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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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