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Title
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Pioneer Life in Southwest Missouri
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Description
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Chapter of the book about the freighting industry across the Western plains, in the late 1858s, including experiences with Russell, Majors & Waddell, the major freighting business at the time in the area, and John B. Wornall.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Book
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History of Paseo High School
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Description
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Passage on history of Paseo High School states that the school, located on the northeast corner of Houston and Flora avenues, was originally called Highlands High. The name was changed to Paseo High April 1, 1926.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Souvenir History-Program of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Booklet with photos, a poem ("Our Own Northeast" by Clara Viginia Townsend, principal of the James School), and other historical information about the Northeast neighborhood, including prominent people, mansions, parks and boulevards, etc.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Book
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Robert Long
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Description
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Photos of Robert Alexander Long, or Robert Long, and his mansion called Corinthian Hall at 3218 Gladstone Boulevard. Biographical sketch of his life and career, born in Kentucky in 1850 and coming to Kansas City in 1873 as a butcher, later becoming chairman of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, "the largest single business enterprise in Kansas City."
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Pioneer Life in Southwest Missouri
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Description
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Chapter of the book about the construction of the "two-story brick mansion" of John B. Wornall, "the most pretentious of anything in that section," just before and during the Civil War, including a description of the Battle of Westport near the house.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Paseo Boulevard at 12th Street
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Description
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Looking northeast across sunken gardens at 12th Street and the Paseo.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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12th Street
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Description
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Looking east along south side of 12th Street between Euclid and Garfield avenues.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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12th Street
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Description
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Storefronts and sidewalk along south side of 12th Street between Euclid and Garfield.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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12th Street
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Description
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Looking west along south side of 12th between Euclid and Garfield.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Men in Office Room
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Description
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Five men in suits lounging in an office room. There is a Alpha Floral Co. calendar on the wall showing January of 1929.
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Buildings near 12th & Main Street
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Rooftop view looking northeast along 12th Street from Main Street. Shows Boley Building and, in the distance, the Telephone Building under construction. A sign on the nearest building reads "Foreman and Clark From Coast to Coast."
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Negative
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