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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 map lays out the ninth Proposed Master Plan of the Downtown Area and was generated in 1946. The plan's primary feature is the expressway loop sur...
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This is the first proposed master plan for residential areas in Kansas City generated in 1946. The gridded map indicates needed redevelopment, rehabil...
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This is the eighth proposed master plan for future land use and population density in Kansas City generated in 1946. The gridded map indicates single...
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This is the second proposed master plan for business and industry areas in Kansas City generated in 1946. The gridded map indicates business in red an...
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This is the fifth proposed master plan for public schools in Kansas City generated in 1946. The gridded map indicates elementary, junior high, and hig...