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Title
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Miss Barstow's School
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Description
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Postcard of Miss Barstow's School
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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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Our Allies' Flags
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Description
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Postcard showing the flag of the United States with the American eagle and in the background the 12 flags of the Allies in World War I.
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Date
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1917
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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SC58 Mrs. Sam Ray Postcard Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Mildred Kittell Ray was born in Halstead, Kansas, on September 22, 1895. An avid collector of postcards (buttons, too), Mrs. Ray, at the age of 72, initiated a column in the Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star entitled "A Postcard from Old Kansas City." The columns ran for 23 years. They proved to be extremely popular with the reading public, and two selected sets of articles were collected and published in book form; the first volume won a national design award from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. The collection consists of over 16,000 postcards and materials associated with Mrs. Ray's writing career. Subjects in the postcards include Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas, the other states of the US, a large number of foreign countries, an assortment of different topics (humor, holidays, etc.), and card format (wood, leather, copper, etc.). Items related to Mrs. Ray's career as a writer include: correspondence; research materials such as newspaper clippings and handwritten notes; draft, manuscript, and published versions of early "pre-postcard" historical articles; postcard articles that were rejected by the publisher; and the texts of lectures and presentations given by Mrs. Ray. Graphic materials make up another part of the collection, with items like advertising envelopes, ephemera from Emery, Bird, Thayer, and a number of photographs. An audiotape of a speech given by Dick Ray (Mrs. Ray's son), on February 13, 1998, at the official debut of the Library's online version of the newspaper column is included in the collection.
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Date
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1890/1998
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Municipal Stadium
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Description
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Postcard of Municipal Stadium, once located at 22nd Street and Brooklyn Avenue.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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R.A. Long Building
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Description
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Postcard of the R.A. Long Building
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Date
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1907~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Christmas
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Description
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Christmas postcard that shows an African American and a caucasian child shaking hands. The phrase "United we stand!" is printed beneath the image.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Elks' Club Building
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Description
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Postcard of the Elk's Club Building that once stood at 7th Street and Grand Avenue.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Wesley Hospital
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Description
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Postcard of the Wesley Hospital that once stood at 11th and Harrison streets.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Aladdin Hotel
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Description
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Promotional postcard for the Aladdin Hotel at 1215 Wyandotte Street.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Horace Mann School
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Description
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Postcard of the Horace Mann School.
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Date
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1915~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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