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Title: Westport Intersection
Description: View of the intersection of Southwest Trafficway, Madison Avenue, Westport Road, 43rd Street and Belleview Avenue in Westport facing southwest. A building housing Frank's Brake & Clutch Service on the south side of 43rd Street is in view. Billboards for the First National Bank and Holsum Bread can be seen. The First National Bank billboard shows their main location at 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue where the Central Library is located.
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 Road and Main Street
Description: Photograph of the intersection of Westport Road and Main Street, looking west, in the early 1980s. Part of the Skaggs Drugstore (formerly Katz Drugstore) is visible at left. The commercial building on the north side of Westport Road houses businesses, including the Seville Barber Shop.
Date: 1980~/1989~
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: H&R Block Headquarters
Description: Photograph, taken from the top of the Marriott Hotel at 45th and Main, looking northwest circa 1987. The H&R Block headquarters building is seen at the center of the image, on the west side of Main, with the Embassy Suites Hotel visible to the northwest. Broadway Boulevard can be seen bending west through Westport in the background. The One Main Plaza office building can be seen at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Area Plan Existing Circulation
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road and 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates existing traffic circulation, including problem intersections such as the intersection of Southwest Trafficway and 39th Street. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Plaza Area Plan Parks and Boulevards
Description: Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road and 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates parks and boulevards within the area boundaries, including Westwood, Southmoreland, and Loose Parks, as well as the dates each park was established. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Map

Title: Apple Tree on Sunset Drive
Description: An autochrome photograph of an automobile parked next to an apple tree on Sunset Drive. Lauder notes with the picture: "Don't Mutilate".
Date: 1933-04-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: B'nai Jehudah Temple
Description: An autochrome photograph of the B'nai Jehudah Temple, a Jewish synagogue at the southeast corner of Flora Avenue and Linwood Boulevard. This vantage point faces south on Linwood Boulevard just east of Flora.
Date: 1933-10-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fountain at Alameda Road and Broadway
Description: An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza just east of the intersection of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Broadway. This vantage point faces north-northeast towards a gasoline filling station, a parking lot, and the Country Club Plaza Balcony Building in the background.
Date: 1932-07-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fountain at Alameda Road and Broadway
Description: An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza just east of the intersection of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Broadway. This vantage point faces north towards a gasoline filling station, a parking lot, and the Country Club Plaza Balcony Building in the background.
Date: 1932-07-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 44th and Main Intersection
Description: Photograph of the intersection of 44th and Main Streets, looking south on Main, circa 1987. The Fountain View building (later American Century Investments north tower) is pictured at 4500 Main, with the H&R Block headquarters to its north. The apartments at right were later demolished to allow for expansion of the H&R Block building.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Park Drive
Description: Postcard of an automobile and a carriage traveling through Roanoke Park.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Country Club Plaza, 47th & Mill Creek Blvd.
Description: Postcard of the Country Club Plaza at 47th Street and Mill Creek Boulevard.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Postcard

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