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1. $1,500,000 Worth of Brightness $1,500,000 Worth of Brightness August//1962 Photos and article about "the city-wide relighting program" of Kansas City, Kansas, with the Board of Public Utilities installing 500 miles and $1,500,000 worth of new residential street lights.
2. 15th Street (Truman Road) 15th Street (Truman Road) November 14, 1946 View facing west on 15th Street (Truman Road) from Grand Avenue at night.
3. Brookside Boulevard Brookside Boulevard June 5, 1947 View facing south on Brookside Boulevard from 55th Street at night.
4. Brookside Boulevard Brookside Boulevard June 5, 1947 View facing south from 55th Street on west sidewalk of Brookside Boulevard at night.
5. City Demonstrates the Development of Electric Street Lighting City Demonstrates the Development of Electric Street Lighting June//1922 Photos and text about early traffic lights.
6. City Transit Summed Up: New Traffic Signals in Kansas City, Mo. [and] Which Sells Better--Don't Walk City Transit Summed Up: New Traffic Signals in Kansas City, Mo. [and] Which Sells Better--Don't Walk or Wait? February//1950 Photos and articles about the new traffic signals in Downtown Kansas City for improved safety and transportation of pedestrians competing with automobiles and streetcars, especially at the following intersections:...
7. Digging on the Boulevard Digging on the Boulevard April 7, 2004 Article describes the Phase II part for the Independence Boulevard Streetscape Improvements project. Phase I included the historic boulevard between Montgall and Olive with emphasis on the Prospect intersection....
8. G.R. Kinney & Co., Delaware Building G.R. Kinney & Co., Delaware Building Postcard of the G. R. Kinney & Co. shoe store at the Delaware Building
9. Hash! Stories of Old Westport Hash! Stories of Old Westport 1933 One paragraph about the "metropolitan airs" of Westport during the introduction of gas street lights and the "telephone, the only one in town," "in front of Doctor Saalborn's Drug store [no date given]."...
10. Jones Store Jones Store 1999 Street level view of the Jones Store, looking toward the northwest. View taken from 13th Street and Walnut Street. Corner street lights and traffic lights in view. Skywalk partially in view up Walnut Street....
11. Jones Store Jones Store 1999 Street level view of the main entrance to the Jones Store located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, on the southeast corner of 12th and Main. Building was abandoned at the time. Street lights, traffic...
12. Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance May//1886 Contractors for lighting the streets of cities and towns, manufacturers and dealers in gas machines, street lamps, posts, torches, vapor burners, gasoline and kerosene fixtures, jacket cans, oil tanks,...
13. Kansas City Public Library Expansion Kansas City Public Library Expansion circa 1916 View looking toward the northeast of construction work on the north expansion or addition of the Kansas City Public Library located at 9th and Locust in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View includes street...
14. Kansas City Public Library Expansion Kansas City Public Library Expansion circa 1916 View looking toward the southeast of construction work on the north expansion or addition of the Kansas City Public Library located at 9th and Locust in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View taken at the...
15. Kansas City Public Library Expansion Kansas City Public Library Expansion circa 1916 View looking toward the southeast of construction work on the north expansion or addition of the Kansas City Public Library located at 9th and Locust in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View taken at the...
16. Kansas City Public Library Expansion Kansas City Public Library Expansion circa 1916 View looking toward the south of construction work on the north expansion or addition of the Kansas City Public Library located at 9th and Locust in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View taken at the intersection...
17. Kansas City Public Library Expansion Kansas City Public Library Expansion circa 1916 View looking toward the south of construction work on the north expansion or addition of the Kansas City Public Library located at 9th and Locust in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View taken at the intersection...
18. Kansas City Starts Work on Safety Lighting Program Kansas City Starts Work on Safety Lighting Program September//1946 Photos and text showing the progress of the new street lighting system.
19. Kansas City, Kans., Relights Kansas City, Kans., Relights August//1956 Brief article about "[m]odernization of the street lighting along all major streets and trafficways throughout Kansas City, Kans.," starting in 1951.
20. Kansas City, Mo., Upgrades Public Works Programs Kansas City, Mo., Upgrades Public Works Programs December//1968 Photos and article about the upgrading of programs for the Kansas City Public Works Department, including new trash compactors and garbage trucks, Downtown street lights, residential sidewalks, landfills,...