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Title
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Visiting a Gardening 'Neighbor'
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Description
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Vertical file contains photos and a biographical article about Timothy Hall and Jack Hudspeth, retired neighbors and gardeners at 2620 and 2619 Garfield Avenue. Hall maintained his own garden and that of his sister-in-law at 2612 Garfield Avenue, after retiring at Burger-Baird Engraving Company. Hudspeth also cultivated mainly roses in his garden after retiring from the postoffice, then joining the Flower Artists' Council.
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Date
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1961-07-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Indoor Gardening: When Indoor Plants Go Out
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Description
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Photo and article about the "40-foot pergola" built by gardener Louanna Simmons of Kansas City at her house for her houseplants.
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Date
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1993-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Flower Show
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Description
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Flower and Garden Show at Municipal Auditorium.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flower Show
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Description
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Flower and Garden Show at Municipal Auditorium.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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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Ferrelview Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of an area of Platte County featuring the towns of Hoover, Ferrelview, Linkville, Hampton, Platte Gardens, and Tiffany Springs. Creeks, schools, roads, and churches are in evidence, as well as the following cemeteries: Waller Cemetery, Dixon Cemetery, Pancake Cemetery, Rixey Cemetery, and Brightwell Cemetery.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Dearborn Quadrangle
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Description
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Topographical map of an area of southwest Buchanan County, Missouri and northwest Platte County, Missouri. Map features south portion of St. Joseph, Missouri and town of Dearborn, Missouri, as well as roads, railroads, lakes, and Missouri River. Several schools and churches are labeled, including Spring Garden School, Pleasant Ridge School, Sparta Church, and Bethel School.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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White Water Lily Flower
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of a white water lily flower in the garden of Minnie Long Sloan.
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Date
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1935-06-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southern White Magnolia Flower
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Description
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A color glass plate positive photograph of southern white magnolia flowers in the garden of Minnie Long Sloan.
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Date
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1941-05-15
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Dark Red Magnolia Flower
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of a dark red magnolia flower in the garden of Minnie Long Sloan.
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Date
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1934-04-24
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southern White Magnolia Flower
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of a southern white magnolia flower in the garden of Minnie Long Sloan.
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Date
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1934-07-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southern White Magnolia Flower
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of a southern white magnolia flower in the garden of Minnie Long Sloan.
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Date
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1934-07-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flower & Garden's Own Garden
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and article about the demonstration gardens for the Flower & Garden magazine, starting at the home of the magazine's "founder and original publisher," John Tillotson in Leawood, Kansas in the early 1960s and moved to Westport in the mid-1960s with a Liberty Tree planted "in 1976 as a part of the local U. S. Bicentennial Celebration."
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Date
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1989-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Missouri State Flower
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Description
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Information about the Missouri State Flower, the downy hawthorn.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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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 United States Illustrated
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Description
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Photo of a steel engraving by J. M. Peck of Kansas City in the mid-1800s.
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Date
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1852
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Missouri River: Kansas City to Mouth
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Description
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Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Quindaro Bend and the town of Sugar Creek. Shows principal topographic features for some distance inland, indicating railroad lines, dikes, creeks (Line Creek, Rock Creek, Jersey Creek, Sugar Creek), industrial districts (with companies named), truck gardens, and timber stands. Kansas City, Kansas is shown, as well as Kansas City, Missouri, and the Missouri towns of North Kansas City, Avondale, Randolph, Minaville, and Birmingham. A stretch of the Big Blue River is included, as well.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Map
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