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Title: Centropolis Hotel
Description: Street level view looking northwest at the southeast corner of 5th and Grand. The Centropolis, built in 1880, was the first hotel in Kansas City to install electric lighting. "As Kansas City moved southward and new hotels were built, the old Centropolis gradually faded. In later years only part of the imposing structure was used as a hotel" as shown in this photograph. For more about the hotel see this postcard and accompanying historical article http://www.kchistory.org/u?/Mrs,1292.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 5th Street
Description: Storefronts along south side of 5th Street, between Walnut and Grand, including "Bond Lunch" diner, a barbershop, and "Fern Laundry."
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Avenue
Description: Storefronts along north side of Missouri Avenue, west from Grand.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

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