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Title: Kansas City Then & Now
Description: Photos and description of the change in the structures and streets at the intersection of Main, Delaware, and 9th Streets (formerly known as the Junction and removed of Delaware Street) from just after the Civil War (with only wooden buildings) to the Diamond Building (built about 1870 by Samuel Vaughan), its replacement about 1915 by the Westgate Hotel (demolished in 1954 with the street straightening), and replacement by the Muse of the Missouri fountain, TenMain Center, and Commerce Tower in the late 1900s.
Date: 2000
Object Type: Book

Title: The Junction
Description: Photos, illustrations, and information on the Junction of 9th, Main, and Delaware Streets, originally the site of the Elijah Jackson farm house in the 1840s and after the Civil War becoming the hub of Downtown Kansas City as the site of Vaughan's Diamond Building (built in 1870 and demolished in 1915) and later hotels until elimination of Delaware Street and adjacent buildings under street and building renovations from the 1950s to 1970s, with replacement in 1963 by the Muse of the Missouri statue and fountains.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Muse of the Missouri Fountain
Description: Folder contains photos and information on the Muse of the Missouri fountain and statue, placed in 1963 at the site of the former Junction of 9th, Main, and Delaware Streets (present 9th and Main Streets) by the Kemper Foundation.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Main Street Downtown
Description: Main Street looking south between 8th and 9th street in downtown Kansas City. View includes the Muse of the Missouri fountain/statue as well as part of Commerce Towers. Back of photograph reads: "old 'Junction' famous center of K.C. in early days. 9th & Main, looking south, M.R."
Date: 1964
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fountain - Missouri Waters
Description: View facing north of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street. A portion of Main Street can also be seen.
Date: 1964-01-19
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Waters Fountain - Commerce Building
Description: View facing southeast of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street. The Commerce Towers Building can also be seen.
Date: 1964-07-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Waters Fountain
Description: View facing northwest of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street.
Date: 1964-07-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Plaza
Description: View of the Main Street Plaza, from 6th to 9th streets on Main Street, facing north. The sculpture and fountain pictured is known as the Muse of the Missouri.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Muse of the Missouri Fountain
Description: Distant view looking northeast; located on Main between 8th and 9th.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Looking North from 10th Street
Description: View looking north along Main Street from just south of its intersection with 10th Street. Cars and pedestrians can be seen. The TenMain Center Building is in view. The William Thornton and Charlotte Crosby Kemper Memorial and Missouri Waters fountains can be seen.
Date: 2000~
Object Type: Photograph

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