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49th and Main Intersection
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 49th and Main Streets, looking south on Main, circa 1987. An office building at 4901 Main is pictured at left, and the 4900 Main Building, with United Missouri Bank as a tenant, is pictured at right.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Sepia-toned aerial view from the northeast, showing the Missouri River, Hannibal Bridge, and the city of Kansas City with streets and buildings marked. Points of interest (churches, etc.) numbered; key on back of map. Also on the back is handwritten, "Star, Sept. 30, 1928."
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kansas City, Mo., Rehabilitates Its Streets: Work Includes Sidewalk Improvements...
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Description
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Photos (including before and after views) and article (written by an assistant city engineer) about street and sidewalk improvements made in Downtown Kansas City in 1948. Preliminary study started in 1947 to improve drainage, sharpness of curbs and corners and streetcar tracks, etc. Visible signs on stores and institutions, including the National Trade School Shoe Repair Division, Ed's Florists, and Liggetts, etc.
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Date
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1948-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Streetcar Tracks at 47th and Main
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of 47th and Main Streets, looking south along Main, circa 1980. Decommissioned streetcar tracks are pictured in the foreground of the image, running along the path of what later would be Brookside Boulevard's connection to Main Street.
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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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4400 Block of Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of buildings on the 4600 block of Main Street circa 1987. The photograh is taken adjacent to a QuikTrip gas station/convenience store at 4327 Main Street, looking south. The One Main Plaza office building occupies the left side of the image, and the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) stands at the right side of the image, with the H;amp;R Block headquarters and several apartment buildings to its north. The apartment buildings were later demolished to expand the H;amp;R Block facility.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty, MO, Missouri Street
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Description
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Postcard of Missouri Street, two blocks east of the city square in Liberty, Missouri.
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Date
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1913-01-10
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Petticoat Lane, Christmas Crowns
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Description
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Postcard of Christmas crowns and decorations at 11th Street and Walnut along Petticoat Lane.
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Date
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1962
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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47th and Belleview Intersection
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Description
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Photograph from just south of the intersection of 47th and Belleview, looking north, circa 1988. The Plaza West office is visible in the background, at 4600 Madison Avenue. The Belletower office building at foreground left is located at 4700 Belleview, and the building at right is located at 919 West 47th Street.
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Date
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1988~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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1400 Block of 39th Street
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Description
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Photograph of the south side of the 1400 block of West 39th Street, circa 1990. Victory Chapel stands in a storefront at the corner of 39th and Terrace, and McDonald Printing occupies the storefront to its west.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Cliff Drive
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Description
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Photograph of Cliff Drive Scenic Byway, looking south from an access road connecting Gladstone Boulevard, in the 1980s.
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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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4400 Block of Belleview Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the 4400 block of Belleview Avenue, looking north toward 44th Street, circa 1986. A house at 4418 Belleview is visible at the left edge of the image, and building housing The Point bar can be seen at right, on the southeast corner of 44th and Belleview.
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Date
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1986~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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47th Street West
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Description
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Photograph looking west on 47th Street from Belleview Avenue circa 1987. The Belletower office building, at 4700 Belleview, is pictured at the top of the hill.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ward Parkway Houses
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Description
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Photograph of houses on the 500 block of Ward Parkway (later renumbered as the 700 block), taken from inside the Winston Churchill building, overlooking Brush Creek circa 1988. The houses were demolished prior circa 2000.
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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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Plaza Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west through the Plaza in the 1980s, with 47th Street running along the right edge of the image and Brush Creek running through the middle. The image spans from roughly McGee Street west to State Line Road. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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