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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
101. KCResources, page 22 KCResources, page 22
102. KCResources, page 26 KCResources, page 26
103. KCResources, page 95 KCResources, page 95
104. Kempers Restore Boonville Home Kempers Restore Boonville Home April-May//1979 Photos and caption about the "superb restroation of a lovely Queen Anne home in Boonville, Missouri, situated on the bluffs overlooking the Missouri River," by R. Crosby Kemper, Jr. and his wife.
105. Lang Home on Franklin Street Lang Home on Franklin Street circa 1903 Exterior view identified as the home of Martin Lang at 1527-1529 Franklin Street. Individuals identified, left to right: Mrs. Anna Lang, Hedwick (Hattie) Lang, Martin Lang, Sylvester Lang, Mary K. Lang,...
106. Leonard Waddell Leonard Waddell January/24/1965 File containing an obituary for Leonard Waddell, "73, of 619 West [57th Street]," a realtor at 1002 Walnut Street. Native of Council Bluffs, Iowa coming to Kansas City about 1900 as a "son of Dr. J. A....
107. Levee at Walnut Levee at Walnut 1870 Early view of riverfront area identified as levee at the foot of Walnut Street. Shows the bluffs and grading.
108. Liberty Memorial Profile Liberty Memorial Profile 1999
109. Lime Kiln Links Old Days and New Lime Kiln Links Old Days and New March/30?/1912 File containing a photo (of the kiln), portrait (of Weston), and article about the city's first lime kiln built in 1866 "by William Weston [ca. 1844-1906], a pioneer of Kansas City" below the bluffs at...
110. Looking Backward Looking Backward December 1922 One paragraph about the role of city engineer Octave Chanute in 1871 in utilitzing the bluffs in Downtown Kansas City, including grading "the hill from Grand Avenue to Broadway" to the level of 3rd Street,...
111. Main Street Main Street 1857 Drawing of Main, cutting through bluffs.
112. Main Street Hills Level Out as City Grows in 100 Years Main Street Hills Level Out as City Grows in 100 Years January/18/1953 Extensive article about the cutting through of the hills to the Missouri River for Main Street to make way for the growth of the city, starting in the 1850s and 300 Irish workers imported by Father Bernard...
113. Man Sitting Near Bluffs Man Sitting Near Bluffs 1870 Unidentified man near bluffs along Main between 2nd and 3rd.
114. Man Standing near Two Trucks Man Standing near Two Trucks n.d. Man standing near two trucks parked near bluffs in the Pershing Road area.
115. Meyer Circle Fountain Meyer Circle Fountain Postcard of the fountain in Meyer Circle on Ward Parkway
116. Milton Payne Milton Payne April 21, 1905 Portrait and description of Milton Payne (1829-1900), Kansas City's fourth (third legal) mayor and known as "father of public improvements" here. Born in Kentucky and coming to Kansas City in 1850 as an...
117. Missouri River Missouri River Postcard of the Missouri River at Kansas City
118. Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City (Mile 390.3 to Mile 400.9) Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City (Mile 390.3 to Mile 400.9) 1922-1923 Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between the Hannibal Bridge in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Quindaro Bend. Shows river soundings and principal topographic features between bluffs, and indicates...
119. Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City (Mile 400.9 to Mile 411.1) Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City (Mile 400.9 to Mile 411.1) 1922-1923 Map of a stretch of the Missouri River between Waldron, Missouri, and Parkville, Missouri. Shows river soundings and principal topographic features between bluffs, and indicates older river bank lines...
120. Missouri River, South Missouri River, South Postcard view of downtown Kansas City in 1855 looking South from the Missouri River