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Title
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Urban Traffic
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Description
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Two images of Kansas City automobile traffic used to promote expressways as a way to ease automobile congestion. The first image was taken on an unidentified street east of downtown. The second image was taken from an elevated vantage point and captures Southwest Trafficway passing over Southwest Boulevard.
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Date
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1958
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Surroundings
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Description
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Elevated view looking east taken from atop the Jackson County Courthouse showing the area surrounding St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Several parked cars can be seen. Construction of the southeast corner of the downtown expressway loop is in view.
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Date
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1960-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Turnpike and 18th Street Cloverleaf
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Description
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Aerial view of intersection of Interstate 70 and the South 18th Street Expressway in Kansas City, Kansas. Railroad tracks and industrial buildings can be seen.
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Date
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1964-05-08
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Intercity Viaduct - West Interchange
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Description
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View facing northeast that captures the west interchange of the Intercity Viaduct taken from Saint John's Park in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Interstate 70 can also be seen.
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Date
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1966-05-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Intercity Viaduct and Kansas City, Missouri, Skyline
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Description
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View facing east that captures the Kansas City, Missouri, downtown skyline taken from Saint John's Park in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Interstate 70 and the Intercity Viaduct can be seen.
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Date
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1966-05-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kaw River and Intercity
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Description
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View facing northwest taken from the James Street Bridge. The Kansas River, the Intercity Viaduct, and Interstate 70 can be seen.
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Date
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1962-09-11
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Skyline from Southeast Trafficway
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Description
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View facing northwest that captures the downtown Kansas City, Missouri, skyline, taken from the southeast corner of the downtown expressway loop. City Hall, St. Mary's Episcopal Church, the Jackson County Courthouse, and other downtown buildings can be seen. Construction of Highway 71 is also in view.
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Date
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1962-10-14
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southeast Trafficway Dedication - Ribbon Cutting
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Description
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View of a crowd attending a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Southeast Trafficay. Mrs. Whitton, wife of Federal Highway Administrator Rex M. Whitton is cutting the ribbon. Rex M. Whitton, Independence Mayor L. F. P. Curry, Missouri Governor John M. Dalton, President Harry S. Truman, and Raytown Mayor John D. Fox can also be seen.
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Date
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1962-08-17
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Proposed Master Plan IX - Downtown Area
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Description
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Street map of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, displaying an early plan for an expressway loop surrounding the area. Proposed parking lots, garages, public buildings, parks, street improvements, freeways, and tunnels are indicated on the map.
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Date
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1947
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Proposed Master Plan
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Description
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Proposed master plan for Kansas City, Missouri development, including highways, thoroughfares, neighborhood boundaries, residential areas, business & commercial areas, railroad and industrial areas, public spaces, and public schools and recreation areas. Map covers Kansas City, Missouri city limits south of the Missouri River, with connections shown to surrounding communities, including North Kansas City, Missouri, Johnson County, Kansas, and Raytown, Missouri.
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Date
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1946
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Unidentified Parking Lot and Building
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Description
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Photograph of an unknown building and adjacent parking lot in the late 1970s. The site appears to be near Interstate 435.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sixth Street Trafficway - Paseo Bridge Approach
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Description
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Elevated view looking southwest of the northeast corner of the downtown expressway look where 6th Street Trafficway meets the Paseo Bridge approach. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background. Cars traveling along the streets can be seen. A portion of the Columbus Park neighborhood is in view on the right hand side of the image.
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Date
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1954-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bruce R. Watkins Drive Nears End of Long, Bumpy Road to Completion
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Description
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Photos, maps, and extensive article about the completion of "Bruce R. Watkins Drive, the 10-mile road more than a half century in the making," with its last leg from "Linwood Boulevard to the downtown highway loop" opened in October 2001. Description of the planning, political battles and demolition of private residences, and construction of the road variously as a freeway or parkway since 1951 as a direct and fast route from Downtown to South Kansas City and named for the late Bruce Watkins (1924-1980), "a black political leader and former city councilman."
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Date
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2001-10-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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A WPA Road Tour
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Description
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Author travels Tour Six in the Missouri WPA Guide, driving U.S. Highway 60 from Charleston to Neosho. Article includes facts and information about Missouris WPA American Guide tour book (page 26).
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Date
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2006-04-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Platte County, Missouri
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Description
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Land ownership map of Platte County, Missouri, showing U.S. highways, state highways, roads (paved, gravel, and graded), railroads, political township boundaries, civil township lines, schools, churches, cemeteries, rivers, and streams. Includes the townships of Marshall, Green, Preston, Weston, Fair, Lee, Carroll, Waldron, May, and Pettis.
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Date
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1955~
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Object Type
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Map