Pages
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Title
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Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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View of Broadway from the west, between 7th and 10th.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillis House Hotel
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Description
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Full frontal and side view.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillis House Hotel
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Description
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View of the Gillis House Hotel and Limestone Ledge that was known as Westport Landing.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Portrait of E.H. Allen
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of E.H. Allen, mayor of Kansas City.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Looking north along Main Street from 4th Street.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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View looking north along Main Street from 3rd Street.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Looking southeast from the northwest corner of 3rd and Main.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Delaware Street
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Description
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View facing south along Delaware Street showing where 3rd Street intersects. The 4th Street intersection can be seen farther to the south. Grading of the bluffs is evident.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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Crowd scene at the laying of the bridge cornerstone.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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Crowd scene at the laying of the bridge cornerstone.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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5th Street
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City identified as 5th Street looking east from Wyandotte Street. Buildings built by Theodore Case.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City, looking south on Main Street at 3rd.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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View of Kansas City identified as Broadway from the west between 7th and 10th streets.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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Early scene of Kansas City identified as looking southeast from the northwest corner of 3rd and Main. M. Diveley and Co. Grocers building in view on corner. The Pacific Restaurant also in view.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Emancipation Ordinance
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Description
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Reprint of the Emancipation Ordinance by the Missouri state legislature, passed on January 11, 1865, freeing all slaves in the state. "Be it ordained by the people of the State of Missouri in Convention assembled: That hereafter in this State there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except in punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; and all persons held to service or labor as slaves, are hereby declared free."
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Jackson County Growth
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Description
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Section of the book describing Jackson County in general and the growth of its larger towns, Independence, Kansas City, and Westport, with an illustration of Kansas City.
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Economies of 1867 Kansas City and Westport
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Description
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Descriptions of Kansas City and Westport in 1867, concentrating on their economies, listing numbers and types of businesses (including the Westport Border-Star newspaper), climate and natural resources, etc., with an illustration of steamship commerce. "These statistics show Kansas City to be the heaviest commercial point west of St. Louis, and prove the correctness of the statements, as to its advantageous location...."
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Westport Border Star Newspaper
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Description
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Mention of the Westport Border Star newspaper in 1867 as "the spicy newspaper."
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Date
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1867
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Object Type
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Book Section
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