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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
161. Men Playing Golf Men Playing Golf Distant view of unidentified men playing golf.
162. Men Playing Golf Men Playing Golf June 17, 1932 Distant view of unidentified men playing golf on Swope Park course #2.
163. Men Playing Golf Men Playing Golf June 19, 1932 Distant view of unidentified men playing golf on Swope Park golf course #1.
164. Meyer Circle Fountain Meyer Circle Fountain Postcard of the fountain in Meyer Circle on Ward Parkway
165. Minister, Davis, Joseph S. Minister, Davis, Joseph S. ca1925 Portrait of Joseph S. Davis, 3223 Prospect Avenue, listed on back of photograph as pastor of the Swope Park Baptist Church located at Meyer Boulevard and Prospect.
166. Minister, Moore, J. Emmett Minister, Moore, J. Emmett ca1925 Portrait of J. Emmett Moore, pastor of the Swope Park Christian Church located at 62nd and Swope Parkway, coming in 1927.
167. Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks: When All Kansas City Went to Swope Park Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks: When All Kansas City Went to Swope Park January//1947 Description of the celebration of the opening of Swope Park in Kansas City on June 24, 1896, with 25,000 people traveling there that day.
168. Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture 1928 Photo of the Thomas H. Swope Memorial in Swope Park, erected in Kansas City in 1917 from designs by architects Wight & Wight.
169. Missouri, Heart of the Nation Missouri, Heart of the Nation 1947 Paintings and drawings of Country Club Plaza, Swope Park Zoo, Washington Square, Penn Valley Park, Stock Yards, Twilight on Quality Hill, etc., by local artists.
170. Nursery for Baby Animals Building Nursery for Baby Animals Building 1978 Frontal view of the Nursery for Baby Animals at the Swope Park Zoo, designed by architect Dan Sutton.
171. Oakwood Country Club Will Mark 125 Years Oakwood Country Club Will Mark 125 Years August 18, 2006 The new game of golf was one reason Oakwood Country Club, then known as the Progress Club, moved from downtown to its current location, a then-rural property at 9800 Grandview Road, in 1911. When the course...
172. Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope October 9, 2009 Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope (1827-1909), a prominent local real estate investor and namesake of Swope Park killed in an infamous poisoning by his doctor.
173. Old Men's Association Records Finding Aid Old Men's Association Records Finding Aid 1893-1918 The Old Men's Association was a social organization that met for 25 years in Kansas City beginning in 1893 up to 1918. Men had to be 60 years old or older in order to qualify for membership. Prominent...
174. Olive L. Hoggins Papers (Centenary History of the Churches) Finding Aid Olive L. Hoggins Papers (Centenary History of the Churches) Finding Aid 1923-1930 This collection of the personal files of Olive Hoggins contains correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, edited versions of congregational histories, ephemera, etc. Most of the denominational...
175. Park Sizes Park Sizes Park sizes according to the Park Department, on January 1, 1962: Swope Park: 1,766.011 acres. North Terrace: 294.294 acres. Penn Valley: 175.687 acres. Loose: 74.075 acres. Roanoke: 36.246 acres. Spring...
176. Paseo, Lake Paseo, Lake Postcard of Lake on the Paseo between 16th and 17th Street
177. Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City //1911, ca. Photo and bio of C. C. Craver, conductor of "a general real estate business" in Kansas City starting in about 1900, including the opening of "Beaufort, Swope Park Heights and East Swope Highlands."
178. People People June//1991 Photo and biographical description of Andrew Helm, an 82-year-old black community activist for the Swope Park and Elmwood neighborhoods.
179. People and Giant Tortoise People and Giant Tortoise 1955 Adult and child visitors interacting with giant tortoise.
180. People at Shelter House People at Shelter House June 13, 1932 Unidentified people at Shelter House Number 7.