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May 28, 2021
  • Present Photos By Keith Borgmeyer
aerial view of downtown Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of downtown Columbia

aerial view of downtown Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of downtown Columbia
aerial view of highway near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the highway outside of Columbia, Missouri
aerial view of football field near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the football field outside of Columbia, Missouri
aerial view of railroad near Columbia Missorui with the current view side by side with the historical image of the railroad outside of Columbia, Missouri +1
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Change Is in the Air
aerial view of downtown Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of downtown Columbia
1 aerial view of downtown Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of downtown Columbia
2 aerial view of highway near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the highway outside of Columbia, Missouri
3 aerial view of football field near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the football field outside of Columbia, Missouri
4 aerial view of railroad near Columbia Missorui with the current view side by side with the historical image of the railroad outside of Columbia, Missouri
5 aerial view of area near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the area outside of Columbia, Missouri
Photo-on-left-of-left-Columbia-in-late-1920s-photo-on-right-of-Downtown-Columbia-today

Downtown Columbia, Circa 1925-1933. (Roe F. Montgomery Scrapbook. P0054. 023140-2. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Photograph Collection.)

Change Is in the Air
aerial view of highway near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the highway outside of Columbia, Missouri
Interstate 70, 1960. (Missouri Ruralist Photographs. P0030-4800. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Photograph Collection)

1. I-70 2. Business Loop 3. MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital 4. Highway 63 5. Conley Road 6. Exit 128 7. Walmart Supercenter 8. Columbia Country Club

Change Is in the Air
aerial view of football field near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the football field outside of Columbia, Missouri
Memorial Stadium, 1928. (Roe F. Montgomery Scrapbook. P0054. 004886. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.)
Change Is in the Air
aerial view of railroad near Columbia Missorui with the current view side by side with the historical image of the railroad outside of Columbia, Missouri
COLT-RailroaIndustrial Development Site, Looking South, Circa 1955. (Image used with permission from the Columbia Missourian.) d-on-left-1955-on-right-present-day

1. COLT Railroad 2. Brown Station Road 3. US Hwy 63 4. COLT Railroad 5. 10 Federal Self Storage 6. Norma Sutherland Smith Park 7. Intersection of Brown Station Road and N Rte. B

Change Is in the Air
aerial view of area near Columbia Missouri with the current view side by side with the historical image of the area outside of Columbia, Missouri
Leawood Subdivision, 1959. (Copyright Charles Mar Pictures. P0078. 019428. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Photograph Collection.)

1. Broadway Christian Church 2. Hulen Lake 3. West Broadway 4. Fairview Road

Downtown Columbia, Circa 1925-1933.
(Roe F. Montgomery Scrapbook. P0054. 023140-2. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Photograph Collection.)

1. I-70 2. Business Loop 3. MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital 4. Highway 63 5. Conley Road 6. Exit 128 7. Walmart Supercenter 8. Columbia Country Club

Interstate 70, 1960. (Missouri Ruralist Photographs. P0030-4800. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Photograph Collection)

1. I-70
2. Business Loop
3. MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital 
4. Highway 63
5. Conley Road
6. Exit 128
7. Walmart Supercenter
8. Columbia Country Club

1. COLT Railroad 2. Brown Station Road 3. US Hwy 63 4. COLT Railroad 5. 10 Federal Self Storage 6. Norma Sutherland Smith Park 7. Intersection of Brown Station Road and N Rte. B

Industrial Development Site, Looking South, Circa 1955. (Image used with permission from the Columbia Missourian.)

1. COLT Railroad
2. Brown Station Road
3. US Hwy 63
4. COLT Railroad
5. 10 Federal Self Storage
6. Norma Sutherland Smith Park
7. Intersection of Brown Station Road and N Rte. B

Memorial Stadium, 1928. (Roe F. Montgomery Scrapbook. P0054. 004886. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Photograph Collection.)

1. Broadway Christian Church 2. Hulen Lake 3. West Broadway 4. Fairview Road

Leawood Subdivision, 1959. (Copyright Charles Mar Pictures. P0078. 019428. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Photograph Collection.)

1. Broadway Christian Church
2. Hulen Lake
3. West Broadway
4. Fairview Road

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