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Title
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Unknown Street
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Description
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View of an unknown street. Houses and horse-drawn carriages can be seen.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unknown Street
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Description
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View of an unknown street. Houses, a horse-drawn carriage, and an individual walking away from the carriage can be seen.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, describing the inequality of property tax assessments throughout Jackson County and other costs of homeownership. Other featured articles include: “He Beats the Rap but You Take It” (p. 3), photo and article about the murder trial of Charles Gargotta, "rat-faced Pendergast political lieutenant and gangster" reportedly interrupted by Sheriff Thomas Bash in "a killing party on Armour boulevard and Forest avenue" on August 12, 1933, including details about the case and information about other Kansas Citians involved, including the following: "Ferris Anthon, a rival Fifteenth street bootlegger" allegedly killed in the shooting by Gargotta; Sammy Scola and Gus Fasone, "friends of Gargotta and fellow workers in the North Side Democratic club" killed by Bash; John Lazia, "North Side gangster king" and owner of the Gargotta Buick; and presiding judge Merrill Otis, et al; “His Country Needs Him” (p. 4), article about Matthew Murray, "director of public works and a city hall protegee of Henry McElroy," recommended "to direct the expenditure of Missouri's share of the president's $4,880,000, 000 work relief fund" by "Senators Truman (Pendergast) and Clark of St. Louis"; and “May We Present George O. Pratt” (p. 5), photo and article about Pratt, local lawyer and associate director of the Regional Labor Relations Board; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-05-17
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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House of Edward H. Witte
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of Edward H. Witte's residence, taken from the northwest. Witte was president of Witte Engine Works.
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Date
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1933-06-01
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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House of Hugh J. Mathews, Jr.
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of Hugh J. Mathews, Jr.'s house and window flower boxes, taken from the southeast. Mathews was an executive with Mathews Machine Works.
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Date
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1932-09-20
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Healy House - Leadville, Colorado
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Description
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Postcard of Healy House in Leadville, Colorado. Referenced, but not published in the 10 April 1971 Kansas City Star article.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Joseph V. Kendall Residence
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Description
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View of the Joseph V. Kendall residence, once located at the northwest corner of 16th and Wyandotte streets. Several figures can be seen standing outside of the house. A horse and buggy is parked near the home.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unknown Street
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Description
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View of an unknown street. Houses, a horse-drawn carriage, and an early car can be seen.
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Date
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1913~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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512 Garfield Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 512 Garfield Avenue in the early 1980s. Painters appear to be working in the house.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Alexander Majors Home
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Description
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View looking east of the Alexander Majors Home at 8201 State Line Road. Restoration work is being performed on the house.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Hugh McElroy Residence
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Description
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View looking northeast of the Hugh McElroy Residence at 1512 E. 8th Street. An individual is working near the side of the house.
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Date
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1905~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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3310 Harrison Street
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s showing renovation work on the east face of the single family home at 3310 Harrison Street, built in 1890, for William Barton, president of the Barton Hat Company, and his family. Placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the North Hyde Park Historic District. The buildings which are visible in the right side of the photo, to the north of the home, were demolished in 1990. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
