Kansas
City, Missouri, Depots
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Artist’s
drawing of the proposed Union Station in Kansas City,
Missouri. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: Proposed
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Max
Bernstein, Kansas City, Missouri
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: Union
Station, Kansas City, Missouri The third largest passenger
station in the world: The main building covers a ground
area of 5.57 acres. Total cost of station and terminals
$50,000,000.
Message: None |
Artist’s
drawing of the proposed Union Station in Kansas City,
Missouri. |
Sender: Unknown
Recipient: Miss
Jessie A. Backof, c/o Judge Alex Wright, Oran, Scott
Co., Missouri
Postmark: Kansas
City, Missouri, June 26, 1910
Title
on Card: Proposed
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Elite
Post Card Co., Kansas City, Missouri
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: Baby
must not forget papa. Hope you are getting enough play
out in the open & chase the little chicks & duckies
around the lot. With love & kisses. Papa |
Artist’s
drawing of Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. |
Sender: Unknown
Recipient: Lavon
Miller, Tina, Missouri
Postmark: Kansas
City, Missouri, August 2, 1910
Title
on Card: 9-Union
Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Elite
Post Card Co., Kansas City, Missouri
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: None |
Artist’s
drawing of the new Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. |
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Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: New
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Hall
Brothers, Kansas City, Missouri Hallmark
Cards.
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: Union
Station, Kansas City, Missouri The third largest passenger
station in the world. The main building covers a ground
area of 5.57 acres. The waiting room alone is 352 feet
long and can accommodate 10,000 people, the population
of a good sized town. Total cost of station and terminals,
$50,000,000.00. 260 scheduled trains arrive daily, making
an average of 35,000 people passing through each day.
Message: None |
Union
Station, Kansas City, Missouri. |
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Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: Union
Station from Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: R.
B. Harness, Kansas City, Missouri
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: This
is looking north from the Liberty Memorial. Kansas City's
Union Station is one of the largest railway terminals
in the U.S.
Message: None |
Nighttime
scene showing Union Station and the Kansas City skyline
in Kansas City, Missouri. |
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Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: 91
- Union Station and Sky Line by Night, Kansas City,
Missouri
Creator: Max
Bernstein, Kansas City, Missouri; Genuine
Curteich - Chicago “C.T. Art-Colortone” Post
Card.
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: None |
Union
Station and Kansas City skyline. |
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Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: None
Creator: Tericolor
Card Published by J. E. Tetrick, Kansas City,
Missouri Color by Gene Hook
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: Union
Station and Sky Line, Kansas City, Missouri. As seen
from atop the Liberty Memorial Monument.
Message: None |
Night
scene showing Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri
with trains lined up. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: H-3012
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri.
Creator: Fred
Harvey “Phostint.” Made by Detroit
Publishing Co.
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: None |
Nighttime
scene of Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri. |
Sender: Rey
Recipient: Mr.
Harley Pierce, Springfield, Missouri
Postmark: Kansas
City, Missouri, June 6, 1921.
Title
on Card: H-1479
Union Station by Night, Kansas City, Missouri
Copyright Fred Harvey.
Creator: Fred
Harvey
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: Arrived
in K.C. all OK don't leave till noon (unknown word),
Rey. |
Scene
of Union Station in Kansas City with streetcars in
front. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: Union
Station, Kansas City
Creator: From
drawing by Teachenor-Barberger Engraving
Co., Kansas City; Published by Hall Bros.
Kansas City, Missouri
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: Union
Station, Kansas City. The third largest passenger station
in the world. The main building covers a ground area
of 5.57 acres. The waiting room alone is 352 feet long
and can accommodate 10,000 people, the population of
a good sized town. Total cost of station and terminals,
$50,000,000.00. 260 scheduled trains arrive daily, making
an average of 35,000 people passing thru each day.
Message: None |
Early
20th century street scene showing automobile,
pedestrian and carriage traffic in front of the Kansas
City, Missouri, Union Station. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: None
Creator: Unknown
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: None |
Union
Station in Kansas City, Missouri With automobiles and
a streetcar in front of the building. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: H-1565
Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Commercialchrome
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: None |
Detailed
view of outside of the Union Station in Kansas City,
Missouri showing automobiles and pedestrians. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: Union
Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Max
Bernstein, Kansas City, Missouri; “C.T.
Art-Colortone,” made only by Curt
Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, U.S.A.
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: None |
Nighttime
scene of well-lighted Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri,
with automobiles parked in front. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card: 94
- Union Station by Night, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Max
Bernstein, Kansas City, Missouri; Genuine
Curteich-Chicago “C.T.
Art-Colortone,” Post
Card
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: None
Message: None |
Outside
view of Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, with
automobiles in front. |
Sender: Unknown
Recipient: Mrs.
H.T.F. Jarvis, Ellis, Nebr.
Postmark:
Kansas
City, Missouri, Nov. 3, 1926
Title
on Card:
Union
Station, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: Hall Bros.,
Kansas City, Missouri; G. T. Photochrom
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: Union
Station, Kansas City. The third largest passenger station
in the world. The main building covers a ground area of
5.57 acres. The waiting room alone is 352 feet long and
can accommodate 10,000 people, the population of a good
sized town. The cost of station and terminals, $50,000,000.00.
260 scheduled trains arrive daily, making an average of
35,000 people passing thru each day.
Message: None |
View
of Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, with the Kansas
City skyline in the background. |
Sender: None
Recipient: None
Postmark: None
Title
on Card:
Union
Station and Skyline, Kansas City, Missouri
Creator: A “Colourpicture” Publication,
Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.; Chamber of
Commerce of Kansas City, Kansas City,
Missouri
Coverage: Jackson
County, Missouri Missouri |
Description: Kansas
City'’s impressive skyline is indicative of the industry
and culture found in “The
Heart of America,” one of the world's richest agricultural areas. Kansas City
is famous for its meat and other vital food processing
and shipping facilities, and is one of the nation's most
important war industry centers. Union Station, foreground,
served by 12 trunkline railway systems, is one of the busiest
terminals in the nation.
Message: None |
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