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Title
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The Memorial Shaft Rapidly Is Smoothing Out
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Description
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Photo, diagram, and caption about the planned lights (flames) at the top of Liberty Memorial, still under construction in 1924.
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Date
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1924-10-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope
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Description
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Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope (1827-1909), a prominent local real estate investor and namesake of Swope Park killed in an infamous poisoning by his doctor.
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Date
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2009-10-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Liberty Memorial
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Description
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View of Liberty Memorial looking south from Pershing Road.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Pole Marks Center of Franklin Town Square Where the Santa Fe Trail Began in 1821
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Description
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Article describes the March 16, 2005 erection of a marker pole at the center of the Franklin, Missouri town square, where the Santa Fe Trail began in 1821. The pole, which stands on the private property of Bob and Joyce Biesemeyer, is visible from the nearby road.
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Date
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2005-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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New Day For a Monument
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Description
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Captioned photograph showing part of the newly moved Civil Rights Monument as well as Judge Scott O. Wright and the monument's artist Kwan Wu. The monument formerlly was at the old federal courthouse and has now been placed in Davis Park also known as the Civic Mall.
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Date
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2002-05-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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United Nations Peace Plaza Dedicated in Independence
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Description
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Article describes the dedication of the United Nations Peace Plaza, built on the grounds of the Community of Christ Temple to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations.
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Date
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2003-04-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1953-1955
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and first in a series of articles about the marking of historic sites on Missouri highways by the State Highway Commission, including the Kansas City area (Platte County, Missouri).
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Date
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1957-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Columns Embellish Corridor
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Description
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Two pairs of columns have been added to downtown. One pair is at Broadway and 5th Street and the other at U.S. 169 and Missouri 9 highways. The columns are part of an ongoing campaign known as the Broadway Corridor Enhancement Program and are designed to make the entrance to downtown more inviting.
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Date
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2005-01-23
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication Parade
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Description
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Postcard of the American Legion parade during the Liberty Memorial Dedication in 1921.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of monument to 15 Confederate soldiers. Cemetery located at 28th and Warwick Trafficway.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of Confederate Soldiers monument, commemorating those soldiers killed in the Battle of Westport.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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View of Confederate Soldiers monument and tombstones at south end of cemetery. Monument commemorates those soldiers killed in Battle of Westport. Cemetery located at 69th and Troost.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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Close-up view of base of Confederate Soldiers monument, south end of the cemetery. Monument commemorates those soldiers killed in Battle of Westport.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Historical Marker
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Description
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Frontal view of historical marker which reads "Shelby's Last Stand", commemorating the Battle of Westport. Cemetery located at 69th and Troost.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Jim Bridger
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Description
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A collection of 54 pages of photocopied articles concerning Jim Bridger, his grave and his monument in Kansas City. These clippings were orginally located in the Special Collections mounted newspaper clippings primarily in the Missouri section.
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Date
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1904/1950
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Kansas City and the American Legion
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Description
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Article about the Liberty Memorial dedication, a $2 million project. Designed by architect H.V.B. Magonigle for World War I dead.
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Date
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1921-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Highway Map Missouri
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Description
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Road map of Missouri showing the state highway system and the various type of roads within that system, as well as cities and towns according to population. Map also shows small portions of states bordering Missouri and larger portions of Illinois and Kansas. State parks, county seats and points of interest are also identified. The reverse side of the map shows insets of Kansas City and St. Louis and a road map of the United States including National Parks and Monuments.
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Date
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1937
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Object Type
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Map
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