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Title
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I Like a Convention: Memories of Kansas City and Thereafter
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Description
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Description of memorable sites of libraries and their surroundings across "the Illinois and Missouri plains," including the Main Branch Library of the Kansas City Public Library at 9th and Locust Streets, the "Branch Library in new Southeast High School Building" and its "W. P. A. murals," the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the main public library building of Kansas City, Kansas, etc.
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Date
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1939-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Housing: Black Family Victimized in White Neighborhood
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Description
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Photo and article about the numerous gunshots and a firebombing at the home of Larry and Linda Collins, a black couple in their predominantly White neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1986-05-26
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Skyline
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Description
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Looking southeast from Central Avenue Viaduct.
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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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Town House Hotel
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Description
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Full frontal and partial side view; located on southeast corner of 7th Street Trafficway and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
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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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Kansas University Medical Center
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Description
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Aerial view of hospital complex and surrounding neighborhood; located on southeast corner of 39th and Rainbow in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City, Kansas
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Description
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Rooftop view looking southeast across Minnesota Avenue at 6th. Downtown Kansas City, Missouri visible in the distance.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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HA. 19 Japanese Midget Submarine on Minnesota Avenue
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Description
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Elevated view looking south along N. 7th Street Trafficway from just north of its intersection with Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. A Ha-19 Japanese midget submarine is on display on the street. A crowd to view the submarine can be seen. Signs for Victory Cabs and Crown Drug Company are in view. The Security National Bank and Huron buildings that once stood at and near the southeast corner of 7th and Minnesota can be seen.
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Date
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1943~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC169 North American Aviation Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The North American Aviation Inc. operated a B-25 factory at the Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas from 1942-1945. This collection, donated by relatives of former North American Aviation employees, consists of issues of the plant's employee newsletter, notices sent to employees, and a patriotic music catalog.
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Date
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1942/1945
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC165 Mary Lou Eisert Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains photographs showing flood damage to residences and buildings in the Kansas City, Kansas area and a permit for Mary Lou Eisert to enter the flood area to regain property from her residence at 628 S. Coy.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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A Few Facts about Kansas
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Description
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Article about the legal prohibition of alcohol in the state of Kansas and its effects on the population at the state line in the form of saloons such as the O. K. Club, etc. Description also of topics related to the "wet" versus "dry" issue, including criminals imprisoned in the Kansas State Penitentiary for alcohol-related crimes, with photos of illegal liquor store caches and saloons on "the wettest block in the world."
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Date
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1910-12-24
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Home to Kansas
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Description
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Numerous photos, map, and extensive article about the various aspects of the state of Kansas (written by a Kansas native), both "agrarian" and industrial and political, etc. Description of its (relatively) varying terrain and lifestyles in the country and cities (including much information on Kansas City, Kansas and affluent Johnson County), with history back to its origins in the 1850s. Also mention of some of its prominent citizens from the past and present, such as Henry Bloch, former governor Alf Landon, senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, or Nancy Kassebaum (his daughter), Gary Hart, Robert Dole, Walter Chrysler, Amelia Earhart, William Allen White, William Inge, Walter Johnson, Jim Ryun, John Riggins, Alvin Karpis, and Carry Nation, et al.
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Date
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1985-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Livable Cities Almanac
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Description
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Listings of the Greater Kansas City area in national city rankings for overall health (26th) and city drinking-water quality (66th, 7th worst out of 72), with a section describing the "Kansas City, KS and MO" area specifically on various health-related aspects, such as violent crime, air and water quality, hazardous waste, weather, hospitals, etc.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Kansas City, Ks: Land of Expansion Opportunities
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Description
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Special section of the magazine about development opportunities opening related to the Kansas International Speedway in the western part of Wyandotte County and downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1999-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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P7 Hughes Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection of amateur quality snapshots show familiar local landmarks like Union Station, the Kansas City Museum, Swope Park, etc. Also included are a few from the Kansas City, Kansas area.
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Date
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1915~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital
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Description
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View of the Eleanor Taylor Bell Memorial Hospital, once located at 311 Seminary Street in Rosedale (now Kansas City), Kansas.
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Date
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1972-02
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC126 Gallup Maps Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection contains 23 maps depicting the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. 22 of the maps were published by the Gallup Map Company, and one was published by The Berry Company. The maps indicate land ownership, cities, townships, roads, railroads, schools, churches, cemeteries, and streams.
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Date
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1900/1950
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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