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Title: Kansas City, Mo. Stock Yards
Description: 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.
Date: 1907-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Kansas City Bridge
Description: 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.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Book

Title: Thomas Hart Benton by the Blue River
Description: An black and white glass plate positive photograph of Thomas Hart Benton standing by the Blue River in Jackson County, Missouri.
Date: 1941-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jackson County Courthouse
Description: Elevated view looking northwest along Oak Street of the second Jackson County Courthouse that once stood at 5th and Oak streets. The Missouri River can be seen in the background.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway and Hannibal Bridge
Description: View looking northwest of the Broadway and second Hannibal bridges over the Missouri River. A train on the south bank of the river can be seen.
Date: 1956~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.34
Description: Page 34 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. A group portrait of police officers is attached to the upper left hand corner of the page. A snapshot of an infant wearing a straw hat is attached to the upper right hand corner of the page. A group portrait of police officers is attached to the lower left hand corner of the page. A photograph of members of the River Patrol posed aboard a boat on the Blue River is attached to the lower right hand corner of the page.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Improvement of the Missouri River and Its Usefulness as a Traffic Route
Description: Article about the navigation of the Missouri River, especially between Kansas City and Saint Louis, with history since the 1850s. Includes a description of the improvement of its channel and freight rates, including the incorporation of the Missouri River Transportation Company in 1890, then known as the Kansas City and Missouri River Transportation Company.
Date: 1908-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Geological Map of Jackson County, Missouri
Description: Map detailing geological features of Kansas City. Different colors are used to show geological features and a street map is superimposed over the geological information.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Map

Title: Geological Map of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map detailing geological features of Kansas City. Different colors are used to show geological features and a street map is superimposed over the geological information.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Map

Title: Colton's New Sectional Map of the State of Kansas Compiled from the United States Surveys and Other Authentic Sources
Description: Map depicting counties and townships with sectional subdivisions, of the state of Kansas. Includes rivers and towns.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Map

Title: Steamboats near the Hannibal Bridge
Description: Looking northwest at unidentified paddle wheel steamboats passing through the open Hannibal Bridge.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vista Lake
Description: An original woodcut (30/200) depicting Vista Lake in the Canadian Rockies published exclusively for members of The Woodcut Society. Article written by Campbell Dodgson, C.B.E.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Artwork

Title: MacLean & Lawrence's Sectional Map of Kansas Territory Compiled from the U.S. Surveys by C.P. Wiggin
Description: Map of Kansas Territory indicating counties, towns, rivers, and Native American lands.
Date: 1857-04
Object Type: Map

Title: Shewey's Map - City St. Louis
Description: Map of the city of St. Louis showing streets, parks, ward boundaries, public buildings and institutions, railroad lines and depots, the Mississippi River, and routes for cable cars, electric cars, horse cars, and proposed elevated lines. Includes an inset map of Carondelet.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Map

Title: Tuttle Creek Reservoir - Big Blue River, Kansas
Description: Map of Tuttle Creek Reservoir showing surrounding towns, roads, and proposed recreation areas. Inset map shows reservoir's location in Kansas. Reverse of map includes project data, mileage from various locations, and recreation information.
Date: 1961-05
Object Type: Map

Title: 1924 Road Map of Jackson County, MO.
Description: Map showing different types of roads (macadam, graded, oiled, and earth) as well as railroads, electric lines, section lines, towns, and streams in Jackson County, Missouri.
Date: 1924
Object Type: Map

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