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Leaders in Our Town
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Description
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Photo and bio of William Kemp, mayor of Kansas City and a former teacher and school superintendent, growing up in La Monte, Missouri, and Warrensburg, Missouri. Also involved in the clean-up campaign in Kansas City politics in the 1930s as "an appellate judge" and "city counselor."
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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William E. Kemp
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Description
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William Kemp, Kansas City Mayor from 1946 through 1955.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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South Central Business Association Luncheon
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Description
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Men at podium at South Central Business Association luncheon. Includes Mayor William Kemp and Missouri Governor Forrest Smith.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Forrest Smith and Others
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Description
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Luncheon honoring Missouri Governor Forrest Smith (1949-1953). From left to right, standing at the head table are: Elmo Hunter, Police Commissioner; George Fiske, Police Commissioner; William E. Kemp, Mayor; Forrest Smith, Governor; Jens C. Pedersen, President of the SCBA; William Southern, Editor of the Independence Examiner; John T. Oliver, Chairman of the Jackson County Election Board; A. T. Broughton, Director of Revenue, Jackson County; Thomas B. Mather, Minister, Central Methodist Chruch.
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Date
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1950-09-19
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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View of dignitaries on the 2nd Hannibal Bridge in connection with the Kansas City Centennial celebration. Banner on bridge reads "Site of First Permanent Rail Crossing of Missouri River, Hannibal and St. Joseph R.R. - July 3, 1869". Mayor William Kemp is included in the photograph.
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Date
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1950-07-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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William Kemp, Ex-Mayor, Dies
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Description
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Photo and obituary for William Kemp (~1889-1968), mayor of Kansas City "longer than any other mayor" from 1946 to 1955, born in LaMonte, Missouri, and coming to Kansas City in 1919 as a lawyer, with residence at the Walnuts at 5049 Wornall Road.
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Date
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1968-07-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Centennial Planning Committee
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Description
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Committee of civic leaders meeting at the Hotel Muehlebach to plan for the centennial celebrations of Kansas City, Missouri in 1950. From left to right (clockwise around table) are pictured Mayor William E. Kemp, S. Bernard Joffee, N. Emerson Paton, William G. Austin, Albert L. Troxel, Clarence B. Hoff, Kenneth L. Morris, Senn Lawler, C. M. Woodard, D. B. Mindlin, Dr. George E. Halley, Fred V. Klemp, H.H. Wilson, E. B. Garnett, an unidentified individual, and Donald D. Davis.
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Date
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1949-07-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Official Mayor Kemp and Others
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Description
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Interior view of three men, including Kansas City Mayor William Kemp on the right. Other men not identified. Written on the back of the photograph: "38th annual meeting AASHO, Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 10, 1952." Believed to be the American Association of State Highway Officials. Location of event not given.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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William E. Kemp
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Description
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Frontal portrait, posed at desk.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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William E. Kemp
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait; mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, 1946-55..
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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L. P. Cookingham At Garage Dedication
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Description
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L. P. Cookingham welcomes the first official parkers to the garage: former Mayor William E. Kemp, President of Chamber of Commerce Frances J. Fitzpatrick, and "Miss Downtown" Sharon Knickmeyer.
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Date
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1955-12-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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H. Roe Bartle at First Kansas City A's Game
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Description
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Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle is seated at the first Kansas City A's game held at Municipal Stadium. Missouri Governor James T. Blair is seated two rows behind Bartle next to the right of the patrolmen. Former Kansas City mayor William Kemp is third from Bartle's right.
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Date
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1955-04-12
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Auditorium Plaza Garage Dedication
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Description
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Former Mayor William E. Kemp giving the dedicatory address prior to the opening of the garage.
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Date
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1955-12-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Miss Downtown
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Description
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Miss Downtown, Sharon Knickmeyer, poses with former Mayor William E. Kemp in Reo supplied by Horseless Carriage Club.
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Date
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1955-12-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Auditorium Plaza Garage
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Description
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During dedication and opening ceremonies, Mayor William E. Kemp discusses garage with unidentified man.
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Date
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1955-12-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Auditorium Plaza Garage Dedication
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Description
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Former Mayor William E. Kemp giving the dedicatory address prior to the opening of the garage.
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Date
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1955-12-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Centennial Celebration
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Description
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Group portrait of Centennial Planning Committee seated at banquet table at Hotel Muehlebach. Includes Mayor William E. Kemp (first on left side of table).
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Date
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1949-07-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Centennial Celebration
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Description
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Mayor William E. Kemp, Gloria Swanson, and unidentified man cutting ribbon to open Centennial Industrial Exposition at Municipal Auditorium.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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City Official Mayor Kemp and Others
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Description
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Exterior view of Kansas City Mayor William Kemp on the left administering some type of oath to a group of four young people who are identified as Janice Miller, David Biersmith, Angel Draffen, and Donna Ferguson. Their addresses are also given with their names. Two stamps appear on the back One is "Attention: Junior City" and the other is "Community Service Division, 5th Floor City Hall, Kansas City 6, Mo." Location of the view not given.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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