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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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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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Who Cares for Public Art?
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Description
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Article discusses the challenges of caring for public art in Kansas City. Maintenance of sculpture and other art work is often deferred, resulting in the need for conservation measures. Conservators from the Nelson-Arkins Museum of Art volunteer twice yearly to train workers and volunteers in maintenance techniques.
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Date
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2008-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Red Crown Marker Planned
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Description
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A marker is planned for the old Red Crown Tavern and Tourist Court in Platte County, Missouri, where the infamous shootout took place with Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker in 1933. The unveiling of the marker is tentatively set for 2011.
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Date
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2010-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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The Founding of Westport, Mo.: Charles Spalding, Westport and Kansas City's First Town Booster
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Charles Carroll Spalding, or Charles Spalding (1826-1876 ca.), perhaps the first civic booster or promoter for Kansas City and Westport. Native of Vermont coming to Kansas City about the mid-1850s as city engineer (appointed in 1855 and producing a map of Westport there) and newspaper writer (hired in 1856 on the Kansas City Enterprise by editor Robert Van Horn). Author of the 1858 book (one of the first published in Kansas City) "Annals of the City of Kansas" and city clerk in 1860 before returning to Vermont and serving the Union in the Civil War.
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Date
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1978-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Carver's Legacy
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Description
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Pictures and article about the George Washington Carver National Monument just south of Joplin, Missouri, and its new makeover. It features a "replica classroom based on young George's Neosho school experience" and a laboratory that is an exact replica of Carver's classroom at Tuskegee Institute.
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Date
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2009-08
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
