Modern Federal · Libraries

The 35-ton steel former bank vault at the Kansas City Central Library, the main downtown library in Missouri's largest city

Missouri · 1850–1939

The 35-ton steel former bank vault at the Kansas City Central Library, the main downtown library in Missouri's largest city, Missouri, 1850–1939
The 35-ton steel former bank vault at the Kansas City Central Library, the main downtown library in Missouri's largest city, Missouri, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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