Nineteenth-Century Kansas City
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Buffalo Herd
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Description
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Herd of buffalo in pen at unidentified location. Written beside photograph: Last Buffalo in KC. From 1870 to 78 buffalo meat sold at 2-5 [cents] a # and stacks 10ft high were piled up at the end of the old state line depot, hides & robes sold from 2-6 dollars a piece.
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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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View Along Creek
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Description
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Early scene which is not identified. Includes small stream, trees, and hillside.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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9th Street
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Description
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Early Kansas City view identified as 9th Street from Broadway, looking east. Good view of street grading.
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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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Midland Hotel
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Description
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Unidentified men posted near the Midland Hotel after the collapse of the dining room ceiling, in which Frank Edison was killed.
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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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Kansas City Police Officers
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Description
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Group portrait of uniformed day force police officers posed at unidentified location.
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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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Street Scene
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Description
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View of an early Kansas City unidentified street scene. View includes homes.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Levee at Walnut
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Description
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Early view of riverfront area identified as levee at the foot of Walnut Street. Shows the bluffs and grading.
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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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Third Regiment
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Description
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Unidentified members of the Third Regiment with cannons at their encampment near Excelsior Springs. Includes African Americans in photograph.
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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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Midland Hotel Construction
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Description
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Looking east at construction of Midland Hotel; located on 7th Street between Grand and Walnut.
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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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Looking Southwest from 4th
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Description
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View looking southwest from 4th Street west of Wyandotte Street. The Coates House Hotel and the Coates Opera House can be seen in the distance. Early downtown buildings and houses are in view.
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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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Coates House Hotel
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Description
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View looking east of the Broadway Hotel, later renamed the Coates House Hotel, at 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. A house once located to the south of the hotel can be seen. The Broadway Pond, once located at the southwest corner of the intersection is 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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Sheridan Pond - 4th and Broadway
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Description
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View looking east from the southeast corner of 4th Street and Broadway Boulevard. An individual standing near Sheridan Pond, once located to the rear of the Sheridan and Lindell hotels, is in view. Several early downtown buildings and houses can be seen.
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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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Looking east on 2nd from Delaware
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Description
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View looking east along 2nd Street from its intersection with Delaware Street. The Mechanics Bank building can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The J. Q. Watkins and Company building can be seen on the left. Individuals and a horse drawn cart in 2nd Street are in view.
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Date
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1869-12
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coates Opera House and Coates House Hotel
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Description
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View looking northeast of the Coates Opera House and Broadway Hotel, later renamed the Coates House Hotel, at 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. The Broadway Pond, once located at the southwest corner of the intersection can be seen. Cows can be seen in the image.
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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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Looking North on Main from 6th and Missouri Avenue
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Description
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View looking north along Main Street from 6th Street and Missouri Avenue. Handwritten on the image is Frank's Hall at the northwest corner of 5th and Main streets. Signs for Baum and Brothers Clothing, the Marble Hall, and Bullene Brothers and Emery Dry Goods can be seen. The street is crowded with pedestrians and a parade is moving down the street.
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Date
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1869-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Thurman's Livery - 6th and Delaware
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Description
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View of Thurman's Livery, once located at the northeast corner of 6th and Delaware streets. Several early downtown buildings and houses can be seen. A sign for Excelsior Stable is 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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Residence
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Description
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Full, front view of an early brick home which is not identified by location or owner.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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President Grover Cleveland
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Description
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President Grover Cleveland and wife Frances in a horse-drawn carriage at location in Kansas City on a visit in 1887.
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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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Riverfront View
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City riverfront identified as view of west Kansas City looking north from 12th.
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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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