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Title: Reports of Presidential Emergency Boards for Disputes on Railroads: Kansas City Southern Railway
Description: Article about the "emergency board appointed by the President of the United States on June 12, 1933, to investigate the wage dispute between the Kansas City Southern Railway and its engineers, firemen and enginemen, conductors, and trainmen" during the Great Depression.
Date: 1933-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Going off the Rails: Exploring the Impact of the Railroad on the Development of Musical Culture in Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Thesis in musicology presented to the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a degree - Master of Music. Abstract: Kansas City, Missouri, is a musical oasis in the United States. In addition to being considered one of the four original jazz centers, local audiences also enthusiastically welcome art music and experimental music of all kinds. This deep appreciation for music and the arts can be traced to the development of the railroad in Kansas City and how it connected the city to the artistic lifeblood of the country. This thesis explores the existing research about the establishment of Kansas City as a railroad hub and the subsequent cultural blossoming experienced in the city at the turn of the century. This thesis project makes a connection between the railroad and the growth of music culture. The development of various aspects of music in Kansas City including, band, orchestra, opera, theater, vaudeville, music education, and music publications which the research in this thesis indicates is traced back to the societal impacts the railroad had on the frontier town in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. Next, this thesis project provides commentary on the function of demographics, including a brief consideration of gender, in the musical culture of Kansas City - specifically the way women defined culture and programming. Finally, this project summarizes and contextualizes the trends, habits, and preferences that make up the music culture in the city within the musical expectations and culture specific to the United States. The establishment of the railroad in Kansas City connected the city to the musical trends of the United States; because of this artistic connection, Kansas City developed into a musical microcosm of the United States’ musical narrative.
Date: 2021
Object Type: Manuscript

Title: View of West Bluffs from Union Station, in its Present Condition
Description: Printed photographic view facing east of the West Bluffs taken from Union Depot in the West Bottoms. A portion of the Quality Hill neighborhood as well as residences that once dotted the West Bluffs are in view. Item appears within the first report of the Kansas City Board of Park and Boulevard Commissioners.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Bluffs from Seventh Street South, as Seen from Union Depot
Description: Printed photographic view facing east of the West Bluffs taken from Union Depot in the West Bottoms. A portion of the Quality Hill neighborhood as well as residences that once dotted the West Bluffs are in view. Item appears within the first report of the Kansas City Board of Park and Boulevard Commissioners.
Date: 1893
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

Title: Cribs Steam Shovel Bridge
Description: Photograph showing a man standing in front of the supports for a steam shovel bridge.
Date: 1910-10-01
Object Type: Photograph

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