Nineteenth-Century Kansas City
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Title
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Delaware Street
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Description
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View facing south along Delaware Street showing where 3rd Street intersects. The 4th Street intersection can be seen farther to the south. Grading of the bluffs is evident.
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Date
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1865
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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 9th from Washington. Shows cable car.
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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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Walnut Street
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Description
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Identified as Walnut Street cutting between 7th and 8th Street. Shows street grading of bluffs.
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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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Title
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Residence on Graded Street
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Description
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Street level view of unidentified residence. Example of street grading as bluff areas were lowered. Location not given. Signs visible in the photograph read Tappan & Co's Real Estate Office and St. Louis Life Insurance Company.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Early Kansas City Scene
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Description
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Identified on photograph as looking southwest from 3rd and Wyandotte Streets.
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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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Riverfront View
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Description
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Early view of the Kansas City riverfront identified as west Kansas City from bluff near 5th Street.
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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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River Bluffs
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Description
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Believed to be an early view of the topography in the area that became Kansas City. Man is seen by what looks like a cave opening in the bluff.
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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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Delaware Street
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Description
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Early view of Delaware Street looking north from 3rd Street. The Missouri River is in view and shows street grading through bluffs.
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Date
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1869-04
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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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4th and Grand
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Description
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Rooftop view looking south near 4th and Grand. Theatre Comique is on the far left center and St. Patrick's Catholic Church is on top left.
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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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Delaware Street
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Description
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Distant view believed to be Delaware near 6th Street.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fire Damage
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Description
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Unidentified building covered with ice after fire; sign before building reads What's the Use Going North for an Ice Palace! This Ought To Satisfy Every-Body.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gaston Park (later Observation Park)
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Description
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Early, distant view of Gaston Park (later Observation Park) taken from Reservoir Hill. River seen in background.
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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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Smelter in Argentine, Kansas
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Description
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Interior view of unidentified workers around a smelter; located in Argentine, Kansas.
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Date
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1889
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Studio Building
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Description
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View of the Studio Building; located on the northwest corner of 9th and Locust 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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Title
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Exposition Building Under Construction
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Description
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Distant view of the Exposition Building during construction; located at 13th and Kansas. Also referred to as the Crystal Palace.
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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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The Junction
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of Vaughan's Diamond Building; located at the intersection of 9th, Main, and Delaware at the Junction.
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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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Wyandotte Street
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Description
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Early view identified as Wyandotte Street near 2nd Street looking north across the Missouri River.
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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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