Nineteenth-Century Kansas City
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Title
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3rd and Main
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Description
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Rooftop view looking west from the corner of 3rd and Main. Good view of street grading of bluffs with Missouri River 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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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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Railroad Track
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Description
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Early view of railroad cut/tracks identified as west of Broadway and 2nd Street looking east.
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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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Charles E. Kearney Residence
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Description
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View looking east of the Charles E. Kearney residence that once stood on Main Street between Missouri Avenue and 6th Street.
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Date
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1869-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Looking Northwest from Roof of Broadway Hotel
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Description
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View looking northwest from the roof of the Broadway Hotel, later renamed the Coates House Hotel, on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Two individuals standing on the roof can be seen. Early buildings in the Quality Hill area are 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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Junction of Main and Delaware
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Description
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View looking north of the junction of Main and Delaware streets at 9th Street. Vaughn's Diamond Building and several horse drawn carts can be seen. Signs for S. D. Vaughn and Company, Security Life Insurance Company, Kansas City Business College, and H. Ganz and Brothers Clothing are 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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Title
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Old Coates Opera House
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Coates Opera House that once stood at 10th 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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Title
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Main Looking South from 3rd
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Description
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View looking south along Main Street from 3rd Street. Several pedestrians and horse drawn carts can be seen.
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Date
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1870-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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First National Bank Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the First National Bank Building that once stood at 5th and Delaware 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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Rooftop View At 3rd and Main
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Description
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Rooftop view across buildings located at 3rd and Main. Includes storefront of Lawrence Vinegar Works and sign on building for J.A. Cooper & Co.
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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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Rooftop View At 3rd and Main
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Description
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Rooftop view identified as looking east from 3rd and Main. Good example of street grading and lowering of bluffs. View includes primarily early residences.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Happy Hollow
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Description
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Early Kansas City view identified as looking north across Happy Hollow at 9th and Holmes streets.
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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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Primrose Hill
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City identified as looking northeast across Primrose Hill with the Missouri River in view. Good view of bluffs and street grading. Can also see railroad tracks and train along side of river.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Photograph
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16th and Genesee
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Description
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Early view looking southwest from 14th and Bluff towards 16th and Genesee. Primarily a residential area showing uneven bluff terrain.
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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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Tippecanoe Cabin Republican Headquarters
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Description
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Group portrait of unidentified men before Tippecanoe Cabin Republican Headquarters, located at 1110 Walnut; Colonel Robert T. Van Horn is seated in the 8th chair to the right of the pole.
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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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YMCA Building Cornerstone Ceremony
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Description
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Crowd scene at the laying of the cornerstone of the YMCA by President Grover Cleveland; located at 9th and Locust.
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Date
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1887-10-13
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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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Crowd scene at the speech given by President Grover Cleveland at the Federal Building located on the southeast corner of 9th and Walnut. Included in view is a sign advertising the Battle of Gettysburg which showed at the Cyclorama.
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Date
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1887-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coates House Hotel and Coates Opera House
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City with the Coates Opera House on the left and the Coates House Hotel on the right. Located at 10th and Broadway.
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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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Early Kansas City Scene
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City identified as looking southwest from 6th Street.
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Date
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1869-05
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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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View looking south across the Missouri River to the Kansas City. Taken from Harlem area. Bluff in view across the river.
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Date
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1871-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
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