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Title: Boulevard Beer Finds Niche in Crowded Market
Description: Boulevard Beer is now the eighth-largest craft brewery in the United States and the 18th-largest overall. Article describes their products and operation.
Date: 2008-07-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Verdi Banta
Description: Biographical sketch of Verdi Banta, "manager of the Heim Brewery," after having "spent all his life in Kansas City," starting his career as a postal carrier at the Federal Building and then postmaster of Westport, appointed by President Harrison, then appointed sheriff before moving to the Ferd Heim Brewery.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book Section

Title: F. H. Kump
Description: Description of a brewing business located at the corner of Main and 14th streets established by F. H. Kump who came to Kansas City in 1859 from Chicago and began in the soda business.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Frank H. Kump
Description: Portrait and biographical sketch of Frank Hubbard Kump, or Frank Kump, a retired soda water bottler selling his business "to the Heim Brewing Company" in 1884. Born in Prussia, Germany in 1834 and emigrating to Kansas City in 1859 as a soda water dealer with Joseph Haag, then building a bottling factory on Main Street in 1867.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Book Section

Title: The Ripple Effect
Description: Ripple Glass, founded by Boulevard Brewery executives Mike Utz, John McDonald, and Jeff Krum, have come up with a local solution to the need for recycled glass. Kansas City recycles only about five percent of its glass, compared to a national average of nearly 30 percent. Article gives a history of the joint project between Boulevard Brewery and Bridging the Gap.
Date: 2010-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Pour a Wet One
Description: Article focuses upon the production of Boulevard Brewery products and their water content. Boulevard staff members are interviewed and provide details regarding their brewing process. The brewery's water usage and filtration system are discussed. Water percentages are provided for the following Boulevard Brewery products: Amber Ale 94.9% water, Tank 7 91.5% water, Pale Ale 94.6% water, Dark Truth Stout 90.3% water, Bully Porter 94% water.
Date: 2013-07-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p311
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Truman Road south to E. 17th Street and from Walrond Avenue east to Indiana Avenue, showing buildings, streets, railroads and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p047
Description: North central part of early Kansas City in the Crossroads Arts District from W. 20th Street south to Milwaukee Avenue and from Washington Street east to Fort Scott Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p046
Description: North central part of early Kansas City in the Crossroads Arts District from W. 17th Street south to W. 19th Street and from Wyandotte Street east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p044
Description: North central part of early Kansas City in the West Side area from about W. 19th Street south to W. 21st Street and from Summit Street east to Washington Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p075
Description: Central part of early Kansas City in the West Side area from W. 28th Street south to W. 29th Street and from Southwest Boulevard east to Holly Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p017
Description: Northwestern edge of early Kansas City in the West Bottoms district from just north of St. Louis Avenue south to W. 12th Street and from the state line east to Wyoming Street, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers on edges of page refer to page showing adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Ferd. Heim Brewing Co.
Description: Set of three advertising cards for the Ferd. Heim Brewing Co. tied together with a ribbon on the left side. Top card is blue and shows a framed sailing ship and some flowers. Second card is blue and shows a scene of two people sitting in a boat fishing next to a small bridge. Third card is pink and shows a view of the sea with sail boats and a lighthouse. Only the top card is scanned. One of two such sets of cards (second and third cards are identical in each set). Front of each card says: "Compliments of Ferd. Heim Brewing Co. Kansas City, Mo." Back of each card is blank. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1896-1907, Page p214
Description: Northeastern part of early Kansas City from Rochester Avenue south to Guinotte Avenue and from Propect Avenue east to Chestnut Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1896/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p048
Description: North central part of early Kansas City in the Crossroads Arts District from W. 20th Street south to Milwaukee Avenue and from Fort Scott Avenue east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Imperial Brewing Company
Description: Cover illustration of the "new" plant of the Imperial Brewing Company; located on Southwest Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1902-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
Description: The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
Date: 1980/2005
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Building Will Help Boulevard Grow
Description: Brief article announces that Boulevard Brewery has purchased a building located at 2450 Summit Street in Kansas City. It is stated that the building was constructed in the mid-1970s and was recently occupied by DST Systems. Plans for the building are outlined.
Date: 2013-05-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: In Search of the Old Brown Bottle
Description: Brief article on the the Brown Bottle, the tasting room and banquet hall at the Schlitz brewery in Kansas City. The Brown Bottle is described as a German style pub and was named after Schlitz's pioneering use of brown bottles.
Date: 2008-09-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Plans Drafted for Old Brewery
Description: Photo and article about the former Imperial brewery building that has become an "eyesore." Owner Lester Dean Jr., who acquired title to the building in 2007, says, "he's doing his best...to figure out how best to reuse the century-old building." The building is located at the south edge of downtown Kansas City just east of Cambridge Circle along Interstate 35. When the prohitibion of alcohol came into effect by the 18th Amendment in 1920, Otto Bresky "bought what by then was known as the "B" plant of the Kansas City Breweries Co. He turned it into a flour mill" that continued operation until the mid-1980s when the building was abandoned.
Date: 2008-12-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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