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Title
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Duke Residence
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Description
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Includes nomination form for the National Register for the Duke residence at 500 East Armour Boulevard.
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Michael Ross House
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Description
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Includes nomination form for the National Register for the Judge Michael Ross house at 501 East Armour Boulevard.
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Armour Boulevard
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Description
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Description with photos and history of Armour Boulevard, part of the park and boulevard system, from Broadway to Paseo Boulevards, 1.25 miles long, acquired in 1899.
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Date
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1995
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Carriage House on Armour Boulevard
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Description
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Folder includes nomination form for the National Register for the carriage house at 218 East Armour Boulevard.
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Object Type
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Report
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Title
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Night in Kansas City
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Description
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A small booklet featuring photographs of Kansas City that have been artistically enhanced to create a nighttime effect.
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Date
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1912
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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S. B. Armour Is Dead: Death Came to the Armour Packing Company's President at 9:30 o'Clock [sic] This Morning
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Description
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Portrait and obituary for Simeon Armour, or S. B. Armour (1828-1899), co-founder and president of the Armour Packing Company in Kansas City. Description of his life and career as a native of New York coming to Kansas City in 1870 and co-founding the Plankinton & Armour's Packing Company, later called the Armour Packing Company. Anecdotes about his management practices at the plant, such as a no-smoking policy applying to all employees except himself. Posthumous namesake of Armour Boulevard.
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Date
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1899-03-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Q.: What Can You Tell Me about the Loose Mansion?
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Description
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The Jacob L. Loose mansion at 101 E. Armour Blvd. was sold last November to a local non-profit foundation. The Integratism Foundation bought the building from the Resolution Trust Corp. for $390,000. The 85-year-old mansion was restored as an office building in 1984 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains 18,700 square feet and has a three-level, 2,400-square-foot carriage house. The house was built in 1909 by Mr. Loose, founder of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. The name of the company was later changed to Sunshine Biscuits Inc. Loose lived in the four-level house until his death in 1923.
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Date
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1995-01-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Wrennmore Apartment Hotel
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Description
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Story of the replacement of the one-family John Parker home at Armour and Harrison Streets by the 70-family Wrennmore Apartment Hotel building.
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Date
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1927-12-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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We Will Dedicate Our New Office Building
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Description
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Full page ad with illustrations about the dedication of the newly- constructed Kansas City Life Insurance Company Building at Broadway and Armour Boulevards on August 1, 1924.
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Date
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1924-07-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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He Beats the Rap but You Take It
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Description
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Photo and article about the murder trail of Charles Gargotta, "rat-faced Pendergast political lieutenant and gangster" reportedly interrupted by Sheriff Thomas Bash in "a killing party on Armour boulevard and Forest avenue" on August 12, 1933. Details about the case and information about other Kansas Citians involved, including the following: "Ferris Anthon, a rival Fifteenth street bootlegger" allegedly killed in the shooting by Gargotta; Sammy Scola and Gus Fasone, "friends of Gargotta and fellow workers in the North Side Democratic club" killed by Bash; John Lazia, "North Side gangster king" and owner of the Gargotta Buick; and presiding judge Merrill Ots, et al.
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Date
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1935-05-17
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Catholic Community Club
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Description
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View looking southwest of the Catholic Community Club Building at the corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Scene of Triple Killing
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Description
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Looking west toward Troost Avenue from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
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Date
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1933-08-12
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Scene of Triple Killing
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Description
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View looking northwest from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
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Date
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1933-08-12
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Armour Boulevard
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Description
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Looking down Armour Boulevard from Campbell in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Commercial Union Building
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Description
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Partial view of the Commercial Union Building, located at 211 West Armour. Monroe & Lefebvre Architects, Inc. received an award for their use of commercial property in a residential area, screening and parking design in their work with this building.
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Date
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1965
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Mobil Oil Station
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Description
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Mobil Oil Service Station, located at the intersection of Troost Avenue and Armour Boulevard. Architect Eliot Noyes received an award for simplicity in commercial architecture and site use for its design.
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Date
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1968
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Armour Boulevard and Troost Avenue
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Description
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View of intersection of Armour Boulevard and Troost Avenue. The Armour Hotel, Advanced Launderers and Cleaners, and Crown Drugstore are visible.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Armour Boulevard and Troost Avenue
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Description
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View of intersection of Armour Boulevard and Troost Avenue. Armour Hotel, Advanced Launderers and Cleaners, and Crown Drugstore are visible.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillham Plaza Entrance
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Description
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View of the entrance to Gillham Plaza, located at 310 E. Armour Boulevard. Designers Don Distler and John Lawrence Daw received an award for their work refurbishing the exterior of this building.
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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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