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This annual souvenir created by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, introduces its members and provides a brief history of the department. The department created the annual as a fundraising effort for its Relief Association. The primary relief activity was the distribution of Chirstmas baskets. This is the first annual issued by the department. The annual also includes photos of city officials, prominent citizens, patrons, and buildings and street scenes. The annual includes advertisements from several hundred local businesses and can serve as a business directory for Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri.
Creator: Kansas City (Kan.) Police Dept
Date: 1914
Item Number: 223506
Call Number: K 352 -K13p An78
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 223506
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Commerce
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade
Business and Industry
Business and Industry - Health care
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Police officers
Business and Industry - Retail
Business and Industry - Services
Collections - Library
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1910s - 1914
Government and Politics - Local Government - Municipal - Police
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Booklet
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917 - Progressive Era, 1900 - 1916
Type of Material - Printed materials - Booklets
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223506