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What is a unique piece of wood from behind transforms into a cozy chair on which a bear rests reading a book. Deep gouges into the wood surface imitat...
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Likely intended for secretariat or collegiate use, this writing desk joins two working spaces with organizational caddies and a built-in brass lamp in...
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This 19th-century dining table would have been used in elite settings, likely for large gatherings and dinner parties. Already a sprawling 84 inches i...
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The original Kansas City Public Library building was constructed under Greenwood's direction and he was committed to making its services available to...
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We do not know precisely when Maitland-Smith manufactured this 19c. elegant three-tiered mahogany console on brass castors. Each tier bears an umber...
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This pen and ink caricature features Charles Clemens Orthwein, a St. Louis native that dominated the Midwest grain export industry in the early 20th c...
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This enlarged map of Kansas City with a scale of 1:500,000 (1 centimeter to 5 kilometers) including a regional breadth of about 150 miles in any direc...
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This image documents the immensity of debris left by the Great Flood of 1951. The vantage point appears to come from a western area looking eastward t...
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This pennant commemorates the First National Bank of Kansas City. Established in 1886 by Col. James Abernathy and James Lombard, the First National Ba...
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This lectum was designed to empower the speaker before the audience. Rectangular in shape, the top of the piece provides ample space for the speaker t...