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Title: Embassy Suites and Westport
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station - Westport Room
Description: Interior view of Union Station at 30 W. Pershing Road during its renovation. The photograph shows work being done on the murals Arrival at Westport Landing; Outfitting at Westport Landing; Commerce of the Prairies. The murals were commissioned in 1937 to decorate the Westport Room restaurant and cocktail lounge inside of Union Station.
Date: 2000~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport and Natural Wear, a clothing store, and Earth Shoe outlet, at 435 Westport. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 433 Westport Road
Description: Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport, and an architecture firm's offices occupy the second floor. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Methodist Church
Description: Photograph of the main entrance of Westport Methodist Church at the corner of 40th and Washington Streets in the early 1980s. The church was dedicated in October 1896, and the congregation has been called the oldest in Kansas City, initially meeting in the home of William Chick in 1836, and the original building on the site constructed in 1853.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport and Main
Description: Photograph of the Montrose Apartments building at the corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, looking east from the intersection of Westport Road and Main. The building was designed by Shepard & Wiser and built in 1923. It was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. St. Paul's Episcopal Church stands to the south, across 40th Street.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harris House in Westport
Description: Exterior, street view of the Harris House located at the northeast corner of Westport Avenue and Pennsylvania Street. A truck and automobiles are visible in front. Identified in scrapbook as "Old Westport views."
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Intersection of Westport & Pennsylvania
Description: Photograph of the intersection of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1923. Wiedenmann Brothers Grocery Store, at 500 Westport Road, can be seen on the northwest corner of the intersection, and Doerschuk's Prescription Drug Store, at 501 Westport, is on the southwest corner. Signs reading "Mogul Overalls" hang on the building at 433 Westport, on the southeast corner, which was the home to Klein's clothing store. The northeast corner, a vacant lot at the time of the photo, was the original location of the pre-Civil War Harris-Kearney House, a hotel and later a private home, which was moved to a location several blocks away in 1922. It was replaced by a commercial building shortly thereafter.
Date: 1923~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School
Description: Photograph of Westport High School on 39th Street circa 1980. The high school was built in 1908. Westport High School was closed by the Kansas City School District in 2010, and sold to private developers in 2014.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway at Westport Road
Description: View looking north on Broadway Boulevard from Westport Road. Shows automobiles and an unidentified young man standing in the median.
Date: 1948-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway at Westport Road
Description: View looking southeast on Broadway Boulevard across its intersection with Westport Road.
Date: 1948-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport High School Reunion
Description: Group portrait of individuals attending the 65th reunion of the Class of 1926.
Date: 1981-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Battle of Westport Map
Description: Map of the Battle of Westport battlefield, drawn by William M. Lewis.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Old Westport Shopping Center
Description: Architect's drawing of what the proposed Old Westport Shopping Center would look like. Location is on the northwest corner of Westport Road and Southwest Trafficway. Drawing by Folger and Pearson, A.I.A. Architects located at 1009 Baltimore Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Drawing was used on the front cover of the P17 collection.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Allen (Westport) Library
Description: Street level view of the main entrance side of the Allen Library, later named the Westport Library of the Kansas City Public Library. Located at 118 Westport Road.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: First Presbyterian Church in Westport
Description: Full, front, street side view of the First Presbyterian Church located at 40th and Penn in the Westport area. Identified in scrapbook as â€œFirst Protestant Churchâ€ .
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Daughters of Old Westport Memorial
Description: "To the Pioneer Mother" tablet. Described in scrapbook as â€œDaughter of Old Westport Memorial to the Pioneers of Westport. Fortieth and Broadway. Bronze tablets set into a rough block of Missouri red granite. Merrell Gage, sculptor, Kansas City, Missouri."
Object Type: Photograph

Title: First Baptist Church in Westport
Description: Full frontal and side view of the First Baptist Church, located in Westport, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City and Westport Streetcar
Description: Kansas City and Westport line car, with passengers, at an unidentifed location.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

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