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Title
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Kansas City's Hannibal Bridge: Western Town-Booming and Eastern Capital
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Description
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One paragraph about Sands Bouton, "a lawyer and developer of Bouton's Addition," and one of the directors of the Hannibal Bridge project in the mid-1860s, describing his efforts to raise money in the East to build the bridge.
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Date
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1959-03
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Human Documents: Biographical Notes
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Description
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Portraits, photos, and biographical sketch of John Ingalls, national senator from Kansas,who was born in Massachusetts in 1833 and moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1858, becoming a Kansas state senator in 1862 and natoinal senator in 1873.
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Date
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1893-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Photography and the Human
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Description
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Review of group photography show at Jan Weiner Gallery.
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Date
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2001-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Cowtown Capital
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Description
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Article with photos and a general description of Kansas City as a regional "heart of America" metropolis, including its history (with several anecdotes) and present landmarks. Also included is a pullout section (pages 27-30) of "impressions" by illustrator David Hunt, with images of Kersey Coates Drive and so forth.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Capital Charisma
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Description
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Photo as it appeared in the February 2008 "Vogue" magazine of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius wearing a taffeta gown by Oscar de la Renta and posed in front of "The Spirit of Kansas" mural painted by George Stone in the early 1900s.
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Date
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2008-01-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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1100-16 East Armour Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph of apartment buildings on Armour Boulevard between Troost and Forest in the early 1980s. The Armour Apartments building, furthest left, is at 1100-08 E. Armour Boulevard. It was designed by architect John McKecknie and built in 1905, and was demolished in 1988. The Chalfonte Flats building, at 1110-12 E. Armour, stands in the middle of the block, was designed by Matt O'Connell and built in 1909. The Juliet Apartments, in the foreground of the image, stand at 1114-16 E. Armour, were also designed by John McKecknie and built in 1907. The Juliet building has a "For Sale" sign in front of it at the time of the photograph.
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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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1100-16 East Armour Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph of apartment buildings on Armour Boulevard between Troost and Forest in the early 1980s. The Armour Apartments building, furthest left, is at 1100-08 E. Armour Boulevard. It was designed by architect John McKecknie and built in 1905, and was demolished in 1988. The Chalfonte Flats building, at 1110-12 E. Armour, stands in the middle of the block, was designed by Matt O'Connell and built in 1909. The Juliet Apartments, in the foreground of the image, stand at 1114-16 E. Armour, were also designed by John McKecknie and built in 1907. The Juliet building has a "For Sale" sign in front of it at the time of the photograph.
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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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A "Fiend in Human Shape"?
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Description
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Critique of Quantrill's biographies and biographers, with descriptions of related historic figures such as William "Bloody Bill" Anderson and John N. Edwards.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The School without Walls
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Description
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Article describing the experimental school at 32 East 46th Street, in the activity building of the Community Christian Church, a private high school without "a stereotyped curriculum," but rather a medium for teaching students "how to learn and how to find information they need."
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Date
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1974-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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