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Title
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President Hotel
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Description
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Full frontal and side view; also shows Armacost car dealership.
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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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City of the Future: A Narrative History of Kansas City, 1850-1950
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Description
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First part of the book's chapter on the 1880s describes the visit to Kansas City in 1887 of President Grover Cleveland and his young wife, Frances Fulsom Cleveland. Includes a description of the early electric city lights and cable cars, including an accident on the cars because of streets crowded with people trying to see the President, filling "Union avenue for half a mile in either direction." Priests of Pallas Parade, Exposition Building, Coates House hotel, Junction, Customs House, and new YMCA Building all visited by the President and his newlywed bride.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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J. M. Baptiste
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Description
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Biographical sketch of J. M. Baptiste, the founder of the United Chemical Company in Kansas City, and his wife, Dr. Mary I. Steele Baptiste, the succeeding president of the company, with photo and history of the company started in 1913 at 13th and Main Streets, later moving into the former Pacific House Hotel at 4th and Delaware Streets.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book Section
