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Title: Schutte Lumber Company
Description: Aerial view looking south showing the Schutte Lumber Company, located at 3001 Southwest Boulevard.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Side of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Photograph of the west side of Country Club Plaza area, looking southwest, in 1987. The Neptune Apartments building can be seen under construction in the foreground left, and the Saks department store and Seville Square shopping center, on Nichols Road, and Skelly building, on 49th Street, occupy the center of the photograph. The Winston Churchill Apartments and Poet Apartments are pictured in the background, west of Jefferson Street.
Date: 1987
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Neptune Apartments
Description: Elevated photograph, looking north from Nichols Road, of the Neptune Apartments building and adjacent Plaza rooftops circa 1987. The Parkway Towers apartment building is seen in the background right of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: South Plaza Buildings
Description: Photograph, looking south along Baltimore Avenue, of South Plaza apartment and office buildings in the late 1980s. The Casa Loma East and West and Biarritz apartment buildings can be seen to the south of Ward Parkway, with the Sulgrave apartment building to their south. East of Baltimore, the One Ward Parkway, Board of Trade, and 4900 Main office buildings are pictured, from north to south.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway Apartments
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of apartments and other buildings along and west of J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. Three of the six foreground apartment buildings were later demolished for a new townhome project. The Parkway Towers apartment building can be seen at the left edge of the image, and parking garages for the St. Luke's Hospital campus are visible at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nichols Road Storefronts
Description: Photograph of a building at the northwest corner of Nichols Road and Central Street, circa 1987. Superlatives clothing store occupies the corner storefront at 234 Nichols, with Caswell-Masey to its east at 230 Nichols.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri
Description: A reproduction of the 1887 Case and Norman's Stranger's Guide which appeared in The Kansas City Star around 1927 that shows an aerial view of business and industrial districts of Kansas City as seen from the northwest. Indicates population in 1887 as 160,000 and in 1880 as 57,000. Prominent landmarks, buildings, and businesses are numbered to correlate with list at the bottom. Portion of text on map reads: "The map reproduced above shows the city of 'Forty Years Ago' whose social and industrial activities are reflected daily in the familiar column under that caption in the Star's morning edition. Supplement to the Kansas City Commercial."
Date: 1927
Object Type: Map

Title: Nelson Art Gallery
Description: Photograph looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) of the west side of the Nelson Art Gallery, circa 1987. The Simpson House can be seen in the foreground of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Buildings
Description: Photograph of the Country Club Plaza area, looking southwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) at 45th and Main Streets circa 1987. The Parkway Towers apartment building occupies the foreground of the image, with other area commercial, office, and residential buildings in view.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vanderslice Hall
Description: Photograph looking east from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) across the Kansas City Art Institute campus and Southmoreland neighborhood circa 1987. KCAI's Vanderslice Hall occupies the center of the image. A portion of the One Main Plaza office building occupies the lower left corner.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade and 4900 Main Buildings
Description: Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 49th and Main Streets circa 1987. The Board of Trade and 4900 Main Street buildings are visible in the center of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of 47th and Wyandotte Streets
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from Giralda Tower, of the intersection of 47th and Wyandotte Streets in 1987. A Commerce Bank branch, at 118 West 47th, is pictured, with additional businesses on surrounding corners. The Neptune Apartments building can be seen under construction in the center background, with additional residential and office buildings in view further to the west.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Buildings
Description: Photograph, looking southwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across the Plaza circa 1987. The Parkway Towers apartment building, at 4545 Wornall Road, occupies the left foreground, with J. C. Nichols Parkway apartment buildings to its right. Plaza commercial and residential buildings occupy the center and background of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bird's Eye View of Early Kansas City
Description: Framed (14 in. x 20 in.) map which is a reproduction of "Case & Norman's Stranger's Guide to Kansas City, Missouri." Caption at bottom reads: "To accommodate Kansas City newcomers, this 1887 map often rotated structures to present frontal views of buildings for easier identification." Map is a bird's eye view of Kansas City situated where the Kansas and Missouri Rivers converge. Includes an inset which is an advertisement for the National Agricultural Exposition held in 1887 and features the Crystal Palace or Exposition Building. This map was reproduced by the library's Marketing Department to sell in the early 1990s.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: The BMA Tower
Description: Aerial view of the Business Men's Assurance (BMA) Tower at 700 W. 31st street. Cars can be seen traveling on 31st Street along the bottom of the image and on Southwest Trafficway along the left hand side. Penn Valley Park and downtown Kansas City can be seen in the background.
Date: 1963~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ward Parkway Houses
Description: Photograph of houses on the 500 block of Ward Parkway (later renumbered as the 700 block), taken from inside the Winston Churchill building, overlooking Brush Creek circa 1988. The houses were demolished prior circa 2000.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pratt and Whitney Complex
Description: Aerial view looking southeast of the Pratt and Whitney complex at 9307-9447 Troost Avenue near its intersection with Bannister Road.
Date: 1945
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) St. Luke's Hospital buildings along J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Area Aerial View
Description: Aerial photograph of the downtown Kansas City, West Bottoms, and Kansas City, Kansas areas. The Intercity Viaduct, later renamed the Lewis and Clark Viaduct, spanning the Kansas River is center in the photograph.
Date: 1966~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Luke's and West Plaza
Description: Photograph looking west from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) across the St. Luke's Hospital campus along J. C. Nichols Parkway, circa 1987. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison, is visible in the background.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

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