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Title: Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
Description: Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Map

Title: Hannibal Bridge Opening
Description: View looking south of the opening of the Hannibal Bridge. A crowd assembled along the Kansas City riverfront area can be seen. The north bank of the Missouri River in Clay County is in the distance.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking West from Hannibal Bridge
Description: View looking west from the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River. The West Bottoms can be seen in the background.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hannibal Bridge
Description: View of two individuals standing on the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking East from Union Elevator
Description: 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.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph