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Title
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Kansas City in 1879
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Description
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Promotional booklet for Kansas City, Missouri. Item includes sections covering the development of the city's business interests, a list of buildings constructed in 1878, its history, its geographic advantages, descriptions of various businesses and public institutions, descriptions of its suburbs, and advertisements.
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Date
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1879
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Title
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Area of the Stockyards and Kaw River
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Description
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Area of the Stockyards and the Kaw River between 23rd St. Viaduct and Central Ave, showing buildings including Swift and Co., no date.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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Postcard of the Kansas City Stockyards in the West Bottoms.
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Date
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1899
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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Exterior view of the Kansas City Stockyards presumably taken looking west from the Livestock Exchange Building.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Railroad tracks along Kaw River
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Description
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Santa Fe main line tracks between the Kaw River and the adjacent bluffs, looking east from the 7th Street Bridge. Photograph is part of proposed flood control projects to raise levees and railroad tracks along the Kaw River.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas Avenue Bridge
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Description
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Blueprint for the Kansas Avenue Bridge showing details of portals and handrails. This blueprint is one of a set of 27 blueprints of the Kansas Avenue Bridge showing details for railway truss, substructure, railings, lamp posts, floor drains, wire pole connections, stresses, beams, girders, portals, handrails, columns, etc., 1914. Hedrick and Cochrane (consulting engineers) are identified on some of the sheets.
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Date
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1914
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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4th Street Viaduct and West Bottoms
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Description
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View looking west of the 4th Street Viaduct stretching over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad tracks into the West Bottoms. The Intercity Viaduct leading to Kansas City, Kansas, can be seen. Smokestacks from meat packing facilities are in view in the distance.
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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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American Royal Construction
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Description
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Construction site for the American Royal Building, September 22, 1922.
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Date
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1922-09-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Royal Construction
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Description
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Construction site for the American Royal Building, August 31, 1922.
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Date
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1922-08-31
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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American Royal Construction
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Description
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Construction site for the American Royal Building, June 1, 1922.
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Date
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1922-06-01
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Object Type
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Photograph
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