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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: Overflow at Emery, Bird, Thayer
Description: Fainting shoppers and long lines at the closing sale of the Downtown branch of the clothing store at 907 Walnut Street.
Date: 1968-08-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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: Emery, Bird, Thayer Company
Description: Postcard of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company Building.
Object Type: Postcard

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

Title: The Emery, Bird, Thayer Company, Reception Room
Description: Postcard of the reception room at the The Emery, Bird, and Thayer Company building.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1896-1907, Page p115
Description: Northern part of early Kansas City in the Financial District from E. 10th Street south to E. 12th Street and from Main Street east to McGee Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1896/1907
Object Type: Map

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

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: Time Honored
Description: Review of EBT Restaurant, 1310 Carondolet Drive. The restaurant's link to the Emery, Bird, Thayer store and building is described, and the article includes a brief history of the company's downtown location.
Date: 2002-03-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Greater Kansas City Official Year Book 1904-05
Description: Fine illustration of the Emery, Bird, Thayer store with a brief business description.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Book

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: Biography of Annie Ridenbaugh Bird (1856-1937), Company President and Philanthropist
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

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