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Title: Plaza Apartment Hotels
Description: An autochrome photograph of Broadway/Wornall Bridge across Brush Creek and the apartments near the Country Club Plaza, including the Locarno, the Riviera, and the Casa Loma. This vantage point faces east from just west of the bridge.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pool and Bridge of Isaac Katz
Description: An autochrome photograph of Isaac Katz's pool and bridge, built in August 1932.
Date: 1939-06-20
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pool, Bridge, and Lawn of Isaac Katz
Description: An autochrome photograph of Isaac Katz's pool and newly constructed bridge.
Date: 1932-08-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Bridge, Pier No. One, Showing Floating Derrick
Description: 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.
Date: 1868~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City Bridge, Caisson No. 4 Brought into Position
Description: 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.
Date: 1868-10-24
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City Bridge, Lowering Caisson No. 1 into Position
Description: Drawing showing the lowering of caisson number one, designed to support the first pier of the Hannibal Bridge along the southern bank of the Missouri River. Several workers are depicted.
Date: 1867-09-06
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City Bridge Engineering Drawings
Description: 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.
Date: 1867~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City Bridge, False Works for Pier No. 4
Description: Drawing showing the temporary structure used to build the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge. The southern bank of the Missouri River can be seen in the background.
Date: 1869-03-22
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City Bridge, View from the South West
Description: Drawing of the Hannibal Bridge. The view faces northeast and shows the early Kansas City riverfront.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Benton Boulevard Bridge over Brush Creek, Three Fourths Completed
Description: Photo and caption about the new (1922) Benton Boulevard bridge crossing Brush Creek and connecting northeast Kansas City with the Swope Park area.
Date: 1922-10-15
Object Type: Newspaper

Title: Kansas City, Mo. Stock Yards
Description: Aerial panoramic view looking west of the Kansas City stockyards in the West Bottoms taken from 500 ft. above 19th and Genesee streets. A note in the lower left hand corner notes that the photograph was taken using the Lawrence Captive Airship. The view stretches across the Kansas River and into Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri River is in view on the right hand side of the image. The first Livestock Exchange Building at 16th Street and State Line Road can be seen.
Date: 1907-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Kansas City Bridge
Description: Book written by engineers Octave Chanute and George Mason covering the design and construction of the Hannibal Bridge, then known as the Kansas City Bridge. Includes illustrations, maps, charts and photographs documenting the bridge’s construction.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Book

Title: Broadway and Hannibal Bridge
Description: View looking northwest of the Broadway and second Hannibal bridges over the Missouri River. A train on the south bank of the river can be seen.
Date: 1956~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Civic Luncheon Commemorating Dedication of Broadway Bridge
Description: Group portrait of a civic luncheon held to commerote the dedication of the Broadway Bridge held at the Hotel Muehlebach.
Date: 1956-09-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Map of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Tour and store directory map for the Country Club Plaza shopping center. A note records that the illustration is based on an original 1947 map and revised of January 1967. Significant Plaza buildings, shops and amenities are shown. The reverse side provides a directory of retail and service shops with addresses and telephone exchange numbers. A text description of the Country Club Plaza is also included.
Date: 1967
Object Type: Map

Title: Steamboats near the Hannibal Bridge
Description: Looking northwest at unidentified paddle wheel steamboats passing through the open Hannibal Bridge.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Glasgow Steel Bridge
Description: Photo of the Glasgow Bridge spanning the Missouri River at Glasgow, Missouri. People can been seen standing on the bridge, as well as along the railroad tracks below.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brush Creek - Rockhill Road Bridge
Description: View looking northeast of the Rockhill Road bridge over Brush Creek.
Date: 1912~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Southern Express Train
Description: A Kansas City Southern Railroad Express train traveling over an unknown bridge. A car passing beneath the bridge can be seen.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

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