#kansascity Timeline

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Old friend featured in our local arts magazine. Every room in my house has a piece of his work.

https://kcstudio.org/dick-daniels-making-it-fun/

#KansasCityArtist #KansasCity

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Kansas City, 4.

At the American Jazz Museum on 18th and Vine.

#photography #kansascity #museum #jazz #americanjazzmuseum

A metallic oblong portal frames a vintage French cornet, of the same type used by Louis Armstrong, mounted on a yellow wall. Below is a circular blue tin of “Louis Armstrong Lip Salve” sitting atop a small clear pedestal. To the left is a black and white photo of Armstrong grinning.

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Kansas City, 6.

The most revelatory site I visited here was the National World War I Museum and Memorial, established largely through the efforts of the people of KC. I knew the war’s bare outlines — the assassination, the entanglement of alliances, trench warfare — but I’d never had the context filled in so vividly. A stunning, deeply moving place. I’ll be on this topic for a while and sharing lots more pics in the comments.

#photography #kansascity #museum #ww1 #worldhistory #ushistory

A view of the enormous vertical shaft of Liberty Tower, the most prominent visible element of the National World War I Memorial, rising above a green hillside. A zigzagging path of wide steps leads up the hill to the wall at the base of the tower. At the foot of the stairs is a sign with directions to various parts of the memorial, and two visitors can be seen climbing the steps. At left is another, narrower zigzagging footpath. Two leafy trees stand at the photo’s left and right, framing the scene. The sky is overcast and gray.

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#Missouri USA accounts to follow:

NEWS
@KansasCityStar - The Kansas City Star newspaper
@index - Clayton city council & school board meetings

SPORT
@index@talkinsoccer.com - News about US soccer, also covering soccer in St Louis MO

CULTURE
@socialsymphony - Kansas City community orchestra
@mobotmuseum - Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Gardens / MOBOT

WEATHER
@OakvilleWX - Updates from weather station in Oakville
@nws_lsx - Unofficial NWS bot for St Louis

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#KansasCity #StLouis #MO

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Kansas City, 1.

My first-ever visit! What a cool city, with plenty of fountains and green spaces, and lots of rich, fascinating history that I didn’t know or expect. I’ll be sharing some pics, starting with this one, in front of the beautiful facade of Union Station.

#photography #fountains #architecture #longexposure #kansascity

Vertical jets of water spurt upwards from a ring of fountains in front of a Beaux-Arts building facade with an arch flanked by columns. The fountains are reflected in the pool below, and the long-exposure shot blurs and smooths the spray. A blue sign with abstract designs is suspended inside the arch and echoes its curved top. The sign reads “Bike MS Kansas City,” promoting a fundraising campaign by the National MS Society to combat multiple sclerosis.

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Kansas City, 3.

Jars of soil from the sites of lynchings in Missouri, on display at the Black Archives of Mid-America. Part of an ongoing collection effort by the Community Remembrance Project of Missouri. More in the comments.

#photography #museum #kansascity #blackarchives #ushistory #blackhistory

An angled view of wooden display cases shaped like castle crenellations, marked with the names of Black victims of lynchings and the locations and dates of their deaths. Four labeled glass jars sit on the cases, two on the upper “teeth” and two on the gaps in between. Each jar holds soil from the site of the indicated lynching. The names on the jars are of Horace Duncan, William Allen, Erastus Brown, and Fred Coker.

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