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Title
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Life on the Missouri's Banks in the Shadow of Kansas City
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Description
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Article describing the Missouri River-side neighborhood of Harlem in North Kansas City and its "unfamiliar world" between the Hannibal and A. S. B. Bridges, composed of boatmen, unemployed, fishermen in houseboats, and scrap shacks.
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Date
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1938-03-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Ferryboats, Fishing: Old Times Echo Softly in Harlem
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Description
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Photos, map, and article about the town or community of Harlem, Missouri, on the north bank of the Missouri River (Clay County) across from Downtown Kansas City (Jackson County), "bounded by the A.-S.-B. and Hannibal bridges, the Missouri River levee and the south city limits of North Kansas City." Description of the district's history of decine in population since the construction of the Hannibal Bridge in the 1860s, past fishing and ferryboat economy, old-time residents such as police officer Dick Dawson, and introduction of sewers and other utilities upon annexation into the city of Kansas City, Missouri, etc.
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Date
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1973-07-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Catch Big Fish in Shadow of Kansas City Skyscraper
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Description
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Article about the "Harlem community, on the north bank of the Missouri river between the A.-S.-B. bridge and the [Municipal] airport," mostly describing the community's fishing economy, with illustrations.
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Date
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1946-03-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
