Who knows, you might even see an image of your own home or workplace! 🏠
#KCHistory #VintagePhotos #KansasCity #KCMO #HistoricalPhotos
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The @kcstreetcar.org Main Street extension opened today! 🚃 Take a trip back to the 1800s to learn about the original street railways in Kansas City in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kclibrary.org/news.
#KCHistory #KCMO #KansasCity #Steetcar #PublicTransportation
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Then and now: The historic Pepper Building at 9th and Locust in Kansas City once stood here — today, it’s the Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse. Another glimpse into KC’s changing skyline.
#deltiology #postcards #KCHistory
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Our Missouri Valley Special Collections team had a great time at Oktoberfest this weekend, talking to nearly 650 people about local history and handing out pins, stickers, and souvenir KC brewery postcards.
Prost! 🥨🎶🍗
#KCOktoberfest #KCMO #KCEvents #KCHistory
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📍 Kansas City Municipal Stadium — home of the Athletics ⚾ (Philly ➝ KC ➝ Oakland), Royals ⚾ & Chiefs 🏈
Opened: 1923 | Demolished: 1976 | Cap: 35,561
#KansasCity #KCHistory #BaseballHistory #ChiefsKingdom #Royals #KCChiefs #Ballpark #18thAndVine #HistoricStadiums
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Kansas City's Jenkins Music Company was once a tiny store that turned into the largest music retailer in the world.
While the company no longer exists, learn about Jenkins' past in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kchistory.org
#KCHistory #KansasCity #KCMO
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Past | Present: I take 100-year-old postcards back to the original scene.
#deltiology #deltiologist #postcard #kchistory
youtu.be/tDi8yiENV1o?...
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Alligators on the loose in Kansas City? 😲 Sink your teeth into our latest KCQ investigation with @kansascity.com examining the history of a crocodilian attraction at Electric Park in the early 1900s.
Read about it here: tinyurl.com/4m936a3y
#KCHistory
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Next Sun. March 30 at the Central Library, UMKC professor emerita of French Kathy Krause will examine the role of French-speaking women in the early development of Kansas City: tinyurl.com/2ehbd24s
#KCHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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And the award for the first movie ever shown in Kansas City goes to... 🥁
Just in time for #Oscars2025 tonight, our latest KCQ investigation with @KCStar and our #kcHistory librarians spotlights Kansas City's cinema history.
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📣 New Local History Exhibit! 📣
Now on display at the Central Library, Detoured: The Making of Bruce R. Watkins Drive reflects on the road’s winding legacy since its construction began more than 35 years ago.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/2kzvpe8h
#kcHistory
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Though only in operation from 1955 to 1965, The Queen of the World hospital played an essential role in integrating healthcare in Kansas City and the region. Our latest KCQ investigation w/ the KC Star looks at its history and those who helped create it.
#kcHistory
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Team photo of the Kansas City Monarchs
In honor of the Royals' first Spring Training game today, here's a photo of the Kansas City Monarchs from 1934. ⚾
To delve more into Kansas City history, check out kchistory.org
#KansasCityMonarchs #Baseball #KansasCityRoyals #KCHistory #KCMO
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The Kansas City Star recently launched "Reel Rare: Found Films from Old KC," a 5-part series exploring early 20th-century home movies and the stories they reveal.
Learn about the films, which will soon be available on the Library’s The Pendergast Years #kcHistory site!
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Missouri Valley Sunday program today with Oregon-California Trails Association manager Travis Boley about the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails!
Learn about next month’s #kcHistory program: tinyurl.com/2unh2hyn
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For 40 years, visitors to the children’s section of the old main Library, were greeted by a more than 35 ft long and 7 ft tall mosaic.
Our #KCQ series sheds light on the mosaic's whereabouts since the building was torn down and the artist behind it: tinyurl.com/55vcxsm7
#kcHistory
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Text: What do these iconic Kansas City buildings have in common? Black and white images of Top left: Kansas City Life Insurance Company Building, Bottom left: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Right: Jackson County Courthouse and City Hall.
Pop Quiz: What do the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City Life Insurance Company Building, and City Hall all have in common?
Find the answer on our #kcHistory site: tinyurl.com/mrych89p
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Fifty-eight years ago this week Kansas City was part of Super Bowl I vs. the Green Bay Packers. Unfortunately that game had a different outcome than today’s win!
#kchistory
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Do you plan to visit any local eateries for Kansas City Restaurant Week? Thanks to a recent donation our Missouri Valley Collection has grown its collection of local menus from #kcHistory.
#KCRW
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Reader Charles Ballew asked our KCQ initiative, “When was the last time any of the Bobby Greenlease ransom money showed up?” This question opens a window into the chaotic days and weeks after the crime, involving crooks, mobsters, and corrupt cops. #kcHistory
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Think it's cold outside? 🥶 124 years ago on December 31, 1900 the temp was hovering near zero degrees. Some 15,000 people gathered in KC’s Convention Hall to welcome the beginning of the 20th century with merriment and a time capsule!
Learn more about this NYE from #kcHistory: tinyurl.com/nhn3vfvk
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Join us at the Central Library this Sunday, Jan. 5 when historian Travis Boley will discuss the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails as well as how the trails led directly to the founding of Independence and Westport: tinyurl.com/2rfb57hu
#kcHistory
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In the mid-1950s streetcars succumbed to the automobile age. In 1956, the structure was demolished to make way for urban renewal projects.
Find these images and many more at KCHistory.org
#kchistory #TBT #ThenAndNow
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It continued to serve as office space under various owners until it was redeveloped as residential units, opening in 2017.
These images and many more can be found at KCHistory.org
#TBT #ThenAndNow #kcHistory
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On Dec. 11, 1884, Nelle Nichols Peters was born to a farming family in Niagara, North Dakota. She would become one of the most prolific architects in Kansas City during the 1920s and design nearly 1,000 local buildings. Learn more: tinyurl.com/m5ctjtt8
#KCHistory #OnThisDay
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Past | Present The original John Taylor Dry Goods store was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City. Here’s a look at the area today and a view of the postcard from nearly a century ago. #postcard #deltiology #kchistory
Past | Present The original John Taylor Dry Goods store was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City. Here’s a look at the area today and a view of the postcard from nearly a century ago. #postcard #deltiology #kchistory
Past | Present
The original John Taylor Dry Goods store was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Here’s a look at the area today and a view of the postcard from nearly a century ago.
#postcard #deltiology #kchistory
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Past | Present: Where I take 100-year-old postcards back to the original scene and see what’s there now.
youtu.be/vtp0thB89GM?...
#postcards
#deltiology
#kchistory
#KansasCity
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