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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri: Pictorial and Biographical
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Description
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Photo and bio of James Yates (1844-1908), "president of the Economic Asphalt Repair Company" formerly "connected with the ice trade." Native of New York coming to Kansas City in 1884 as organizer of the Yates Ice Company with residences at 30th and Madison Streets and later "on Summit street."
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Book
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Kansas City, Missouri: Pictorial and Biographical
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Photo and bio of Peter Soden, a street, railroad, and building contractor in Kansas City. Born in Ireland in 1830 and moving to Liberty, Missouri in the early 1850s as a government arsenal worker before coming to Kansas City in 1855 as "one of the pioneer [building] contractors of Kansas City." Also "owner of the Commercial Hotel block at Walnut and [11th Street], of the Barnaby building on Main street between [11th Street and 12th Street,] of Nos. 912 and 914 Main street at the Junction, together with other valuable property."
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Book
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SC163 Kansas City Public Works Collection Finding Aid
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This collection contains reports, correspondence, permits, regulations, blueprints, and notes concerning the operations of the Kansas City Public Works Department in the early to mid-20th century. The majority of the collection relates to the construction, operation, and maintenance of area sewers, water lines, and their infrastructure.
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Date
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1905/1978
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Street map of Kansas City indicating proposed changes in the road system, including new streets, streets to be widened, etc. Legend on map. Signatures on map of Director of Public Works, Chairman of City Plan Commission, and President of the Park Board.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Map
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Look Out Below!
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Description
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Discusses how crews responsible for installing underground telecommunications cables have repeatedly damaged gas, water, and sewer pipes.
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Date
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2000-08-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Historic Northeast Streets Improved
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The Northeast area of Kansas City will see improvements to twenty five streets under the Street Preservation Program of the Public Works Department. Also gives a list of the streets to be repaired.
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Date
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2002-07-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Road near Lexington, Missouri
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Description
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View along road south of Lexington, Missouri, probably paved with crushed rock as part of a WPA work project.
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Date
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1938-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Road Paving Project
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Description
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View of a WPA road paving project in Independence, Missouri, near the intersection of Fuller and College.
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Date
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1939-11-16
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Road Paving Project
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Description
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Unidentified men working on a WPA road paving project in Independence, Missouri, near the intersection of Chrysler Avenue and Maple.
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Date
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1939-11-16
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Road Paving Project
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Description
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Unidentified men working on a WPA road paving project in Independence, Missouri; view looking north on Fuller Avenue.
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Date
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1939-11-16
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Altitudes
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Description
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The highest point within the city limits of Kansas City is at 155th and Prospect Avenues--1,081 feet, according to Michael Wilson, chief of survey, engineering division, Kansas City Public Works Department. The highest point at the 12th hole of the Swope Park golf course is a mere 934 feet, and at 123rd and Wornall Road, 976 feet. All of these figures are based on the 1929 North American Datum published by the United States Coastal and Geodetic Survey. 1929 was the last year in which elevations officially were adjusted, Wilson says. A 1983 Datum using satellites for the topographical survey has not yet been released. And the lowest point? Front Street and I-35, where the elevation is 733 feet. Last question--733 feet above what? Mean sea level, a point of reference defined by the United States Coastal and Geodetic Survey at Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Date
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1985-09-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Paseo near 12th Street
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Description
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Postcard of the Paseo, looking north toward 12th Street.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Cliff Drive
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Description
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Postcard of Cliff Drive in North Terrace Park.
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Date
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1910~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Cliff Drive, Spring
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Description
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Postcard of the spring along Cliff Drive in North Terrace Park.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Oak Grove, Missouri, Street Scene
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Description
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View down street in Oak Grove, Missouri showing buildings including a drugstore and post office, people standing on sidewalk, horse-drawn vehicle being driven down street, and a parked automobile.
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Date
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1915-11
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Object Type
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Photograph
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