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Title: Emery, Bird, Thayer Building
Description: Nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places for the Emery, Bird, Thayer Building.
Object Type: Report

Title: Bryant Building
Description: View of the Bryant Building at the corner of Grand and 11th looking southwest. Corners of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Building and the Lathrop Building are also visible. Corner of roof and sign of Browning, King and Co. shows in the foreground.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Petticoat Lane, Christmas Crowns
Description: Postcard of Christmas crowns and decorations at 11th Street and Walnut along Petticoat Lane.
Date: 1962
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Petticoat Lane, West from Grand
Description: Postcard of Petticoat Lane facing west from Grand.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Walnut Street at 11th Street
Description: Looking north along Walnut from just south of 11th.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut St.
Description: Looking north along the west side of Walnut from south of 11th. Streets outfitted with Christmas decorations.
Date: 1949
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut St.
Description: Looking north along Walnut from south of 11th.
Date: 1948
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Petticoat Lane
Description: View of 11th Street or Petticoat Lane looking toward the west at the Grand Avenue intersection in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Emery Bird Thayer store is in view on the northwest corner of 11th Street and Grand Avenue, and Zales Jewelers is seen on the southwest corner. Macy's department store located on Main Street can be seen at the end of 11th Street.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Petticoat Lane West from Main
Description: View looking west along Petticoat Lane (11th Street) from its intersection with Main Street. Several pedestrians and cars can be seen. Signs for Virginia Dare, Woolf Brothers, and Harzfeld's are in view. The Emery, Bird and Thayer and Southwestern Bell Telephone buildings can be seen in the background.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: "Petticoat Lane"
Description: Postcard of Petticoat Lane, West from Grand
Date: 1913~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Storefronts along Rooftop view of Grand Avenue
Description: Storefronts along the west side of Grand Avenue from just north of 12th Street.
Date: 1948
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 11th and Grand Avenue, Looking North
Description: Postcard of the intersection of 11th Street and Grand Avenue facing north.
Date: 1912~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 3315 Harrison Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3315 Harrison Street, built in 1889. Placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the North Hyde Park Historic District.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: Looking north along Grand from 11th. Shows Victory Arch spanning Grand in the center of the block between 11th and 10th.
Date: 1919
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 11th Street
Description: Looking west from the south side of 11th Street at Grand Avenue. Streets outfitted in political bunting and decoration in honor of the Republican National Convention.
Date: 1928-06-13
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gold Standard
Description: Review of the EBT Restaurant, located at 1310 Carondolet (UMB Building). Named after the Emery, Bird and Thayer department store, the restaurant is decorated with many relics from the old Emery, Bird and Thayer building located at 11th & Grand.
Date: 2007-03-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Architecture and Society: Selected Essays of Henry Van Brunt
Description: Photo of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Building during business.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: Architecture and Society: Selected Essays of Henry Van Brunt
Description: Drawing of office building for Nathaniel Thayer designed by Van Brunt & Howe, architects.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

Title: Upper carboniferous crinoids: an extraordinary collection by late 19th century palaeontologists, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.
Description: In this reprint of a paper presented at The International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, the author describes crinoid specimens unearthed during the excavation of the Emery, Bird Thayer Building in 1889. Amateur paleontologists Edward Butts and Sidney Hare, were responsible for preserving the fossils and alerting the scientific community.
Date: 1905-06-25
Object Type: Magazine Article