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Title
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Section of Downtown Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Reproduction of map showing a section of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Map depicts the City Market area between Delaware, Charlotte, Independence Avenue, and 3rd Street. Lot numbers are included, and some properties include handwritten notes of owners' or occupants' names.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Petticoat Lane
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Description
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View of 11th Street or Petticoat Lane looking toward the west at the Grand Avenue intersection in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Emery Bird Thayer store is in view on the northwest corner of 11th Street and Grand Avenue, and Zales Jewelers is seen on the southwest corner. Macy's department store located on Main Street can be seen at the end of 11th Street.
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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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11th Street facing East
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Description
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View along 11th Street facing east from about Main Street. Downtown retail stores such as Woolf Brothers, Emery Bird Thayer, and Harzfeld's can be seen. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Building and Bryant Building are also 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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Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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A reproduction of the 1887 Case and Norman's Stranger's Guide which appeared in The Kansas City Star around 1927 that shows an aerial view of business and industrial districts of Kansas City as seen from the northwest. Indicates population in 1887 as 160,000 and in 1880 as 57,000. Prominent landmarks, buildings, and businesses are numbered to correlate with list at the bottom. Portion of text on map reads: "The map reproduced above shows the city of 'Forty Years Ago' whose social and industrial activities are reflected daily in the familiar column under that caption in the Star's morning edition. Supplement to the Kansas City Commercial."
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Case & Norman's Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Aerial view of Kansas City seen from northwest. Shows streets, bridges, buildings, and railroads. Many buildings are identified. Continuation of title: ". . . showing principal points of interest correctly drawn and located, including most of the public buildings."
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Date
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1887
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Object Type
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Map
