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Title
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Looking Northwest from Payne's Addition
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Description
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View looking northwest into the West Bottoms from Payne's Addition, now 12th Street, from south of Ottawa Street atop the West Bluffs in the Quality Hill area. Several early West Bottoms buildings are in view. The Missouri River can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1870-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Riverfront View
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Description
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View identified as the Missouri River riverfront west from the Hannibal Bridge at foot of Broadway.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillis House Hotel and Missouri River
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Description
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View looking southeast along the Missouri River showing the Gillis House Hotel and early riverfront area.
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Early Kansas City Riverfront
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Description
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Drawing of a view looking east along south side of Missouri River at Westport Landing.
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Date
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1853
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Landing
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Description
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View of Westport Landing, Kansas City's early riverfront, looking south from north side of Missouri River.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Looking East from Union Elevator
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Description
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View looking east along the Missouri River from the Union Elevator site once located near 8th and Hopkins streets in the West Bottoms. Railroad tracks and an individual standing near the river can be seen. The Hannibal Bridge is in view in the background.
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Second Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of the Second Hannibal Bridge, looking north, which opened in 1917 and carried both rail and car traffic until 1956, when car traffic switched to the Broadway Bridge. In the left side of the photo, to the west of the Second Hannibal Bridge is the Broadway Bridge, which opened in 1956, and was renamed the Buck O'Neil Bridge in 2016.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Second Hannibal Bridge & Broadway Bridge
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of the Second Hannibal Bridge, looking north, which opened in 1917 and carried both rail and car traffic until 1956, when car traffic switched to the Broadway Bridge. In the left side of the photo, to the west of the Second Hannibal Bridge is the Broadway Bridge, which opened in 1956, and was renamed the Buck O'Neil Bridge in 2016.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Second Hannibal Bridge & Broadway Bridge
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of the Second Hannibal Bridge, looking north, which opened in 1917 and carried both rail and car traffic until 1956, when car traffic switched to the Broadway Bridge. In the left side of the photo, to the west of the Second Hannibal Bridge is the Broadway Bridge, which opened in 1956, and was renamed the Buck O'Neil Bridge in 2016.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Bridge, Pier No. One, Showing Floating Derrick
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1868~
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Kansas City Bridge, Caisson No. 4 Brought into Position
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1868-10-24
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Kansas City Bridge, Lowering Caisson No. 1 into Position
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1867-09-06
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Kansas City Bridge Engineering Drawings
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1867~
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Kansas City Bridge, False Works for Pier No. 4
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1869-03-22
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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The Stack Yard
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Description
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A color woodcut (1/200) depicting a rural scene, presumed to be the Cuckmere Valley in Sussex (England). Article by Campbell Dodgson.
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Date
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1938
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Kansas City, Mo. Stock Yards
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1907-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Kansas City Bridge
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Thomas Hart Benton by the Blue River
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Description
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An black and white glass plate positive photograph of Thomas Hart Benton standing by the Blue River in Jackson County, Missouri.
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Date
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1941-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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