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Main Street Storefronts
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Description
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View looking northeast of the Old Westport Cash Saver grocery store in Midtown. Cars parked along Main Street can be seen. A small portion of the Ten-Forty Apartments Building can be seen.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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38th and Main at Night
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Description
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Elevated nighttime view looking northwest of the intersection of 38th and Main Streets in Midtown. The Price Building can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The Hyde Park Building is visible on the right. Sign's for Price's Drugs, South Side Bank of Kansas City, and Crown Drug can be seen. Cars parked and traveling along 38th and Main streets are in view.
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Date
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1935~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street Storefronts
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Description
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View looking northeast of storefronts on Main Street north of its intersection with 40th Street in Midtown. Several cars parked along the street can be seen. The Ten-Forty Apartments Building is in view. Signs for Ten-Forty Coin Laundry, Westport Cash Saver, A1 Sewing Machines, and 90 Min. Dry Cleaners can be seen. The photograph was taken from the lawn of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street Storefronts
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Description
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View looking east of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown east of its intersection with 40th Street. Cars parked along Main Street can be seen. Signs for Clint's Comics, 90 Min. Dry Cleaners, A1 Sewing Machines, and Old Westport Cash Saver are in view. The Ten-Forty Apartments Building can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street Storefronts
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Description
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View looking northeast of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown from between its intersections with 39th and 40th streets.Signs for the Christian Science Reading Room, the Second Fiddle Thrift Shop, The Salvation Army Thrift Store, Westport Distributors, Jo Art's Jewelry, and Moten's Shoe Repair can be seen. The Southwell Building is in view.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar & Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania in the late 1970s. Stanford and Sons restaurant and bar stands to its south at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwell Building
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Description
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View looking east of the Southwell Building on Main Street at its intersection with Westport Road. Signs for JR's Discount, The Shape Shop, and Love Records can be seen.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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3916 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of Astaur Gulaian ; Son Oriental Rugs store at 3916 Broadway Boulevard. Gulaian moved into this building ca. 1930; the business closed in 1989. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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4134-36 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s, looking west, of an apartment building at 4134-36 Broadway Boulevard. At some point after 1986, the building was demolished and a parking lot replaced that space in 1989. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street Storefronts
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Description
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View looking southeast of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown from just south of its intersection with 39th Street. Cars traveling along Main Street are in view. Signs for the Christian Science Reading Room, the Second Fiddle Thrift Shop, the Salvation Army Thrift Store, Westport Distributors, Jo Art's Jewelry, Moten's Shoe Repair. JR's Discount, Harling's Upstairs, Clint's Comics, and Love Records can be seen. St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Southwell Building can be seen.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
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Description
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Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Kelly's Bar
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania circa 1974. Mack-Lang Printing stands to its southwest in the Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1974~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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4300 Block of Belleview Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the 4300 block of Belleview Avenue, looking north toward Westport Road, circa 1986. An apartment building at 4324-26 Belleview can be seen at the left edge of the image. A yellow and black film developing kiosk can be seen in the background of the image, at the intersection of Belleview, Westport Road, and Summit Street/Southwest Trafficway.
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Date
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1986~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kelly's Bar & Mack-Lang Printing
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania circa 1974. Mack-Lang Printing stands to its southwest in the Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1974~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwell Building
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Description
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View looking southeast of the Southwell Building on Main Street in Midtown from just north of its intersection with Westport Road. Cars parked along Main Street can be seen. Signs for JR's Discount, the Shape Shop, Harling's Upstairs, Love Records, and Clint's Comics are in view.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwell Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Southwell Building at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road, in the late 1980s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929. Recycled Sounds, The Futon Company, and Metcalfe Key are among the ground-floor tenants, with Harling's Upstairs Bar and Grill occupying the second floor.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Mabry Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Mabry Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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4026 Central Street
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 4026 Central Street in the Westport neighborhood. It was demolished in 1986. James B. Nutter & Company built an office building in that location.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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