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Title
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Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
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Description
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Postcard of Schwarzschild and Sulzberger's packing plant in Armourdale, Kansas.
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Date
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1910-12-27
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Crane Company Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Crane Company Building that once stood at 1234 Jefferson Street between its intersections with 12th and 13th streets. A sign for Lutz Portion Control, Inc. - Wholesale Meats Only est. 1888 can be seen in the window. A sign for Gene's Garage is also in view. A truck is parked outside of the building along Jefferson Street.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
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Description
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Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Meat Exhibit at American Royal Livestock Show
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Description
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View of the Meat Exhibit at the American Royal Livestock Show. A sign reads: Meat Exhibit - National Live Stock and Meat Board - Kansas City Stock Yards Company, Kansas City Live Stock Exchange, Producers Commission Association, Missouri Live Stock Association, Kansas Live Stock Association, Kansas State College, American Meat Institute, University of Missouri, and the American Royal Live Stock Show. Several exhibit visitors can be seen.
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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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4th Street Viaduct and West Bottoms
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Description
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View looking west of the 4th Street Viaduct stretching over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad tracks into the West Bottoms. The Intercity Viaduct leading to Kansas City, Kansas, can be seen. Smokestacks from meat packing facilities are in view in the distance.
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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
