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Title: Kansas City Terminal Completes Large Mail-Handling Plant
Description: News about the installation of a new railway system in Union Station, in connection with a new post office, expediting the receipt, delivery, sorting-in-transit, and forwarding of mail, with diagram and photographs.
Date: 1934-08-04
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Union Depot Sign
Description: A dedication ceremony was held on May 8, 2008, at Union Station for the Union Depot sign. The Union Depot, located in the West Bottoms, opened in April 1878. "The stone was placed directly above the main entrance to the depot, and stood 125 feet high. The Union Depot closed in 1914 and was demolished a year later." After demolition, the sign, which is the only known surviving artifact from the depot, was moved to Kansas City, Kansas. Includes image.
Date: 2008-06-28
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Union Station - Candy and News
Description: Interior view of the Union Station Lobby area. A ticket counter, station visitors, and a candy and news stand can be seen.
Date: 1959-05-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station - Newsstand and Store
Description: Interior view of the Union Station lobby. Station visitors, a newsstand, and a gift shop can be seen.
Date: 1959-05-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station - Information and Tickets
Description: Interior view of the Union Station information and ticket counter. Station visitors can be seen.
Date: 1959-05-31
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frisco Crossing
Description: Photograph of the Frisco Railroad crossing. Snow is visible on the ground. The caption notes the photo was taken on February 28, 1910, though the numbers in the bottom right corner indicate the date as December 28, 1910.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sheffield Yard Looking North
Description: Photograph showing lumber, rails, and other construction materials in the Sheffield railyard.
Date: 1910-11-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Switch Machine – Frisco Xing
Description: Detail photograph of the switch machine at Frisco Crossing.
Date: 1911-03-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Interlocking Machine at Tower #2 Union Depot
Description: Photograph focusing on the interlocking machine at Tower #2 of Union Depot. A worker is in the background.
Date: 1911-03-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Repairs on Bridge #13
Description: Photograph showing scaffolding and the brick support of a bridge, labeled #13. A man stands on the support as a train passes in the background.
Date: 1910-10-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Station Site Core of Hole No. 535
Description: Photograph showing a man standing next to cores drilled from the Union Station construction site.
Date: 1911-03-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Repairs to Umbrella Sheds at Union Depot
Description: Photograph showing umbrella sheds on a platform at Union Depot in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1911-03-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: McGee Street Yard Looking East
Description: Photograph looking east over the McGee Street railyard. The photo appears to have been taken from Grand Avenue. The Montgomery Ward building at 19th Street and Baltimore Avenue is in the distance on the left.
Date: 1910-11-21
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Shiffield [sic] Yard Looking North
Description: Photograph showing construction materials and buildings in the Shiffield [Sheffield] railyard. The photo is a faded duplicate of Photo #32 in the same collection.
Date: 1910-11-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Station Site Looking East from Terminal Warehouse
Description: Photograph showing the Union Station construction site, looking east from Terminal Warehouse. Rail bridges cross over O.K. Creek, which runs through the site. Hospital Hill is visible on the right side of the image.
Date: 1911-11-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Station Site 24th & Baltimore North
Description: Photograph showing the corner of 24th St. and Baltimore Ave. looking north over the Union Station construction site. Workers, tracks, trains, and warehouses are visible.
Date: 1911-01-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street South of Plaza Looking West from Wyandotte St.
Description: Photograph showing the Union Station construction site from, looking west from Wyandotte St. towards the Terminal Warehouse Company building.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Steam Shovel #2000
Description: Photograph showing construction workers and Bucyrus Steam Shovel #2000 in use during the excavation of Union Station.
Date: 1910-09-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rock Creek Santa Fe Bridge Looking West
Description: Photograph showing the western view from the Rock Creek & Santa Fe railroad bridge.
Date: 1911-03-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Retaining Wall at Sta. 203 Looking East
Description: Photograph looking east over Station 203, showing the wooden retaining wall.
Object Type: Photograph

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