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Title
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Hiner's Third Regiment Band at Fairmount Park
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Description
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Elevated view of Edward M. Hiner's Third Regiment Band performing before a crowd at Fairmount Park. The band played a two night engagement at the park on August 7-8, 1907.
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Date
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1907-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Tuttle Creek Reservoir - Big Blue River, Kansas
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Description
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Map of Tuttle Creek Reservoir showing surrounding towns, roads, and proposed recreation areas. Inset map shows reservoir's location in Kansas. Reverse of map includes project data, mileage from various locations, and recreation information.
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Date
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1961-05
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Excelsior Springs, Tryst Falls
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Description
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Postcard of Tryst Falls, Clay County's first park, located on Williams Creek in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
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Date
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1913
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Penn Valley Park, Drive
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Description
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Postcard of the main drive of Penn Valley Park
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Date
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1913~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1957, Page p1105
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 69th Street south to E. 70th Street Terrace and from Woodland Avenue east to Paseo Boulevard, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1930/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1957, Page p1101
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from E. 67th Street south to E. 68th Street Terrace and from Woodland Avenue east to Paseo Boulevard, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1930/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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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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Plaza Area Plan Parks and Boulevards
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Description
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Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road and 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates parks and boulevards within the area boundaries, including Westwood, Southmoreland, and Loose Parks, as well as the dates each park was established. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Excelsior Springs Stone Gateway
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Description
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Photograph of stone structure acting as a gateway along an unidentified Excelsior Springs road 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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Swope Park Shelter House #1
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Description
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Photograph of Swope Park Shelter House Number 1, located to the southeast of the main entrance to Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces west from the footpaths on the west side of the building.
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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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Theis Park
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Description
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Photograph of the lawn at Theis Park, looking west toward the Plaza, circa 1987. The Sulgrave Apartments building is visible in the background.
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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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Saint Luke's Hospital
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Description
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Photograph of St. Luke's Hospital, looking southwest from J. C. Nichols Parkway south of 43rd Street, during the 1980s. Mill Creek Park is in the foreground of the image. St. Luke's relocated to the site in 1923, and the building pictured was constructed in the 1960s.
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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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Theis Park
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Description
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Photograph of an area of Theis Park circa 1980.
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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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Midwest Research Institute
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Description
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Photograph of the Midwest Reseach Institute at 425 Volker Boulevard circa 1987. A portion of the William Volker Memorial Fountain in Theis Park is visible at the left edge of the image.
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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 Memorial
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Description
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Photograph of Liberty Memorial in the early 1980s. Other Kansas City buildings, including the Power & Light building, can be seen in the background. Built as a memorial to World War I, the monument and its attached museum were dedicated in 1926 and were designed by architect H. Van Buren Magonigle in Egyptian Revival style. Structural deterioration lead to the memorial being closed to the public in 1994. It was restored and reopened, with an expanded museum, in 2006.
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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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Loose Park
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Description
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Photograph of people picnicking near a parking area in Loose Park, circa 1980. Archways in the park's Rose Garden are visible in the background of the image.
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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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Loose Park
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Description
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Photograph, looking north, of people gathered near a parking area adjacent to the Loose Park tennis courts in the late 1970s. The courts stand just east of Summit Street, south of its intersection with 52nd Terrace. The park's rose gardens can be seen beyond the tennis court fencing, at right.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
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Description
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Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 48th Street on the south, and Genessee Street on the west to McGee Street on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park and Southmoreland Park.
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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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William Volker Memorial Fountain
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Description
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Photograph of the William Volker Memorial Fountain, looking north from the south end of Theis Park near the intersection of Oak Street and Volker Boulevard, in the early 1980s. The fountain, dedicated in 1958, was moved further south toward Volker in the 1990s as part of a redesign of Brush Creek and Theis Park. The Nelson Art Gallery building, at 4425 Oak Street, can be seen in the background 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
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