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Title
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United States
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Description
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Map of the United States showing Arkansas Territory, Missouri Territory (stretching to the west coast), and a large area comprising the southwest, including present-day northern Mexico. Names of many Indian tribes, and some Indian villages, appear on this map, as well as towns and rivers. The state of Missouri is shown as stretching well into present-day Iowa.
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Date
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1822
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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United States Bicentennial
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Description
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Information about the celebration of the United States Bicentennial, including a program for an ethnic ball in Kansas City.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Johnson's United States
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Description
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Map of the United States, Lower California, northern Mexico, Cuba, and the Bahama Islands. State and territorial boundaries, railroad lines, rivers, and towns are indicated for the U.S., as well as forts, explorers' routes, pioneer trails, and Indian tribe locations for western U.S. Numeral 20 found in upper left corner; numeral 21 found in upper right corner.
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Date
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1862
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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The First in United States
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Description
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Article about the pioneering of the postal delivery service of the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad.
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Date
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1909-02-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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United States Department of Agriculture
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Description
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File containing reprints of the Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles by the Kansas City Star about the history of inefficiency of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture).
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Date
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1990~/1999~
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse
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Description
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Front entrance view of the Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse located on 9th Street between Locust and Oak in downtown Kansas City. View is looking toward the north. The courthouse services the Western District of Missouri.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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United States Courthouse and Post Office
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of the U.S. courthouse building also housing a branch post office at 811 Grand Avenue. This building replaced the former Federal Building and General Post Office at this location in 1939. Looking northeast.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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United States Courthouse and Post Office
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Description
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Close-up view of entrance to the U.S. Courthouse at 811 Grand Avenue. This building replaced the former Federal Building at this location.
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Date
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1989
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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United States Courthouse and Post Office
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Description
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Interior view of the lobby of the United States Courthouse with people coming down the steps and two military (Navy) personnel standing beside two American flags at the bottom of the steps. The building, located at 811 Grand, opened in 1939 and replaced the former Federal Building and General Post Office that occupied this site.
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Date
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1939-10-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse
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Description
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Full, street-level view of the Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse located on 9th Street between Locust and Oak in downtown Kansas City. View is looking toward the north, showing the front of the building. The courthouse services the federal court for the Western District of Missouri.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse
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Description
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Exterior, close up view of the main extrance to the Charles Evans Whittaker United States Courthouse located on 9th Street between Locust and Oak in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View is looking toward the north.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Cleartype Outline Map of the United States
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Description
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Map of the United States showing railroads and rivers that originated in Kansas City. Depicted are railroads constructed to 1864 and projected railroads to 1864.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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United States Courthouse and Post Office
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of building at 811 Grand Avenue, looking northeast. Shows Victoria Hotel to the east.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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United States Courthouse and Post Office
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of the U.S. Courthouse building also housing a branch post office at 811 Grand Avenue. This building replaced the former Federal Building and General Post Office at this location in 1939.
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Date
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1940~/1949~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Quindaro Bend and Wayne City Bend, showing the principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows railroad yards around the Kansas River Bend and the Kansas City Reach, as well as levees, dikes, and railroad lines. The Missouri towns of North Kansas City, Avondale, Randolph, Minneville, Birmingham, and Sugar Creek are in evidence, along with Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Missouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Wayne City Bend and Missouri City Bend, showing principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows creeks, levees, dikes, and railroad lines. The Missouri towns of Birmingham, Cement City, South Liberty, Courtney, and Atherton are in evidence, as well as Big Shoal Creek and the Little Blue River.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Misssouri River: Mouth to Rulo
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Description
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Stretch of the Missouri River between Pope Bend and Quindaro Bend, showing principal topographic features within the alluvial valley. Contour intervals of 5 feet in the flood plain and 25 feet on the valley walls are indicated. Shows creeks, Wyandotte Lake, dikes, levees, railroad lines, the Kansas towns of Wolcott, Pomeroy, and Kansas City, and the Missouri town of Parkville.
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Date
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1946/1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Diagram of the State of Missouri
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Description
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Map of Missouri marked off into blocks of land, each six miles square, known as townships. Symbols indicate whether or not the townships have been subdivided by surveyors. Names of contracted surveyors may be found in the text accompanying map. Lead, iron, copper, and coal mines are indicated, as well as salt works. Watersheds shown in detail. Survey of the southern boundary of the state is given extra attention, as is the old Indian boundary line commonly called Sullivan's line on the north. Fourth in a series of four maps showing the progress of surveys in Missouri.
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Date
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1851
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Object Type
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Map
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