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Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p332
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 19th Street south to E. 21st Street and from Tracy Avenue east to The Paseo, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1940-1950, Page p236
Description: A portion of northeast Kansas City from E. 11th Street south to E. 13th Street and from Askew Avenue east to Cleveland Avenue, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of pages refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1940/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p040
Description: North central part of early Kansas City in the West Bottoms from about W. 19th Street south to Cliff Street and from Allen Avenue east to Holly Street, showing buildings, streets, railroad lines, and shops. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p039
Description: North central part of early Kansas City in West Bottoms showing railroad lines, streets, and buildings. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p049
Description: North central part of early Kansas City from Milwaukee Avenue south to W. 24th Street and from Washington Street east to Marsh Street, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p069
Description: Penn Valley Park area of early Kansas City from Hunter Avenue south to W. 31st Street and from Pennsylvania Avenue east to Central Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: P13 Ice Houses Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection was originally a scrapbook entitled Description of City Ice Company of Kansas City Properties. It contains 50 black and white photographs as well as a typed descriptive page. It was dated Dec. 1932, Book No.4. The ice houses were located in Kansas City, Missouri; Kansas City, Kansas; North Kansas City, Missouri; and Omaha, Nebraska.
Date: 1920~/1932~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Ice Harvesting was Big Business in Late 1800s
Description: Article describes the early ice industry in the Kansas City area including the local companies who were in business in the late 1800s. One of the early entrepreneurs in the ice business was James Yates who founded the Yates Ice Company and built large ice houses at Bean Lake in northwest Platte County. The dangerous work of harvesting the ice was frequently performed by immigrant workers. Many local farmers also harvested their own ice by damming creeks on their property. A sidebar article is also featured titled "Short History of Bean Lake."
Date: 2013-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

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