Country club Kansas City, Missouri, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Country club Kansas City, Missouri, 1909 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Country club, Kansas City, Mo.
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Country club Kansas City, Missouri, 1909
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Kansas City, Missouri, in 1909 was a growing rail and meatpacking center, with its population approaching 250,000 by the 1910 census. Its fortunes rested on the stockyards, freight lines, and grain and livestock trade that moved through the city's rail yards along the Missouri River bluffs. Wealthy families who had prospered in these industries were moving south, away from the crowded downtown, and country clubs with golf courses and lawns became a visible sign of that move. Developers were beginning to lay out the wider suburban acreage on the city's southern edge, and the club grounds in this view would have stood for leisure, status, and a new kind of residential life. Residents of the time would have known the city first for commerce and trade, with its country clubs marking the changing habits of its prosperous families.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | jones, w. h. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Missouri |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,162 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Country club, Kansas City, Mo. |
| Reference | MO Country club Kansas City 1909 |
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