Maps

Title: Proposed Master Plan IX - Downtown Area
Description: Street map of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, displaying an early plan for an expressway loop surrounding the area. Proposed parking lots, garages, public buildings, parks, street improvements, freeways, and tunnels are indicated on the map.
Date: 1947
Object Type: Map

Title: Major Street Plan Progress Report by the Trafficways Committee of the City Plan Commission
Description: Map illustrating street and road improvements made by the Traffic Committee of the City Plan Commission in 1931. Item appears within The Final Report of Committee on Trafficways & Boulevards.
Date: 1931
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: 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: Case & Norman's Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Aerial view of Kansas City seen from northwest. Shows streets, bridges, buildings, and railroads. Many buildings are identified. Continuation of title: ". . . showing principal points of interest correctly drawn and located, including most of the public buildings."
Date: 1887
Object Type: Map

Title: Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Sepia-toned aerial view from the northeast, showing the Missouri River, Hannibal Bridge, and the city of Kansas City with streets and buildings marked. Points of interest (churches, etc.) numbered; key on back of map. Also on the back is handwritten, "Star, Sept. 30, 1928."
Date: 1869
Object Type: Map