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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 Parade
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Description
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Unidentified soldiers parading north along Main Street near Missouri Avenue. Included in view on right corner is Bullene Bros. & Emery Dry Goods and Marble Hall is across the street.
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Date
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1872
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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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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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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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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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