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Title: Quality Hill and Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view looking toward the southeast with the Quality Hill area and portions of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, in view. The 8th Street Tunnel is visible in the lower right side. Other buildings in view include the Quality Hill Apartments, Municipal Auditorium, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City Power and Light building, and many other structures.
Date: 1956
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quality Hill Area
Description: Aerial view of Quality Hill area located just west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Included in the view is the 12th Street Viaduct as well as the Quality Hill Apartments. Looking toward the southwest.
Date: 1956
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quality Hill Area
Description: Aerial view of Quality Hill area located just west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Included in the view is the 12th Street Viaduct as well as the Quality Hill Apartments. Looking toward the southwest. Major streets in view from left to right include Broadway Boulevard, Washington Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue. The 8th Street Tunnel is in view on the far mid-right side.
Date: 1956
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view looking north from approximately 27th Street. Union Station, Liberty Memorial, and Crown Center Buildings are visible as well as downtown Kansas City.
Date: 1977-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bendix Plant
Description: Aerial view of Bendix Corporation's facilities on Bannister Road (95th Street) in Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Liberty Memorial and Union Station
Description: Aerial view of Liberty Memorial and Union Station looking north.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Blue Valley Industrial District
Description: Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. The left foreground of the image shows The Ruberoid Co., manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials. To the north is Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc., makers of steel products. North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Standard Oil Co. refinery at Sugar Creek is visible in the far background. The Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack at 7900 Truman Road is visible south of 12th Street and east of the river. As of 2010, the Olympic Stadium site is now home to Pick-n-Pull used auto parts lot. The Standard Oil Refinery, later Amoco Oil Company, closed in the 1980s.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Blue Valley Industrial District
Description: Aerial view looking north shows the Blue River, also known as the Big Blue, cutting through the center of the image, with 12th Street crossing over. In the left foreground, a portion of The Ruberoid Co. (manufacturers of asphalt and asbestos building materials) is visible. Just north of that is the parking lot of Black Sivalls & Bryson Inc. (makers of steel products). North of the bridge, in the current location of Interstate 435, is the Centropolis Crusher, a facility for rock crushing. Just out of sight on the south of 12th and east of Blue River is the Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Liberty Memorial Rededication
Description: Aerial view of crowd at base of the Liberty Memorial. Kansas City downtown skyline is visible in background.
Date: 1961-11-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Municipal Airport
Description: View of Municipal Airport and portions of North Kansas City, Missouri, looking north. No print image; negative and digital only.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Aerial View 11th and Baltimore
Description: Aerial view looking southwest from 11th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Shows Kansas City Club under construction and Convention Hall.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bridge Construction Site, Aerial View
Description: Aerial view showing the early stages of bridge construction over an unidentified body of water.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Richards-Gebaur Airport
Description: Aerial view of the Richards-Gebaur Airport located near Belton, Missouri. The airport's runway is in view as well as areas adjacent to the airport. Richards-Gebaur was deactivated as a full-fledged Air Force base in 1976 but kept some military reserve and air defense activity into the early 1990s. The airport officially closed in 2000.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City International Airport
Description: Aerial view of Kansas City International Airport looking toward the northeast. The TWA overhaul buildings are also in view. The control tower and runways are in view as well as airplanes located around the A, B, and C terminals. Parking lots and other buildings adjacent to the airport also can be seen.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Richards-Gebaur Airport
Description: Aerial view of Richards-Gebaur Airport located near Belton, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Greenwood Airport Site
Description: Aerial view identified on the back as "Greenwood Airport site." Back of photograph stamped "Courtesy of Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc." View includes an unidentified family farm.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the west end of 6th Street Trafficway and along Intercity Viaduct, looking west.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City Aerial View
Description: View from an airplane of buildings, railroad cars, and traffic in the Kansas City Stockyards district. One of the buildings is The Steel Manufacturing and Warehouse Company at 1149 Genesee Street.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

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