Business Buildings

Title: Pickering Lumber Company
Description: Frontal and side view of Pickering Lumber Company offices. The 1928 City Directory has the building located at 307 W. 11th Street. The address later changed to 301 W. 11th Street. The company's letterhead and logo was on the facing scrapbook page, the back of photograph #15.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: Full frontal and side view of the New England Building; located on the northeast corner of 9th and Wyandotte streets.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Willys-Overland, Inc.
Description: Full frontal and side view of Willys-Overland, Incorporated; located at 2501-09 Grand Avenue. Sign also says Willys Knight Overland and another sign on the building reads Holzmark Motor Company. Company letterhead and logo is located on the back of photograph #35.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gate City National Bank
Description: Full frontal view of the Gate City National Bank; located at 1111 Grand Avenue.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: American Steel and Wire Company
Description: Frontal and side view of the American Steel and Wire Company; located at 417-23 Grand Avenue.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Butler Motor Company
Description: Frontal and side view of Butler Motor Company; located on 26th Street between Walnut Street and Grand Avenue. Sign on building reads Dodge Brothers Motor Car. Other automobile signs down the street include Auburn, Hudson, Essex, Simons-Wiles, Buick, etc. The Butler Motor Company letterhead and logo is located in the folder.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Merry Building
Description: Full frontal view of the Merry Building; located at 1009-11 Walnut Street. Businesses noted in the building include: Merry Optical Company, Nisley's Shoes, Cady & Olmstead Jewelry, and Hoefer Jewelry Company. Letterhead for Merry Investment Company and business card for Walter E. Durham of the company is located on the back of the photograph and photograph #40-42.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lathrop Building
Description: Frontal and side view of the Lathrop Building; located on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Grand Avenue. Letterhead and card for the Guaranty Building Company, owner of the Lathrop Building, is on the back of photograph #16.Card indicates that R. M. Kennedy was the secy. and manager of the company.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: President Hotel
Description: Full frontal and side view of the President Hotel; located on the northeast corner of 14th Street and Baltimore Avenue. A gasoline station called Pen-Jac and a parking lot also in view.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Argyle Building
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Argyle Building; located on the northeast corner of 12th and McGee streets. Shows Katz Drug Store as first floor tenant and the sign on top of the building says Empress Burlesque. Letterhead and logo for the Shukert Fur Company located at 1113 McGee Street is on the back of photograph #7.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: H.D. Lee Company
Description: Full frontal and side view of the H. D. Lee Company; located on the southeast corner of 20th and Wyandotte streets.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Description: Frontal and side view of the Kansas City Life Insurance Company; located at 3520 Broadway Boulevard.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Reid-Ward Motor Company
Description: View of the Reid-Ward Motor Company Building, once located at 2500 McGee Trafficway. A Packard sign on the building can be seen. The company's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #43.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Robert Keith Furniture and Carpet Company
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Robert Keith Furniture Company; located at 13th Street and Baltimore Avenue. The company's letterhead is located on the back of photograph #37.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mutual Building
Description: Frontal and side view of the Mutual Building; located on the southeast corner of 13th and Oak streets. Mutual Bank is located in the building.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: National Fidelity Life Insurance Company of Kansas City
Description: Frontal and side view identified on the photograph as the National Fidelity Life Insurance Building. It was located at 10th and Walnut streets according to the 1930 Kansas City city directory. Building was called the Continental Building in the 1928 Kansas City city directory.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Palace Clothing Company
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Palace Clothing Company Building; located on the northwest corner of 12th Street and Grand Avenue. Includes in view a street pole clock. Company's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #54.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bemis Brothers Bag Company
Description: Frontal and side view of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company; located at 925 Wyoming Street.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Muehlebach Hotel
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Muehlebach Hotel; located on the southwest corner of 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue. The hotel's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #30.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Studebaker Riley Company
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Studebaker Riley Company; located at 2610 Grand Avenue. The company's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #47.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

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