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Title
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Kansas City Power and Light Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Kansas City Power and Light Building at 104 W. 14th Street. The image was captured from Walnut Street between 14th Street and Truman Road. The Main Street Theater and the Baltimore Hotel can be seen.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Power & Light Building
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Description
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Postcard of the Kansas City Power and Light Building at Baltimore Avenue and 14th Street.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Kansas City Power and Light Building
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Description
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View looking west of an area of downtown Kansas City with the Power and Light building in view. 14th Street can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The Baltimore Hotel is in view. Several cars parked downtown can be seen.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Downtown Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial view of the downtown Kansas City. The image is framed by Charlotte Street on the left hand side, the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks at the top, Wyandotte Street on the right hand side, and 6th Street and the Downtown Loop at the bottom. Several prominent downtown buildings are in view.
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Date
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1986~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Downtown Skyline from Penn Valley Park
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Description
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View looking northeast of the downtown skyline taken from Penn Valley Park. The Penn Valley Park Lake, the Kansas City Power and Light Building, the Fidelity National Bank Building, and the Jackson County Courthouse can be seen.
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Date
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1934~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillham and Pershing Roads Looking North from 25th Street
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Description
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View facing north along Gillham and Pershing Roads from their intersection with 25th Street. A service station sign advertising Wilcox Gasoline can be seen on the east side of Gillham Road. Several prominent downtown Kansas City buildings are in view in the background. Cars traveling north along Gillham and Pershing roads can be seen.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwest Trafficway Looking North From Southwest Boulevard
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Description
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View facing north along Southwest Trafficway from where it passes over Southwest Boulevard. Several cars and trucks can be seen traveling along Southwest Trafficway. Trucks, a city bus, and cars can be seen along Southwest Boulevard. The downtown skyline is in view in the background. The Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories, Inc., Building can be seen in the background. Signs for Graves Auto Service and the Tri-State Equipment Company are in view.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwest Trafficway Looking North From Southwest Boulevard
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Description
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View facing north along Southwest Trafficway from where it passes over Southwest Boulevard. Several cars and trucks can be seen traveling south on Southwest Trafficway. Trucks can be seen traveling along Southwest Boulevard. The downtown skyline is in view in the background. The Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories, Inc., Building can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station and Skyline
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Description
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View looking north from the grounds of the Liberty Memorial of Union Station with the Kansas City skyline in the background. Several cars in the stations lot can be seen.
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Date
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1945~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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A Score of Slender Towers: Skyscraper Development in Kansas City, Missouri, 1929-1932
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Description
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Article discusses architectural, economic and cultural factors that drove a surge in skyscraper construction in the late-1920s and early-1930s. The design and building of the Telephone Building, the Professional Building, the Bryant Building, the Fidelity Building, and the Kansas City Power and Light Building are described in detail.
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Date
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2017-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Power and Light Building
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Description
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View looking north up Baltimore Avenue from near 15th Street.The Kansas City Power and Light Building is in full view in the center of the photograph. Business names in view include Lowe & Campbell Athletic Goods Co., General Tire (Kansas City branch), and Canned Foods Warehouse. A Folger's coffee sign is visible on the left. Cars on Baltimore Avenue can be seen.
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Date
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1935~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Downtown Kansas City Skyline
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Description
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View of skyline looking southwest from Chase Hotel. Central High School building, City Hall, Jackson County Courthouse, Telephone Building and Drake, and Schuyler hotels are clearly visible.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph