri. Major streets, railroad lines, additions and subdivisions are marked. Landmarks and significant buildings are labeled. Harlem on the north side of the Missouri River in Clay County, Missouri, is shown.
Date: 1880
Object Type: Map

Title: Trafficways and Boulevards Recommended by Committee on Trafficways & Boulevards of the Civic Improvement Committee
Description: Map illustrating a suggested plan for streets and boulevards made by the Committee on Trafficways & Boulevards to the Civic Improvement Committee in 1931. Item appears within The Final Report of Committee on Trafficways & Boulevards.
Date: 1931-01-07
Object Type: Map

Title: Historical Landmarks, Trails & Monuments in and around Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map created for the American Pioneer Trails Association with historical data provided by the Native Sons of Kansas City, Missouri, showing the locations of historical landmarks in the area. A Kawsmouth Chronology printed on the left hand side of the map provides a list of important dates in Kansas City history.
Date: 1938
Object Type: Map

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