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Title
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Kansas City in 1879
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Description
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Promotional booklet for Kansas City, Missouri. Item includes sections covering the development of the city's business interests, a list of buildings constructed in 1878, its history, its geographic advantages, descriptions of various businesses and public institutions, descriptions of its suburbs, and advertisements.
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Date
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1879
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Title
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Field Notes from the Farm Country
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Description
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Announcement of record livestock numbers for the Kansas City area despite protein supply running low.
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Date
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1943-06
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Kansas City Stockyards
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Description
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Exterior view of the Kansas City Stockyards presumably taken looking west from the Livestock Exchange Building.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stockyards
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Description
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Aerial view looking southeast of the Stockyards district in the West Bottoms. The Livestock Exchange and American Royal buildings can be seen. Serval livestock pens are in view.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City, Mo. Stock Yards
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Description
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Aerial panoramic view looking west of the Kansas City stockyards in the West Bottoms taken from 500 ft. above 19th and Genesee streets. A note in the lower left hand corner notes that the photograph was taken using the Lawrence Captive Airship. The view stretches across the Kansas River and into Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri River is in view on the right hand side of the image. The first Livestock Exchange Building at 16th Street and State Line Road can be seen.
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Date
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1907-10
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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How to Change Chicks to Gold: Dollars and Sense in the Poultry Business
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Description
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Promotional catalog for the American Poultry School. The school offered correspondence courses designed to teach income earning from poultry raising. Contains many articles and descriptions of individuals employed by the school, current and former students, and its operations. Included with the booklet are several supplementary brochures and handouts. The school's office was located at 115 E. 31st Street in Kansas City. It's experimental farm was located on 63rd Street in Raytown, Missouri.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Two Men near Full Cattle Pen
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Description
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Group of cattle in stockyard pen. A nearby sign reads "Matador Land & Cattle Company, Denver, Colorado."
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Map of Live Stock Markets
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Description
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Map showing location of important public live stock markets and small live stock trading yards in western territory, n.d.
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Map of the Kansas City Stock Yards
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Description
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Map of the Kansas City Stock Yards showing classification of areas in yards and also land tracts, May 31, 1927 (revised by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Dec. 1929).
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Date
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1927-05-31
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Object Type
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Map
