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Title: Westport High School Herald
Description: Photo of Hale Cook and Judge W. T. Bland, et al., as members of the Board of Education.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport High School Herald
Description: Photo and obituary for George Longan, an educator born in New Palestine, Missouri, in 1848 and coming to Kansas City in 1880 as "Principal of the Washington School, then the largest in the city." Serving as assistant superintendent of schools from 1899 until his death (date not given) with the school at 39th and Warwick Boulevards named for him as the George Baker Longan School.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport High School Herald
Description: Illustration and story about the visit to Kansas City by "ex-President" Theodore Roosevelt in 1910 "as the guest of the Commercial Club," speaking at Westport High School of "hair-raising stories of Africa," etc.
Date: 1911
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Westport High School
Description: Street level exterior view of Westport High School located at 315 E. 39th Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Memories of Old Westport
Description: Mention of Joseph Bernard as one of the "fine, good-looking boys" as students at Westport High School, along with Will and Henry Waldo and Sidney and Ben Cunningham. Description also of a speech by fellow student Steven Elkins.
Date: 1924-10-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport-Main Business Association
Description: File contains a brochure about the Westport-Main Business Association with a map showing the area of interest, between 31st, Baltimore, 47th, and Warwick Boulevard, concentrating on Main Street and Westport Road.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport Improvement Association
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Battle of Westport
Description: See index heading "Battle of Westport" for references in the magazine.
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Old Westport Shopping Center
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Battle of Westport Commemoration
Description: Exterior view of three individuals holding hands, two men and one woman in historical period costume. None of the people are identified nor is the exact location known. The back of the photo says "Battle of Westport" and it appears that in the photograph a former Confederate soldier and a former Union man are extending the hand of friendship. May have been a ceremony held at one of the anniversaries of the Battle of Westport, perhaps the 50th (1914).
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Unveiling Ceremony
Description: Identified on photograph as "Mr. Woodard speaking at Westport unveiling ceremony, at the parkway at Broadway and Westport Road, June 5, 1950." The ceremony was held in conjunction with the Kansas City Centennial celebration. The historical marker in the photograph was erected by the Westport Historical Society.
Date: 1950-06-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Race Track
Description: Includes an article by Dory DeAngelo called "And They're Off!" Article has an 1835 map of Westport showing the racetrack at 38th and Summit, now in the Roanoke district of Westport.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Westport Room Restaurant
Description: Ads and articles about the Westport Room restaurant at Union Station, part of the Fred Harvey restaurant chain.
Date: 1958-11-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westport Planning Area
Description: Update of the preliminary report of the previous year by the Kansas City Development (or Planning) Department on the projected land use for the Westport area, bounded by 31st, Troost, Ward, and State Line Road.. Comprehensive discussion of the diverse area of the city, covering trends in population, housing, transportation, etc., and needs for redevelopment and zoning changes, with numerous maps and illustrations.
Date: 1972
Object Type: Report

Title: Westport City Hall
Description: View looking east of the Westport City Hall building that once stood at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and High (now W. 40th Terrace) Street. The building also served as stations for the fire and police departments. A car is parked along High Street.
Date: 1929-11-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Prospect of Westport Restaurant
Description: View of the Prospect of Westport Restaurant sidewalk and storefront, located on the Westport Square at 4109 Pennsylvania Avenue. For their work remodeling and restoring this historic Westport building, Stuart Hutchison Architects and design consultant Robert F. Moore received an award.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Salvation Army Westport Center
Description: Partial view of the front of the Salvation Army Westport Center, located at 500 W. 39th Street. Architects Hays & Meyer received an award for the building's improvement over the previous structure located here.
Date: 1976
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School
Description: Full frontal and side view.
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School
Description: Partial frontal and side view.
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School
Description: Postcard of Westport High School.
Object Type: Postcard

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