Nineteenth-Century Kansas City
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Title
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Deardorff Building
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Description
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Full side view of Deardorff Building covered with ice after a fire; located at 11th and Main streets. Advertisement sign on street reads Mercer's Jewelry Store. Includes two uniformed policemen or firemen in view.
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Date
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1892-01-17
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Street Scene
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City identified as from north 5th Street looking south at Wyandotte Street and Broadway Boulevard.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Looking north along Main Street from 10th Street at the Junction area of Main, Delaware, and 9th streets. Business in view includes J. T. Welden, Undertaker. Also has view of what appears to be a delivery wagon and street railway tracks.
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Date
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1884
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Early view looking north of Main Street and Vaughan's Diamond Building at the junction of Main, 9th, and Delaware.
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Date
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1875
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Barnum Circus Parade
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Description
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Looking northwest from the southeast corner of 8th and Main at the Barnum Circus parade heading south along Main. It is indicated on the photograph that the building in the forefront was the first public library location, first occupied in 1874. Other business names seen are Barse & Barber, Morton's, Mathews Dry Goods House, etc.
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Date
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1886
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Junction
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Description
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Looking north from the west side of Main at the Junction area of 9th Street, Delaware Street, and Main Street. Cable car in view in street in front of the Vaughan's Diamond Building. Cable car says East 7th St. and Union Depot and is Number 32.
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Date
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1886
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City, looking north along Main Street from 3rd.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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3rd and Main
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Description
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Rooftop view looking west from the corner of 3rd and Main. Good view of street grading of bluffs with Missouri River in view.
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Date
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1878
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Browning, King and Company
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Description
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Side view of Browning, King & Co., clothiers, located on the southeast corner of 11th and Main streets.
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Date
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1885
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Early Kansas City Skyline
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Description
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Early Kansas City view identified as rooftop view of the 9th and Broadway area. One building in center says Theatre Comique and another has Hammerslough on the building.
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Date
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1886
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Railroad Track
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Description
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Early view of railroad cut/tracks identified as west of Broadway and 2nd Street looking east.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Charles E. Kearney Residence
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Description
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View looking east of the Charles E. Kearney residence that once stood on Main Street between Missouri Avenue and 6th Street.
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Date
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1869-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Looking Northwest from Roof of Broadway Hotel
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Description
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View looking northwest from the roof of the Broadway Hotel, later renamed the Coates House Hotel, on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Two individuals standing on the roof can be seen. Early buildings in the Quality Hill area are in view.
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Junction of Main and Delaware
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Description
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View looking north of the junction of Main and Delaware streets at 9th Street. Vaughn's Diamond Building and several horse drawn carts can be seen. Signs for S. D. Vaughn and Company, Security Life Insurance Company, Kansas City Business College, and H. Ganz and Brothers Clothing are in view.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Old Coates Opera House
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Coates Opera House that once stood at 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Looking South from 3rd
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Description
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View looking south along Main Street from 3rd Street. Several pedestrians and horse drawn carts can be seen.
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Date
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1870-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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First National Bank Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the First National Bank Building that once stood at 5th and Delaware streets.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rooftop View At 3rd and Main
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Description
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Rooftop view across buildings located at 3rd and Main. Includes storefront of Lawrence Vinegar Works and sign on building for J.A. Cooper & Co.
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Date
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1878
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rooftop View At 3rd and Main
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Description
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Rooftop view identified as looking east from 3rd and Main. Good example of street grading and lowering of bluffs. View includes primarily early residences.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Happy Hollow
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Description
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Early Kansas City view identified as looking north across Happy Hollow at 9th and Holmes streets.
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Date
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1878
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Object Type
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Photograph
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