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Title: Captain Walter Whitsett
Description: Biographical sketch of Captain Walter Whitsett, "captain of station No. 1 of the police department." Born in Lafayette County, Missouri in 1867 and coming to Kansas City in the early 1880s as an assistant of Robert Gillham in "the construction of the Brooklyn avenue trolley" before becoming a patrolman for the Kansas City Police Department in 1884 under "Under-chief Thomas M. Spears [actually Thomas Speers]," with residence at 2631 Gillham Road.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Saint Joseph and Excelsior Springs
Description: Map, illustration, and information on the interurban Kansas City, Saint Joseph & Excelsior Springs trolley or electric street railway (also known as the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Excelsior Springs line or "the Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Railway"), starting its service in 1913.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Street Railways
Description: Information about the Kansas City and Westport Horse Railroad, streetcars, trolleys, cable cars, the 8th Street tunnel, and incline as well as about the men responsible like Nehemiah Holmes, Bernard Corrigan, and William J. Smith.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Goodbye, Trolley Barn
Description: The Trolley Barn building located at 4835 E. 9th Street at Brighton is due to be demolished by October 9. Efforts to save the building were not successful.
Date: 2000-08-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Lykins Trying to Save Piece of History
Description: Lykins Neighborhood Association is trying to save the old trolley barn located at 9th and Van Brunt. Article includes photos of the exterior and interior of the building.
Date: 2000-01-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Grand Suburban Homes on the Historic Santa Fe: From Trail to Trolley
Description: File containing a photo and biographical article about William Strang, Jr. (1857-1921), a "capitalist" and builder of the interurban trolley lines (first gasoline and then electric) from Westport to Overland Park and Lenexa, Kansas along the path of the Santa Fe Trail.
Date: 1905-10-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Walton Holmes
Description: Biographical sketch of Walton Holmes, a pioneer street railway manager in Kansas City. He was born in Independence, Missouri, in 1861 and started work on the street railways about 1876, "made vice-president of the Kansas City & Westport Horse Railway" about 1878, going on in 1886 to become "the first in the United States to demonstrate, in a practical way, the overhead trolley electric system," co-organizing the consolidation of the Grand Avenue Cable Company, Kansas City Cable Company, and Metropolitan Street Railway through the 1890s. Description of his later career, aiding in the building of the park and boulevard system and Convention Hall, "elected president of the American Street Railway Association" in 1900 and co-organizing the Pioneer Trust Company in 1902.
Date: 1905-03-20
Object Type: Book

Title: Owner Says Goodbye to Trolley Inn
Description: Photo and article about Linda Paden selling the Trolley Inn, a 54-year institution on Truman Road in Independence. The small restaurant is in a trolley that once ran between Kansas City and Independence.
Date: 2005-07-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Street Car, Trolley Bus and Motor Bus Lines Serving Greater Kansas City
Description: Map includes street car, motor bus, and trolley bus lines through Kansas City, MO, and linking to Kansas City, KS, Independence, MO, and North Kansas City, MO, and points of interest. Detailed inset map of downtown Kansas City, MO also notes railroad and bus terminals, airline and railroad ticket offices, churches, theaters, clubs, and hotels.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: Street Car, Trolley Bus and Motor Bus Lines Serving Greater Kansas City
Description: Map showing streetcar, motor bus, and trolley bus lines. Streets are not identified, but points of interest are. Inlcudes an enlarged downtown Kansas City section.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of bus and trolley lines in Kansas City dated May 1941; enlarged map of downtown area inset. Lines are identified by key on map. Also has list of points of interest.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Map

Title: Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of streetcar, trolley, and motor bus lines in Kansas City with an enlarged map of downtown area inset. Lines are identified by key on map. Also has a list of points of interest and downtown businesses as well as an index to service clubs, hotels, ticket offices, and theatres in the downtown area.
Date: 1944
Object Type: Map

Title: Transit Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of street car, trolley bus and motor bus lines serving Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Includes inset of downtown area showing boarding points, as well as an index to points of interest, service clubs, hotels, ticket offices, theatres, public buildings.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Map

Title: Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of streetcar, trolley bus and motor bus lines in Kansas City; enlarged map of downtown area inset. Indexes points of interest, hotels, ticket offices. Reverse side includes descriptions of each bus and streetcar route.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Map

Title: Trolley and Track
Description: View of trolley travelling down tracks towards bridge.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Park, Boulevard, Street Railway and Railway Map of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas.
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, showing parks, park districts, cemeteries, streets, railroad lines, and trolley lines. Inset map shows location of freight depots and express companies throughout the Midwest.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Map

Title: Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
Description: Map of bus and trolley lines in Kansas City; enlarged map of downtown area inset. Lines are identified by key on map. Also has a list of points of interest and a list of schools and hospitals.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Map

Title: Start on the New Interurban
Description: Map and article about "the proposed Kansas City-Fort Scott Electric Railway" or electric trolley service connecting Kansas City and Fort Scott, Kansas (almost straight south of the city).
Date: 1912-09-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Opens New Trolley Line: Interurban Service to Bonner Springs Began This Morning
Description: Map and article about the "Kaw Valley line, a new Kansas City interurban" trolley or street railway built by J. J. Heim and traveling to Bonner Springs, Kansas (passing through Muncie, Kansas and Edwardsville, Kansas along the Kansas River).
Date: 1914-07-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 10th and Lydia Looking West
Description: View facing west along 10th Street from its intersection with Lydia Avenue. Cars and a trolley bus can be seen along 10th Street. An apartment building is in view on the north side of the street.
Date: 1948-07-16
Object Type: Photograph

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