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Repose
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An original woodcut (30/200) depicting two resting peacocks in the garden of Villa Wurtz in Rome. Article by the artist shares details of the artist's life and his techniques.
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1938
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Manuel of Tesuque
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An original color woodcut (30/200) of a prominent Pueblo man from Tesuque Pueblo, New Mexico. Article by Gardner Teall.
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1935
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Down Montgomery Way (Vermont)
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A wood engraving of a rural scene in Vermont. Article by the artist shares autobiographical information.
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1940
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Kansas City Bridge, Pier No. One, Showing Floating Derrick
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Drawing showing the first pier of the Hannibal Bridge along the southern bank of the Missouri River. Two individuals standing near the pier and building are depicted in the background.
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1868~
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Kansas City Bridge, Caisson No. 4 Brought into Position
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Drawing showing the lowering of caisson number four, designed to support the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge. Several workers and the steamboat Gipsey are also depicted.
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1868-10-24
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Kansas City Paper House
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Full frontal and side view of Kansas City Paper House; located at 7th and May streets. Company's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #46.
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1928~
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Baltimore Hotel
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Frontal and side view of the Baltimore Hotel; located on the northeast corner of 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue. The hotel's letterhead is on the back of photograph #11. Image is a drawing.
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1928~
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Harzfeld's Department Store
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Full frontal and side view of Harzfeld's; located on the southeast corner of 11th and Main streets. Company's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #49.
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1928~
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Loew's Midland Theater
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View of Loew's Midland Theater; located on the northwest corner of 13th and Main streets.
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1928~
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Pioneer Trust Company
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Full frontal and side view of the Pioneer Trust Company; located at 1014 Baltimore Avenue. Letterhead and logo for company on back of photograph #5.
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1928~
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Kansas City Bridge Engineering Drawings
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Engineering drawings related to the construction of the Hannibal Bridge recording the Missouri River’s water record, a cross section of the river, a plan of pontoon projection and the profile & alignment of bridge line & approaches.
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1867~
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Bird's-Eye View of West Terrace Showing Suggested Improvements
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Drawing showing the West Bottoms, West Terrace, West Bluffs, and Downtown areas of Kansas City, Missouri, created to display suggested improvements to the area that would become West Terrace Park. Item appears within the first report of the Kansas City Board of Park and Boulevard Commissioners.
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1893
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Joseph S. Chick
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Portrait of Joseph Smith Chick, an early Kansas City banker.
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Kansas City Views and Buildings Featured in Harper's Weekly
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This two-page spread of engravings of views of Kansas City, Missouri, "from photographs by D. D. Thomson & Co.," was published as a supplement to Harper's Weekly, September 15, 1888, pages 702 and 703. It includes the New England Building; Board of Trade Building; Packing House District; YMCA Building; Post Office; New York Life Insurance Building; Kansas City Club House; entrance to the tunnel of the elevated railroad; The Junction at 9th and Main streets; 9th Street Cable Railway Incline; and the view "From the Tower of the Cathedral," centering on the Coates Hotel. The reverse side, pages 701 and 704 (not digitized), has the banner headline "The Gateway of Kansas" for an article written by William Willard Howard and includes engravings of the National Exposition Building; First Congregational Church; Warner Grand Opera House; head portraits of C. Ralph Evans, Manager of the National Exposition Company, Victor B. Buck, President of the National Exposition Company and Edward H. Allen [President of the Board of Trade]; and John Doggett's House.
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1888
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St. James Hotel
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Drawing of the St. James Hotel on Walnut Street between Missouri Avenue and 6th Street, L. C. Alexander, Proprietor.
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Southwestern Milling Company
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Full frontal and side view of the Southwestern Milling Company. Letterhead and logo for Red Turkey Wheat Flour is on the back of photograph #17. Facility may have been located in North Kansas City, Missouri.
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1928~
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Midland Building
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Full frontal and side view of a drawing of the Midland Building on the southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and 13th Street.
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1928~
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Westgate Hotel
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Full frontal and side view of the Westgate Hotel; located at the intersection of 9th, Main, and Delaware streets. Letterhead and logo for the hotel is located on the back of photograph #9.
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1928~
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