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Title: Blue Avenue at the Chicago and Alton Railroad Crossing
Description: Looking down Blue Avenue towards C & A Railroad crossing. Signs and signals are visible.
Date: 1915-07-14
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lone Jack, Missouri, Residence
Description: House of Mrs. Marshall in Lone Jack, Missouri. A double swing is in the yard.
Date: 1915-08-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rock Island Terminal Elevator Equipment
Description: Equipment (pump or lever) at the Rock Island Terminal Elevator in Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 1914
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rock Island Terminal Elevator
Description: Terminal elevator for the Rock Island Railway in Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 1914
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Joseph Hospital Construction
Description: View of cranes and supplies at the construction site of the New St. Joseph Hospital at Linwood and Prospect in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1916-01-23
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Central High School
Description: Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1916-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Shelter House
Description: View of the shelter house at Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri with two cars in the foreground.
Date: 1916-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Independence, Missouri, Blue Ridge Boulevard Arch Over Van Horn Road
Description: Looking down Van Horn Road through the stone arch bridge on Blue Ridge Boulevard in Independence, Missouri. A horse and buggie is traveling under the arch.
Date: 1916-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City International Airport Dedication
Description: Exterior view of podium and crowd taken during the dedication of KCI Airport on October 23,1972. An airport building is in view as well as a crowd of people lined along it. U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew is standing and speaking at the podium. Others seated nearby include: Missouri Governor Warren Hearnes, partially hidden directly behind Agnew; former Mayor Ilus Davis, right behind Hearnes; Mayor Charles Wheeler seated third from the left on the first row; and probably various City Council members. The airport was originally named Mid-Continent International Airport.
Date: 1972-10-23
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Linwood School With Children and Teachers On Steps
Description: Photo of two teachers posing with three boys on the steps of Linwood School. The photo identified as on of "Lorren's pictures." The boys wear britches and button down shirts with ties.
Date: 1916
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Leeds, Missouri, Street Scene
Description: View down a street in Leeds, Missouri. A truck is visible on right. Polfer & Renick General Merchants sign and store is visible on left.
Date: 1916-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Independence, Missouri, Courthouse
Description: Front and side view of the Courthouse in Independence, Missouri.
Date: 1916-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gnome Aeroplane
Description: Man cranking the motor of a Gnome Aeroplane in Overland Park, Kansas. A man stands watching him in the foreground and two people sit in grass behind.
Date: 1916-05-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Troost Park
Description: Troost Park in winter with leafless trees in Kansas City, Missouri. A car drives along road on right side of photo and a line of house is partially visible behind it.
Date: 1916-02-20
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Field Club Tennis Courts
Description: People playing tennis on the courts at the Kansas City Field Club located at 51st Street and Swope Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1916-07-23
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gas Holder
Description: View of a gas holder at 20th and Indiana in Kansas City, Missouri. Houses are visible in front.
Date: 1916-01-23
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gnome Aeroplane Taking Flight
Description: Gnome Aeroplane taking off in Overland Park, Kansas in front of a crowd of people watching. A photographer is shooting the plane.
Date: 1916-05-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Richards-Gebaur Airport
Description: View of an unidentified building located at Richards-Gebaur Airport.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Richards-Gebaur Airport
Description: Aerial view of the Richards-Gebaur Airport located near Belton, Missouri. The airport's runway is in view as well as areas adjacent to the airport. Richards-Gebaur was deactivated as a full-fledged Air Force base in 1976 but kept some military reserve and air defense activity into the early 1990s. The airport officially closed in 2000.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City International Airport
Description: Aerial view of Kansas City International Airport looking toward the northeast. The TWA overhaul buildings are also in view. The control tower and runways are in view as well as airplanes located around the A, B, and C terminals. Parking lots and other buildings adjacent to the airport also can be seen.
Object Type: Photograph

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