Nineteenth-Century Kansas City
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Cyclorama and the Midland Hotel
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Description
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Rooftop view looking northwest from near 8th and McGee at the Cyclorama theater and the Midland Hotel under construction. The cyclorama is advertising the showing of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Date
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1887
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coates Opera House
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Description
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View looking northeast of the rear of the Coates Opera House from about 10th and Washington streets in the Quality Hill area.
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Date
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1877
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Knight Templar Parade
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Description
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Rooftop view of Knight Templar parade marching north along Main Street at 10th; shows onlookers. Includes a sign for St. George Hotel, Manning and Mann Manufacturing and Confectioners, The Williams Sign Works, Pixley and Company, etc. Appear to be African Americans in view also.
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Date
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1892
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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 northwest from the southeast corner of 9th and Main at the Junction. Includes cable cars identified as Kansas City Cable Railway. The Kansas City Times building in view.
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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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Market Square
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Description
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Distant view of activity in Market Square; located at 4th and Main.
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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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2nd Street
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Description
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Identified on photograph as: looking from Wyandotte Street east, Watkins Bank, 2nd and Main, on the right.
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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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9th Street
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Description
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Looking east along west 9th Street during 1881 flood. Sign in view for I.H. Spake, a boot maker.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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West Bottoms
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Description
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Early view of the West Bottoms area identified as south of 10th Street.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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West Bottoms
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Description
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Looking northwest across the north end of the West Bottoms from 10th and Summit. Includes train tracks 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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Elevated Railway Tracks
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Description
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View from the ground of the elevated railway tracks at the Armour Packing Company; located in the West Bottoms.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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West Bottoms
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Description
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Looking northwest across West Bottoms with river in view.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Photograph
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West Bottoms
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Description
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Looking southwest from Gaston (later Observation) Park across trains in the West Bottoms.
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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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West Bottoms and Union Depot
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Description
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Looking north across railroad cars in West Bottoms towards Union Depot.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Railroad Yards in West Bottoms
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Description
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Looking west across railroad yards in West Bottoms from 12th and Bluff; shows Livestock Exchange Building in the distance.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Cable Car Work
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City, looking west along 12th from Main at workers laying cable car tracks. First Baptist Church in the background located at 12th and Baltimore.
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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 at 8th
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City, looking northwest from the southeast corner of 8th and Main. Sign on corner building reads: Underwood Clark & Co. Loan Office.
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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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View looking east on 9th Street at the junction of Main and Delaware streets. Shows the buildings in the area referred to as The Junction.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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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