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Title: Downtown Skyline from Penn Valley Park
Description: 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.
Date: 1934~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Waldo Water Tower
Description: Photograph of the Waldo Water Tower in Tower Park in the 1980s. The water tower was constructed in 1920 and used until 1957, and was originally called the Frank T. Riley Memorial after the owner of the property on which it was built.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Theis Park
Description: Photograph of the lawn at Theis Park, looking west toward the Plaza, circa 1987. The Sulgrave Apartments building is visible in the background.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Cliff Drive
Description: Photograph of Cliff Drive Scenic Byway, looking south from an access road connecting Gladstone Boulevard, in the 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John F. Kennedy Memorial at Kessler Park
Description: Photograph of The Colonnade area of Kessler Park in the early 1980s, looking across St. John Avenue from its intersection with Gladstone Boulevard. A memorial to President John F. Kennedy, dedicated on May 29, 1965, can be seen at center.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph of St. Luke's Hospital, looking southwest from J. C. Nichols Parkway south of 43rd Street, during the 1980s. Mill Creek Park is in the foreground of the image. St. Luke's relocated to the site in 1923, and the building pictured was constructed in the 1960s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midwest Research Institute
Description: Photograph of the Midwest Reseach Institute at 425 Volker Boulevard circa 1987. A portion of the William Volker Memorial Fountain in Theis Park is visible at the left edge of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial
Description: Photograph of Liberty Memorial in the early 1980s. Other Kansas City buildings, including the Power & Light building, can be seen in the background. Built as a memorial to World War I, the monument and its attached museum were dedicated in 1926 and were designed by architect H. Van Buren Magonigle in Egyptian Revival style. Structural deterioration lead to the memorial being closed to the public in 1994. It was restored and reopened, with an expanded museum, in 2006.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: South Plaza Neighborhoods Looking Southwest from North of 51st Street
Description: Elevated view facing southwest from north of 51st Street of the South Plaza, Countryside and Sunset Hill residential districts. Houses, apartment buildings and other structures are in view. Loose Park can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bandstand in Lenexa, KS
Description: Postcard of bandstand in Lenexa, KS with the inscription: Let me know if it will be alright. Plan to go with me to see Cousin Kate.
Date: 1909~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Swope Park, Cliffs
Description: Postcard of the cliffs in Swope Park.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Gillham Road Looking North from 42nd Street
Description: View facing north along Gillham Road from slightly south of its intersection with 42nd Street in the Southmoreland neighborhood. A stretch of Gillham Park can be seen on the east side of the street. Cars traveling along Gillham Road are in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Motorcycle Division - Metropolitan Police Department
Description: Panoramic photograph of the Motorcycle Division of the Kansas City Police Department posed in front of Shelter House #1 in Swope Park. A note on the photograph reads: 30 of the 45 Harley Davidsons in use by this department. Cars can be seen in the background.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fairmount Park, Bathing Scene
Description: Postcard of a bathing scene at Fairmount Park.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Unknown Park
Description: View of an unidentified park area.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scout Statue
Description: View of the Scout Statue looking toward the northeast and the downtown Kansas City skyline. Statue is located in Penn Valley Park. The figure has the head feather and the bow in this view.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Electric Park (2nd), Bathing Beach
Description: Postcard of the bathing beach and natatorium at the second Electric Park.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Fairmount Park, Shady Walk
Description: Postcard of a shaded walkway at Fairmount Park.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Fairyland Park
Description: Postcard showing Fairyland Park.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Metropolitan Kansas City
Description: Street map of metropolitan Kansas City, with inset maps of Olathe, Kansas and Lee's Summit, Missouri. Features colored areas showing light and heavy industry, with many named industrial districts, city and school district boundaries, "switching limits."
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

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