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Title
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. ..And Then There Were Two
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Description
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History of the Eisele Bakery building in Westport, demolished in 1970 by the Manor Baking Company and leaving "only two of Westport's ante-bellum structures." Description of Andrew Eisele, the founder and builder of the store in about 1844 "on the north side of Westport just east of where Mill Creek once ran," and his family, including his wife Rosina Lose Eisele, and son William Eisele.
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Date
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1970-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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$10,000 Grant Received for Further Restoration of Harris-Kearney House
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Description
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Brief description of William Brace, or W. J. Brace, "chairman and president of the Gleaner-Harvester Corporation" and "one of Kansas City's earliest automobile dealers and distributors, associated with Hudson-Brace" Motor Company, also a "civic and charitable leader" as a "major supporter of the Nelson Art Gallery and the Kansas City Cradle" and the Westport Historical Society for restoration of the Harris-Kearney House through his trust fund.
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Date
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1979-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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1411 West 39th Street
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Description
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Photograph of a retail building at 1411 West 39th Street, circa 1990. La Fonda El Taquito closed at the location in 1989 and Westport Pizza Company opened later that year. Wyoming Beauty beauty shop occupies the storefront at 1413 West 39th.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The 1854 Mormon Emigration At The Missouri-Kansas Border
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Description
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Article describes the experience of the Mormons along the Missouri-Kansas border as they journeyed to the Salt Lake area in 1854, using Westport for their outfitting supplies. In years past they experienced conflict and violence on the part of Missourians, but in 1854 they avoided this and area merchants viewed them as an economic advantage.
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Date
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2009
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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20 West 43rd Street
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 20 West 43rd Street in the early 1980s, covered in ivy and with lit lamps in the window. Numerous houses at its rear along Baltimore Street were demolished to create parking lots for adjacent businesses. The house was later converted to use as office space.
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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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20 West 43rd Street
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 20 West 43rd Street in the early 1980s, covered in ivy and with lit lamps in the window. Numerous houses at its rear along Baltimore Street were demolished to create parking lots for adjacent businesses. The house was later converted to use as office space.
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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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26 Schools Will Close
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Description
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On March 10, 2010, the Kansas City school board voted 5-4 to close 26 schools as recommended by new superintendent John Covington in his "Right Sizing Plan." The closings will reduce the number of school buildings by 40 percent and cut $50 million in expenses from the school district's budget. The 33 remaining schools will be the fewest the district has operated since 1889. A few of the notable school closings include Westport High School, Lincoln College Prep middle school, and Franklin, Longan, McCoy, Woodland, and Carver elementary schools.
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Date
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2010-03-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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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3900 Block of Main Street
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Description
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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.
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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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3900 Block of Wyandotte
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Description
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Photographs of houses and apartment buildings on the east side of the 3900 block of Wyandotte Street in the early 1980s. Many houses and other buildings on the block were demolished to make space for parking lots.
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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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3910 Main Street
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1983~
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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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3921 Warwick Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 3921 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. The ornamented roofline of Westport High School can be seen in the background of the image, above garage at the rear of the property. The neighboring house to the north, visible at the left edge of the image, and other houses on the north end of the block were razed to make room for an additional parking lot for the high school.
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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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3923 Warwick Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 3923 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. Numerous houses on the north end of the block had recently been razed to make room for an additional parking lot for Westport High School, one block to the east.
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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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3932 Central Street
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3932 Central Street, built ca 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. As of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
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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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3932 Central Street
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Description
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Photograph of the five window bay on the south facade of the single family home at 3932 Central Street, built circa 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. The window is considered architecturally significant for home design at the time it was built, according to the Inventory. As of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
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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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3932 Central Street
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3932 Central Street, built ca 1885. Recognized in the Historic Inventory of the State Historical Survey and Planning Office in 1976 as the Charles N. Price Residence. Price who was City Marshall for Westport Missouri in 1887. Located in the Westport neighborhood, as of 2018, the home appears to have been significantly renovated.
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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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