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Title
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Historic Kansas City Architecture
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Description
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Building at 112 West 9th Street by Bradley, Winslow & Wetherel of Boston, architects, in 1888. On National Register of Historic Places.
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Date
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1975
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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New England Building
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Description
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Located at the northeast corner of Ninth and Wyandotte Streets, the building was erected in 1888 and was the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Broadway, East
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Description
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Postcard of downtown Kansas City, looking east from Broadway Boulevard.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1909-1938, Page p022
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 7th Street south to W. 9th Street and from Wyandotte east to Baltimore, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1938
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1939-1958, Page p006
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 7th Street south to W. 9th Street and from Central east to Baltimore, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1939/1958
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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SC159 Kansas City Prints and Images Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection consists of images relating to Kansas City buildings, infrastructure, and historical events. Included are four prints from the Siegrist Engraving Company as well as various magazine-published materials.
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Date
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1887/1957
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Central College of Shorthand
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Description
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Advertising card for the Central College of Shorthand with image of pansies. Front lower left corner has number C-855. Back of card says: "Central College of Shorthand, Largest and Best Shorthand School in Kansas City. Call or write for information." and "The presentation of this card secures a reduction of $1.00 on tuition." The back also has an image of the building where the college is located. Signs on the building say: "New England Building,.""New England Mutual Life Ins Co." and "New England Safe Deposit & Trust Co." Address given on back of card:
New England Bldg. (2d Floor),
112 W. Ninth Street.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Central College of Shorthand
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Description
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Advertising card for the Central College of Shorthand showing a ship with sails up. One of two cards with similar design. Front lower left corner has number C-788. Back of card says: "Central College of Shorthand, Largest and Best Shorthand School in Kansas City. Call or write for information." and "The presentation of this card secures a reduction of $1.00 on tuition." The back also has an image of the building where the college is located. Signs on the building say: "New England Building,.""New England Mutual Life Ins Co." and "New England Safe Deposit & Trust Co." Address given on back of card:
.."" New England Bldg. (2d Floor),
112 W. Ninth Street.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p006
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Description
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Northern part of early Kansas City from W. 6th Street south to W. 9th Street and from Central east to Main Street, showing buildings, businesses and streets. Large numbers at edges of page lead to page showing adjoining area.
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Date
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1895/1907
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Central College of Shorthand
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Description
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Advertising card for the Central College of Shorthand showing a steamship. One of two cards with similar design and theme. Lower left corner has number C-788. Back of card says: "Central College of Shorthand, Largest and Best Shorthand School in Kansas City. Call or write for information." and "The presentation of this card secures a reduction of $1.00 on tuition." The back also has an image of the building where the college is located. Signs on the building say: "New England Building,.""New England Mutual Life Ins Co." and "New England Safe Deposit & Trust Co." Address given on back of card:
New England Bldg. (2d Floor),
112 W. Ninth Street.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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A Model Institution
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Description
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Illustrations and ad or article about the "New England Safe Deposit and Trust Company" on the "Ninth Street floor of the New England Building, on the corner of [9th Street] and Wyandotte streets, in the heart of the business center of Kansas [City]."
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Date
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1888-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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New England Building
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Description
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Postcard of the New England Building
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Date
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1903~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Kansas City Views and Buildings Featured in Harper's Weekly
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Description
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This two-page spread of engravings of views of Kansas City, Missouri, "from photographs by D. D. Thomson & Co.," was published as a supplement to Harper's Weekly, September 15, 1888, pages 702 and 703. It includes the New England Building; Board of Trade Building; Packing House District; YMCA Building; Post Office; New York Life Insurance Building; Kansas City Club House; entrance to the tunnel of the elevated railroad; The Junction at 9th and Main streets; 9th Street Cable Railway Incline; and the view "From the Tower of the Cathedral," centering on the Coates Hotel. The reverse side, pages 701 and 704 (not digitized), has the banner headline "The Gateway of Kansas" for an article written by William Willard Howard and includes engravings of the National Exposition Building; First Congregational Church; Warner Grand Opera House; head portraits of C. Ralph Evans, Manager of the National Exposition Company, Victor B. Buck, President of the National Exposition Company and Edward H. Allen [President of the Board of Trade]; and John Doggett's House.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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SC99 Philip A. Gambone Papers Finding Aid
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Description
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Two boxes contain the Phil Gambone architecture research papers of notes, correspondence, photographs, photocopied articles, etc., and note cards for work on a book on Kansas City architecture. The book was to have been published in the 1970s, but the research and publication were never completed. Includes photographs of the New England Building (folder 25), a list of log cabins in Kansas City (folder 20) and a list of 1922 Kansas City landmarks (folder 19).
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Date
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1972/1975
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
