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Title
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Dixon Hotel and Johnny Kling
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Description
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Baseball player and owner, Johnny Kling, was also an expert billiards player. He opened a hotel in 1912 called the Hotel Dixon which advertised that it had 39 Kling specially designed tables. It was located at 12th and Baltimore in downtown Kansas City.
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Date
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2006
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Storefronts on 12th Street
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Description
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Storefronts along south side of 12th between Baltimore and Main. Shows part of the sidewalk entry for the Dixon Hotel and the Sexton Hotel next door. Entrance to the Maze Theater is in view.
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Date
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1916~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Book Seeks to Restore Cub's Great Jewish Heritage
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Description
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A new book entitled Johnny Kling: A Baseball Biography by Gil Bogen has recently been published. The author contends that Kling was Jewish although Kling's wife Lillian asserted he was not. Kling was a catcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1900-1911. He owned the Dixon Hotel in Kansas City and the Strand in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was also a professional billiards player as well as part owner of the Kansas City Blues baseball team.
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Date
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2006-04-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Quality Hill--A Study in Heredity
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Description
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Thorough article about the early history of Quality Hill on the west side of Downtown in "post-bellum Kansas City," and the area's ethnic and genealogical traditions. Numerous details about contrasts between Northern and Southern citizens' customs, addresses, and titles, with other information such as street name origins, etc.
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Date
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1941-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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12th Street from Main Street
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Description
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View looking west along 12th Street from its intersection with Main Street. A street maintenance project can be seen. Several pedestrians and cars parked along the street are in view. Signs for Lerner's Vogue, Arctic Ice Cream, the Senator Hotel, the Dixon Hotel, the State Hotel, and the Hotel Phillips can be seen.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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12th Street from Main Street
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Description
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View looking west along 12th Street from its intersection with Main Street. A street maintenance project can be seen. Several pedestrians and cars parked along the street are in view. Signs for Lerner's Vogue, Arctic Ice Cream, the Senator Hotel, and the Dixon Hotel can be seen.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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P32 Richard Corliss Photograph Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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Richard Corliss was born in Springfield, Massachussetts, in 1915 and moved to Kansas City in 1944. He worked as a freelance photographer, capturing scenes for sale to local news agencies. His collection consists of 46 photographs of varying sizes. Most are black and white. The photographs, shot between approximately 1945 and 1960, are of local personalities and visiting celebrities, accidents, disasters, and other news events. Notable are several photographs of the Truman family after their return to Independence.
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Date
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1945~/1960~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Ramos Vertical File List
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Description
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A list of the file names in the Ramos collection. This collection includes books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and vertical files relating to the African American experience. Begun around 1920 by librarians at Kansas City Public Library's Lincoln High School Branch, the John F. Ramos Collection contains information on both local and national topics. Other resources can be found by searching the online catalog.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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