Nineteenth-Century Kansas City
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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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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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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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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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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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Title
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Coates Opera House
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of the Coates Opera House; located on the northwest corner of 10th and Broadway.
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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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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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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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Kansas City Police Officers
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Description
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Early group portrait of uniformed Kansas City police officers. Only one identified as Capt. Branham at right. Also identified as old City Hall.
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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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4th and Grand
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Description
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View looking west at 4th and Grand; shows unidentified men atop bluffs and with equipment. Shows bluff grading.
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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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Kansas City Police Officers and Chief Thomas Speers
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Description
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Group portrait of Police Chief Thomas Speers (on far right) and uniformed night force police officers near gatling gun positioned outside of Assembly Hall. Billy West is identified on far right.
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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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Burlington, Kansas
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Description
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Flooded business district in Burlington, Kansas.
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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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Burlington, Kansas
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Description
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Flooded business district in Burlington, Kansas. Post Office in view and clothing business with M. Seelig over the door.
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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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Tornado Damage to Factory
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Description
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Looking along 3rd Street at damage to building identified on mount as overall factory. Street is filled with people and buggies. Handwriting on mount reads Killed 7, injured 14.
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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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Lathrop School
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Description
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Corner view of Lathrop School; located at 8th and May. Damage from 1886 tornado apparent. Horse-drawn fire equipment visible on street in foreground. Large crowds of people lining street and school grounds.
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Date
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1886
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Object Type
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Photograph