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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: Section of Downtown Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Reproduction of map showing a section of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Map depicts the City Market area between Delaware, Charlotte, Independence Avenue, and 3rd Street. Lot numbers are included, and some properties include handwritten notes of owners' or occupants' names.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Map

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: View looking north on Grand Avenue from 5th Street at night.
Date: 1946-05-21
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: View looking north on Grand Avenue from 5th Street at night. Hershey Grocery Company can be seen on right.
Date: 1946-08-26
Object Type: Photograph