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| Date: | 01 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Swift Company striker being taken from the CIO picket line by police. The striker was reported to have been beaten and arrested. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of small boats tied up along a tree-lined stretch of the Blue River. Decks with stairs down to the boat slip areas stand on either side of th... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Urban street view including cars, pedestrians and streetcar. Caption reads: "Pettitcoat Lane." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street. City scene showing rows of parked cars, tall buildings, pedestrians, trolleys and advertising signs. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street showing tall buildings, cars, pedestrians trolleys and advertising signs. |
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| Description: | Street level view of Grand Avenue showing a trolley, a crosswalk, crowded sidewalks and tall buildings. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Bas-relief sculpture honoring August Robert Meyer, a civil engineer and city developer seen from across the street. Created by David Chester French and de... |
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| Description: | View looking down Walnut Street in downtown which includes a trolley, pedestrians crossing the road, cars, and numerous buildings. Caption reads: "Looking ... |
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| Description: | View looking down Walnut Street in downtown which includes trolleys, pedestrians crossing the road, a horse-drawn vehicle, cars, and numerous buildings. |
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| Description: | An elevated view of a city park plaza featuring a fountain, stone walkways and stairs and a central domed stone building. |
| Date: | 11 26 1861 |
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| Description: | Front of printed handbill concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels. Annotations by Colonel C.R. Jennison appear on back. |
| Date: | 11 26 1861 |
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| Description: | Back of printed handbill with annotations by Colonel C.R. Jennison, concerning an offer of amnesty to local rebels. |
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| Description: | View from street looking toward a touring car filled with tourists outside of a building lobby with a roof over the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Seeing Kansas... |
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| Description: | Elevated view over multiple sets of tracks toward the Union Station. The station was built in 1914 and took up 850,000 square feet of land. Tens of thousan... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of people walking through the main lobby of the Union Railroad Station, built in 1914. A fruit and candy shop with a soda fountain i... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of people gathered in the main waiting room of the Union Railroad Station, capable of holding up to 10,000 people. |
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| Description: | A view of an elk atop the Elks Rest Monument in Mount Washington Cemetery. Gravestones and trees can be seen in the background. The inscription on the monu... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Union Station Barber Shop with a number of men seated in chairs with barbers standing behind them. Plants and light fixtures are suspe... |
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| Description: | A view of the reception room at Miss Barstow's School. Bookcases with glass fronts flank the fireplace and upholstered and wooden chairs are arranged throu... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Train cars rest on tracks leading past International Harvester's Kansas City branch. Farm equipment stands on loading dock on the side of the building, and... |
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