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KSCOLL_PH_QuindaroSnowstorm_01.jpg
Black and white photograph of Quindaro Boulevard after a snowstorm in January 1962. Looking west with a view of parked cars and local businesses. Caption reads "Big Snow fell 30 8/10 in. January 21th 1962"

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Black and white photograph of six men at the groundbreaking of the Wyandotte Plaza shopping center, 78th and State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.

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View looking south on 22nd Street towards, Everett Street. Masonry fence visible with house obscured by trees in background.

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Color photograph of the new West Wyandotte branch library on 82nd Street in Kansas City, Kansas, east elevation.

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Color photograph of the West Wyandotte branch library around the time of its opening, front elevation and parking lot.

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Color photograph of the new West Wyandotte branch library, front and side elevations with sign in foreground.

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Color photograph of the Wyandotte Plaza Library, interior view with stacks and an art exhibit on display.

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Color photograph of the Ernst Ulmer bicentennial murals at the Wyandotte Plaza branch library.

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Color photograph of the interior of the Wyandotte Plaza branch of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library. Ernst Ulmer bicentennial mural visible in the background.

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Color photograph of the interior of the Wyandotte Plaza branch. Library director, Willard Dennis, sits in the reading area.

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Color photograph of library staff at the circulation desk of the Wyandotte Plaza branch.

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Color photograph of the exterior of the Wyandotte Plaza Library at 78th and State Ave. in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of the interior of the Wyandotte Plaza branch of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library.

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Color photograph of the circulation desk at the Argentine Carnegie library in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of the bookmobile interior. Mary Lind sits at desk. This was one of two bookmobiles that serviced outlying areas.

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Color photograph of children reading and checking out books at the Carnegie Library in Argentine. The Children's department served as a school library for neighboring Emerson School.

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Color photograph of children reading at a table in the Argentine Carnegie Library.

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Color photograph of two people walking down the front steps of the Argentine Carnegie library.

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Color photograph of Sandra Poole, Reference Librarian, checking the list to begin a daily search of materials to be loaned on the Kansas Informational Circuit. Main Library, downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of the reference area in the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas Room visible in the background.

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Color photograph of librarians Jo Gander and Rebecca Delherran working at the reference desk of the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of the chute used to transfer books from the old Carnegie Library to the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of the excavation of library grounds in Huron Park to make way for the new library construction. Town House hotel visible in the background.

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Color photograph of a police officer viewing artworks for checkout at the new Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. When the library opened it owned 738 framed reproductions of artworks that loaned for eight weeks.

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Color photograph of the lobby and circulation desk in the new Main Library. Visible is one of the electronic anti-theft gates installed in the new building in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of Louise Steward working at the circulation desk in the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of film librarians Irene Anderson and Sondra Novagradac looking at film reels in the AV department of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Sepia toned photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Huron Park in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. View of front elevation from the north side.

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Color photograph of the old Carnegie Library being demolished in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The building was razed to make way for the Main Library's new parking lot. View looking northeast.

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Color photograph of the view towards Minnesota Avenue from the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Fish pond visible in foreground and commercial businesses visible in background. This area became the site for the new Main Library.

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Color photograph of the Huron Park rose garden with peonies in bloom and the Carnegie Library in the background. View looking north.

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Color photograph of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. North elevation.

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Black and white photograph of two unidentified women reading in the book room at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of staff and patrons at the circulation desk in the lobby of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Seward working at desk.

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Color photograph of library staff and patrons at the circulation desk of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Seward working at desk.

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Sepia toned photographs of Bethany Hospital nursing students standing in a group in front of Bethany Hospital at Orchard and Tenny Streets in the Strawberry Hill area of Kansas City, Kansas. Photographs are glued to paper page and each woman is…

KSCOLL_PH_MainDesk_01.JPG
Black and white photograph of a circulation desk at the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Black and white photograph of an unidentified man with an Army recruiter.

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Black and white photograph of unidentified man with two army recruiters.

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Black and white photograph of Zeke Montroy, World's Champion Shoe Shiner.

KSCOLL_PH_CarnegieReception_02.JPG
Black and white photograph of the seated audience at the U.S. Army Mothers', post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Black and white photograph of members of the U.S. Army Mothers' post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books in the lobby of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Black and white photograph of the U.S. Army Mothers', post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

KSCOLL_PH_FirstFloor_02.jpg
Color photograph of the stacks and seating area on the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of new furniture in the reading area on the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Stacks visible in the background.

KSCOLL_PH_MainChildrens_01.JPG
Color photograph of the children's area on the second floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of Willard Dennis, Head Librarian at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library in the administrative office suite at the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of Willard Dennis, Head Librarian at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, in his office on the second floor of the Main Library.

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Color photograph of the reading area on the second floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

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Color photograph of the reading area on the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.
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