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Title: Four Thousand Main Building
Description: Photograph of the Four Thousand Main Building, at the southwest corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, and a three-story apartment building at 4006-4008 Main Street. At the time of the photo, 4000 Main served as the headquarters for Sutherlands Lumber Company. The apartment building to its south was demolished in 2017.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of the rear of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s, from Mill Street looking southeast. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of a Colonial Bakery truck at the loading docks on the southeast side of the Manor Bakery building at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s, looking northwest down Pennsylvania. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3910 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a vacant building at 3910 Main Street, circa 1983. The building was originally a Denny's restaurant that closed in 1982. Rosie's Bakery and Deli opened in the building in 1983. Foolkiller Theater, on the northwest corner of 39th and Main, can be seen in the background of the image. The restaurant building and gas station to the north were demolished in 1998.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of Colonial Bakery store at the northwest end of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s. Delivery trucks and gas pumps can be seen at the rear of the store. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Manor Bakery
Description: Photograph of the Manor Bakery complex at 4020-50 Pennsylvania Avenue in the early 1980s, looking northwest down Pennsylvania to the Colonial Bakery Store. The buildings served as the bakery and distribution center for Manor Bakery beginning in 1925. Multiple mergers resulted in the Manor label becoming part of Colonial Bakery, which continued to operate in the space through 1986, when the buildings were included in a major mixed-use redevelopment project that included the construction of the Manor Square building on the southwest corner of the block.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Government Employees Hospital Association
Description: Photograph of an office building at 2 West 40th Street in the early 1980s. Originally built for Standard Oil Company, at the time of the photograph the building was occupied by the Government Employees Hospital Association. A decorative archway leading to the parking lot of the Skaggs (former Katz) Drugstore to the south can also be seen in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 48th Street on the south, and Genessee Street on the west to McGee Street on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park and Southmoreland Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Black & Decker Parking Lot
Description: Photograph of a parking lot immediate south of a Black & Decker office building at 4324 Main Street, circa 1980.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
Description: Photograph looking north from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard (at left) and Main Street (at right) circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, is at left, with the streetcar 43rd Street viaduct cross over the intersection of 43rd Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway. Commercial and residential buildings, including the H&R Block headquarters in the lower right corner, line both streets. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3900 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of buildings on the west side of the intersection of 39th and Main Streets in the early 1980s. Muehlebach Flowers, at 3934 Main Street, is picture, as is a free-standing restaurant building that had been vacated by a Denny's restaurant in 1982. Calvary Baptist Church, at 3921 Baltimore, can be seen in the background on the opposite side of the block. The Price Candy Company Building, occupied by the Foolkiller Theater company, can be seen on the northwest corner of the intersection.
Date: 1980~/1989~
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: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 49th Street on the south, and Jefferson Street on the west to Tracy Avenue on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park, Southmoreland Park, and Gillham Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Description: First issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a statement on the newspaper's objective, maintaining that the newspaper is not against any certain political party or vice, but that it is simply for "good government." Featured articles include: “Council Passes Cab Ordinance” (pp. 2 & 4) discussing councilman Frank H. Backstrom’s reaction to the ordinance and detailing other ordinances appropriating bond funds.; "Adult Education--A Fine Work" (pp. 2 & 6) concerning "the program of adult education going forward under the FERA, with the hearty co-operation of the city's Board of Education" and supervised by Roy Gallemore. It describes courses offered at Lincoln High School and its "sixty-three colored teachers employed, a goodly number as compared with the hundred and sixteen white teachers."; “Trivia” (pp. 2 & 6) and "Borderline Businesses Pay Most Sugar" (pp. 3 & 8) on the bombing of the Harlem Nightclub as an example of the vulnerability of semi-legitimate ("borderline") nightclubs and other businesses in Kansas City to its strong-arm tactics of organized crime through the police department. A photo of the Harlem Nightclub bombing is included.; "What, Precisely, Is a Machine?" (pp. 3 & 5) on the definition of political machines and the Pendergast machine in Kansas City fitting this definition through unofficial financing, voting fraud, etc.; "A New Administration for the County" (pp. 3-5) detailing the new administrative officials, new budget laws, and efforts to reduce the city deficit. A picture of J. W. Hostetter, Eugene I. Purcell, and Battle McCardle is included.; “NYM” (p. 4) on the National Youth Movement began in Kansas City in May 1932 with a portrait of Joseph C. Fennelly.; "May We Present Mrs. Charles N. Seidlitz" (p. 5) on Alice Richards Seidlitz "one of the founders of the Junior League of Kansas City," wife of Charles Seidlitz ("president of the Seidlitz Paint and Varnish Company"), and daughter of George Richards ("son of the founder of Richards and Conover Hardware Company"). A photo of Alice is included.; "Be Proud, Citizens!" (pp. 5 & 8) on the ironic description of Kansas City by Judge Brown Harris "as 'probably the most law-abiding city in the United States.'" Irony due to the judge's association with the Pendergast machine and "federal indictments" in relation to the Union Station massacre of Eugene Reppert ("former director of police"), Thomas Higgins ("chief of detectives"), George Rayen ("of the police motor theft bureau"), Tom Bash (sheriff), etc.; Book review (p. 7) of "Heaven's My Destination" by Thornton Wilder (author of "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"), describing a scene in the book with the main character (a devoutly religious man) unknowingly eating at one of Kansas City's "bawdy houses" and experiencing other misadventures.; Also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
Date: 1935-01-11
Object Type: Newspaper

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