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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: 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: 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: St. Luke's Hospital and Westport
Description: Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard from roughly 44th Street circa 1987. Buildings on the St. Luke's Hospital campus can be seen at the left edge of the image, and an Embassy Suites Hotel at 220 West 43rd Street at the center of the photo. Buildings in Westport, along Armour Boulevard, and Downtown can be seen in the background of the image. Baltimore Avenue runs north/south at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kelly's Bar & Stanford and Sons
Description: Photograph of Kelly's Westport Inn, at 500 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its west, at the left of the photo, is the Chouteau-Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road, with Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club as its tenant. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kelly's Bar & Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kelly's Bar
Description: 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.
Date: 1974~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4300 Block of Belleview Avenue
Description: 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.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kelly's Bar & Mack-Lang Printing
Description: 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.
Date: 1974~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mabry Hall
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mabry Hall
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: Photograph of the southwest side of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Sanford and Sons' main building is known as the Bridger Building, one of the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mabry Hall
Description: 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. The neighboring building, at 4116 Pennsylvania, can be seen to the right of Mabry Hall.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Osco Drugstore
Description: Photograph of Osco Drugstore at 3948 Main, at the corner of Main Street and Westport Road, circa 1990. The building was originally designed by local architect Clarence Kivett and opened as a Katz Drug Store in 1934. After Skaggs acquired the Katz chain in 1971, the stores began operating under the Skaggs name. In 1985, the store became an Osco drug store after another round of mergers and rebranding.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Skaggs Drug Center
Description: Photograph of Skaggs Drug Center at 3948 Main, at the corner of Main Street and Westport Road, circa 1982. The building was originally designed by local architect Clarence Kivett and opened as a Katz Drug Store in 1934. After Skaggs acquired the Katz chain in 1971, the stores began operating under the Skaggs name. In 1985, the store became an Osco drug store after another round of mergers and rebranding.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

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