12th St. Paseo 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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Library of Congress record: 12th St. and Paseo, Kansas City, Mo.
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12th St. Paseo Kansas City, Missouri, 1909
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In 1909 Kansas City, Missouri, was a fast-growing railroad and grain hub with a population of roughly a quarter million, and its leading families were spending heavily on the boulevards and parks that landscape architect George Kessler had begun laying out in the 1890s. The Paseo, a broad, tree-lined parkway running south from the city's downtown toward the new residential districts, was one of the most visible results, and it signaled that the city wanted to be seen as more than a rail and commerce town. Streetcar lines carried clerks, shopkeepers and their families out along such routes, making the Paseo a place for Sunday strolls, carriage rides and the new automobiles that were just beginning to appear on city streets. Residents of the era would have known the city as a commercial crossroads on the Missouri River, with its growing business district and its ambitious park system competing for attention.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | jones, w. h. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Missouri |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,176 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | 12th St. and Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. |
| Reference | MO 12th St. Paseo Kansas City 1909 |
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