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Streetcar on Main at 31st Street
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Description
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View facing northeast showing Main Street south of where 31st Street crosses. An electric streetcar, cars driving along a portion of Main Street, and Midtown buildings can be seen.
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Date
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1957-06-19
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Streetcar Boarding
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Description
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Unidentified transit user stepping aboard the number 50 Troost streetcar.
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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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The Re-Opening of the Isis Theatre
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Description
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Three interior and exterior photographs of the Isis Theatre in the Wirthman Building on the southwest corner of 31st Street and Troost Avenue. The left hand photograph shows an exterior view of the Isis Theatre looking northwest along Troost Avenue. Several people standing in the street can be seen. Signs for B&G Hosiery, Bo-Peep Juvenile Shop, Walker's Lunch, Vogue Hosiery, and Linwood State Bank are in view. The middle photograph shows an interior view of the Isis Theatre. The right hand photograph shows an exterior view looking southwest along Troost Avenue. Several people standing in the street can be seen. Signs for Dr. John R. Stivers, L. L. Potts Dentist, Royal Shirt Shop, Thom McAn, Vogue Hosiery, and B&G Hosiery are in view. A Troost streetcar is in view. A label beneath the photograph reads: The Isis Theatre was destroyed by fire on March 9, 1939 and was re-opened to the public on October 6, 1939. The 3100 block on Troost Avenue was closed to traffic and it was estimated that 25,000 people attended the celebration.
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Date
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1939-10-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Troost Line Streetcar
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Description
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Unidentified passengers exiting the Troost Line streetcar run by the Kansas City Public Service Company.
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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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9th Street
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Description
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View looking west from the south side of 9th Street between Walnut Street and Grand Avenue. A street cable car can be seen.
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Date
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1895
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Broadway & 8th Street
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Description
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Postcard view of Broadway Boulevard and 8th Street.
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Date
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1907
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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10th Street
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Description
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Looking west along 10th Street from the east side of Main Street.
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Date
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1900
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Vine Street Streetcar
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Description
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View of a street car marked "Vine Street."
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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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Route 56 Streetcar
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Description
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View of the Route 56, Country Club Line streetcar in Brookside.
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Date
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1955
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
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Description
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Map of streetcar, trolley, and motor bus lines in Kansas City with an enlarged map of downtown area inset. Lines are identified by key on map. Also has a list of points of interest and downtown businesses as well as an index to service clubs, hotels, ticket offices, and theatres in the downtown area.
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Date
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1944
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Street map of Kansas City showing parks, cemeteries, park district boundaries, and street car lines.
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Date
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1940
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
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Description
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Map of streetcar, trolley bus and motor bus lines in Kansas City; enlarged map of downtown area inset. Indexes points of interest, hotels, ticket offices. Reverse side includes descriptions of each bus and streetcar route.
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Date
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1954
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Nichols Road Courtyard
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Description
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Photograph of the Plaza Court of the Penguins courtyard at the northeast corner of Nichols Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in the 1980s. A Kansas City Trolley Corp. trolley, on Nichols Road, is pictured dropping a passenger off at a stop. The company operated free trolleys, circulating riders through Downtown, Crown Center, Westport, and the Plaza beginning in 1984 through the mid-1990s.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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R.A. Long Building
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Description
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Postcard of the R.A. Long Building
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Date
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1907~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Transportation Map and Guide of Greater Kansas City
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Description
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Map showing street car, trunk bus, motor bus, and trolly bus lines in the Kansas City area. The front side has an inset showing the downtown business district. The reverse side displays the map's cover, a list of points of interest in greater Kansas City, a description of the city's transportation system, its chartered coach service, a list of streetcar, motor bus, trolly bus, and late night (Owl) lines.
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Date
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1941-05
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Official Map of Greater Kansas City
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Description
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Map of Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas, and North Kansas City indicating streets, motor coach lines and street railway lines. Reverse side includes a map of U.S. highways and state highways for greater Kansas City, as well as a map of Independence and Sugar Creek showing bus lines and street railroad lines.
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Date
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1942
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Object Type
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Map
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