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Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Unidentified men outside Grand Avenue Transfer Company, located on the northeast corner of 10th and Grand.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Policeman on Horseback
Description: Police officer riding on back of a rearing horse. In the background are two wagons with "Adams Transfer & Storage" painted on the side.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Ron Benjamin: Beat the Clock
Description: Article about bank executive Ron Benjamin's plans for a city-wide electronic bank network.
Date: 1982-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Picturesque Features of Kansas Farming
Description: Article about the picturesque features of Kansas farming in 1879, with general descriptions of rural and rustic qualities and culture of the region including its economy, etc.
Date: 1879-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Missouri Farming
Description: Information on the farming industry of northwestern Missouri since the 1930s, including the Kansas City and surrounding areas.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Pony Express Rides Again
Description: The Pony Express microbrewery of Olathe, Kansas, started in 1995 but closed in mid-2002. This article tells how TransCon AG, an agricultural cooperative with 150 members, purchased the company in May 2003. It includes statistics of the beer industry.
Date: 2003-11-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Comes a Horseman
Description: Article describes the history and use of the draft horse in cultivating the Midwest region.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: A Trip to Missouri Wine Country
Description: Review of wineries in Missouri, with some history and description of towns in the "Missouri wine country," with photos.
Date: 1992
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Oklahoman: A New Type
Description: Photo of an agricultural threshing machine "in an Oklahoma wheat field," circa 1903.
Date: 1903-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p024
Description: Northwestern part of early Kansas City in West Bottoms from Wyoming Street east to Hickory Street and from W. 13th Street south to W. 15th Street. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: The Kansas City Tragedy: There Is Not Always Strength in Numbers
Description: Photos, illustrations, and article about the causes of "the catastrophic collapse of two of the crowded skywalks" at the Crown Center Hyatt Regency Hotel, killing over 100 people.
Date: 1982-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1909-1938, Page p063
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 18th Street south to W. 20th Street and from Broadway east to Wyandotte, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1909-1938, Page p026
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 9th Street south to W. 11th Street and from Wyoming east to Hickory, showing buildings, streets, railroads, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p0644
Description: A portion of Kansas City from St. John Avenue south to Wilson Avenue and from Bennington Avenue east to Cambridge Avenue, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. Indicated at top of sheet that this page number corresponds with pages 603, 613, 687, 689, 695 and 711 in Vol. 5, 1909-1938.
Date: 1940/1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p003
Description: Northern edge of early Kansas City. Riverfront area shows buildings, railroad lines, and streets. Large numbers at edge of page refer to page number or volume with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p001
Description: North western edge of early Kansas City, riverfront area showing railroads, bridges, buildings and streets and the Missouri River. Large numbers at edges of page lead to page showing adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Technological Society of Kansas City
Description: Notice that the Technological Society of Kansas City will meet three times in December, 1906. Two of the speakers are women from Kansas City. They include Mrs. J. H. Harkless, one of the editors of the Kansas City Star and Carrie Westlake Whitney, city librarian.
Date: 1906-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Downtown Skyline
Description: View looking southwest from 10th and Locust. UMB (United Missouri Bank) Technology Center on Oak Street in foreground.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City
Description: Description of the On-the-Square warehouse business at 906-912 [East or West not given] 19th Street.
Date: 1911~
Object Type: Book

Title: Obituary for Dickens Adams
Description: Obituary for Dickens Adams, dying on September 9, 1951, the president of Adams Transfer & Storage Company and a member of the City Plan Commission from 1926 to 1934.
Date: 1951-09-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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