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Title
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Map of the City of Kansas - Jackson County, Missouri
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Description
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Map of the City of Kansas, later known as Kansas City, in Jackson County, Missouri. Major streets, railroad lines, additions and subdivisions are marked. Landmarks and significant buildings are labeled. Harlem on the north side of the Missouri River in Clay County, Missouri, is shown.
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Date
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1880
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Geroge Humphrey and Elmore Truitt
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Description
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Photos and biographical articles about George Humphrey, a Kansas City lawyer, and Elmore Truitt, a Kansas City realtor. Description of Humphrey as born in Lewis County, Missouri, and starting out as a teacher before becoming an attorney in 1894 and state senator in 1904, arriving in Kansas City in 1915 and residing at 3208 Olive Street. Description of Truitt as a realtor born in Pennsylvania and coming to Kansas City in 1886, in 1893 establishing "the E.S. Truitt Real Estate Co.," obtaining "the contract for the Westlake Construction Company for the building of the Muehlebach Hotel, one of his many transactions," and residing at 4320 Oak Street.
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Date
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1916-05-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Indian Village Country Club: Homes, Not Houses
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Description
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Promotional booklet for building family homes in 1920s luxury Kansas City suburban tract development now in the Santa Fe Hills neighborhood southeast of 85th Street and Wornall Road. It was to include rare amenities such as an open air theater, bell tower, pool, club house, and Dutch windmill. Built on property owned by Daniel Boone's son Nathan, and featuring the Boone school and home. Businessman developer Emory Sweeney founded an automobile school and WHB radio. Landscape architects Hare & Hare were to handle the project, and George Hamilton Stone was assigned as General Manager. Detailed plat map at center fold. The document claims that the neighborhood will, “exclude undesirable people from the standpoint of morals, character, and integrity.”
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Date
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1923
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Edwards' Map of Jackson Co., Missouri
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Description
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Plat map of Jackson County, Missouri, and the southern extents of Clay County and Ray County, along the north bank of the Missouri River. Cities and towns, rivers, and parcels of land labeled with their owners' names are shown.
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Date
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1887
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Cowherd Built Homes: The Standard of Value
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Description
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Promotional book published by the The Fletcher Cowherd Company to advertise new homes built by the firm in the Morningside neighborhood. Several photos and drawings of houses with ownership, address and architect information are included. The book also includes several pages of advertisements for firms connected to the home construction industry.
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Date
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1924~
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Map of Jackson County, Missouri
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Description
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Plat map of Jackson County, Missouri. Cities and towns, rivers, and parcels of land labeled with their owners' names are shown. A list of rural routes is included.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Getting Taxes Equalized
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Description
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Story about the sweeping real estate tax reassessments across Jackson County, Missouri, in 1941 and in the wake of political reform after the ousting of the corrupt Pendergast machine. Description of the completeness of the records for every parcel of land to be taxed in the county, both of farms in rural areas and of buildings in urban areas.
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Date
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1941-06
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Object Type
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Magazine
