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Title: Board of Trade Section
Description: Entire section of newspaper devoted to the Kansas City Board of Trade. It includes photographs of buildings, officers, etc. and articles on various topics associated with it. The articles on stocks are especially interesting, given the date.
Date: 1929-06-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Board of Trade Structures Tied to City Growth
Description: Article near the end of the paper with chronology, history, and illustrations of the various Board of Trade buildings of Kansas City. 1. 1877-1887: 5th and Delaware (Armour Building) 2. 1887-1925: 210 West 8th Street (Manufacturing Building) 3. 1925-May 1966: 127 West 10th Street
Date: 1966-05-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: One paragraph about a rumor to prevent preservation of the building about the real architect not being the respected Root.
Date: 1965-11-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Death Knell
Description: News of the old Board of Trade Building at 210 West 8th Street being demolished in the 1960s because "[m]embers of the plan commission showed little interest in the fact that the old building was probably the most important 19th century architectural landmark in the city," designed by nationally prominent architect John Root of Chicago.
Date: 1965-03-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article