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Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

These late nineteenth-cenutry images of early Kansas City, primarily the 1870s-1890s, provide unique views such as the Board of Trade building under construction, exterior and interior views of the glass Exposition Building, unusual weather events, hotels, and businesses. Early transportation is depicted by bridges, street cars, trains, railroad stations, etc. The bulk of these photographs are from the William Hyde collection and two scrapbooks-Number 1 and Number 3.
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16th and Genesee
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16th and Genesee
Date Created1878
2nd Street
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2nd Street
Date Created1869
2nd Street
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2nd Street
Date Created1868-05
3rd and Main
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3rd and Main
Date Created1878
3rd Street
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3rd Street
Date Created1868-06
4th and Grand
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4th and Grand
Date Created1888
4th and Grand
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4th and Grand
Date Created1886
5th Street
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5th Street
Date Created1867
5th Street from Troost
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5th Street from Troost
Date Created1888-07
9th Street
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9th Street
Date Created1881
9th Street
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9th Street
Date Created1871
9th Street
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9th Street
Date Created1888
Arnold Residence
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Arnold Residence
Date Created1888-06-20
Asian Display
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Asian Display
Date Created1890~
Auditorium Theater
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Auditorium Theater
Date Created1880~/1889~
Balloon in Field
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Balloon in Field
Balloon on Public Square
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Balloon on Public Square
Date Created1868-07-04
Barnum Circus Parade
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Barnum Circus Parade
Date Created1886
Bluff Street
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Bluff Street
Date Created1870
Bluff Street and 5th
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Bluff Street and 5th
Date Created1867-08
Board of Trade Building
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Board of Trade Building
Date Created1888
Board of Trade Building
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Board of Trade Building
Date Created1888
Bonner Springs Train Station
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Bonner Springs Train Station
Date Created1888-05
Bonner Springs, Iron Spring
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Bonner Springs, Iron Spring
Bonner Springs, Mossy Brook
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Bonner Springs, Mossy Brook
Date Created1888