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Title: Troost Avenue
Description: Looking south along Troost from just north of 31st. Streets outfitted with Christmas decorations.
Date: 1929-12-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Van Brunt Boulevard
Description: Looking south from 31st towards construction of Van Brunt.
Date: 1945
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Summit Street Looking North from 31st Street
Description: View facing north along Summit Street from its intersection with 31st Street and Karnes Boulevard. Several cars traveling south along Summit Street can be seen. An OK Furniture Company truck is in view. A Roanoke city bus is also in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Holmes Street Looking South from 31st Street
Description: View facing south along Holmes Street from its intersection with 31st Street in the North Hyde Park Residential District. Signs advertising Rotary Tailors & Cleaners, Modern Sewing Machine Company, Kansas City School of Drafting and a caf� can be seen. Cars traveling north on Holmes Street are in view. A pedestrian can be seen on the east side of the street.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Penn Valley Park
Description: Aerial view looking northwest near 33rd and Summit streets. The Liberty Memorial is in view as well as distant view of Hospital Hill.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: KCTV Tower at 31st and Grand
Description: Looking east along 31st Street. Shows the KCTV tower at 125 E. 31st, on the southwest corner of E. 31st and Grand, in the distance.
Date: 1950~/1959~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A "Shut In" Farm
Description: Story of the changes from rural to urban environment surrounding the Webster Withers mansion, built in about 1883 at 31st and Troost Avenues "to get away out on a farm."
Date: 1912-04-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: 31st and Woodland Looking North
Description: View facing north along Woodland Avenue from its intersection with 31st Street. A sign advertising Royal Crown Cola can be seen on the west side of the street. A sign advertising sewing machine sales and repair can be seen in front of the Woodland Hardware building. Cars, a truck and pedestrians can be seen along Woodland Avenue.
Date: 1948-07-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Wirthman Building that once stood at 3100-3108 Troost Avenue. The building once housed the Isis Theater. It was demolished in 1997.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Wirthman Building that once stood at 3100-3108 Troost Avenue. It was demolished in 1997. The building once contained the Isis Theater. which contained the Isis Theater. A sign for Exquisite Design's Unisex Salon can be seen. The building appears to be in a state of disrepair.
Date: 1995~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Selecting a Catalyst for Bus Stop Art
Description: Picture and article talks about the sculpture Catalyst by Kansas City artist Matt Dehaemers installed at the MAX bus stop at 31st Street and Troost Avenue. The sculpture is a 30-foot-tall aluminum and steel structure that includes eight steel medallions embedded in the surrounding sidewalk complete with a hydraulic motor inside that will open its wings about 35-feet over the bus stop.
Date: 2010-11-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kansas City Headliners
Description: Photo of Webster Withers, Jr., "intersted in extensive real estate holdings in the [31st Street] and Troost [Avenue] area, with his offices in the Westover building."
Date: 1949-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

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