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Title: Southwestern Bell Telephone Building
Description: Distant view of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Building at 11th and Oak streets. Early cars parked along the street can be seen. A pedestrian walking on the sidewalk is in view.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Zeldin Drugs Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Zeldin Drugs building that once stood at the corner of 12th Street and Grand Avenue. Pedestrians and cars can be seen. The Rieger Building that once stood at 1121-1123 Grand Avenue is in view on the left hand side of the image.
Date: 1960-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lee Building Demolition
Description: View looking east along 10th Street from Baltimore Avenue showing the demolition of the Lee Building that once stood at 1001-1003 Main Street. Cars and pedestrians on 10th Street can be seen. The First National Bank Building is in view on the left hand side of the image. The National Fidelity Life Building that once stood at 1000-1002 Walnut Street can be seen behind the building demolition. The Southwestern Bell Building, City Hall, the Land Bank Building, and the New England Bank Building can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Downtown Skyline from Penn Valley Park
Description: View looking northeast of the downtown skyline taken from Penn Valley Park. The Penn Valley Park Lake, the Kansas City Power and Light Building, the Fidelity National Bank Building, and the Jackson County Courthouse can be seen.
Date: 1934~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillham and Pershing Roads Looking North from 25th Street
Description: View facing north along Gillham and Pershing Roads from their intersection with 25th Street. A service station sign advertising Wilcox Gasoline can be seen on the east side of Gillham Road. Several prominent downtown Kansas City buildings are in view in the background. Cars traveling north along Gillham and Pershing roads can be seen.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Trafficway Looking North From Southwest Boulevard
Description: View facing north along Southwest Trafficway from where it passes over Southwest Boulevard. Several cars and trucks can be seen traveling along Southwest Trafficway. Trucks, a city bus, and cars can be seen along Southwest Boulevard. The downtown skyline is in view in the background. The Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories, Inc., Building can be seen in the background. Signs for Graves Auto Service and the Tri-State Equipment Company are in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Trafficway Looking North From Southwest Boulevard
Description: View facing north along Southwest Trafficway from where it passes over Southwest Boulevard. Several cars and trucks can be seen traveling south on Southwest Trafficway. Trucks can be seen traveling along Southwest Boulevard. The downtown skyline is in view in the background. The Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories, Inc., Building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Downtown Skyline
Description: View of skyline looking northeast from Southwestern Bell Telephone Building at 11th and Oak streets. The Baltimore Hotel and the steeples of the Oratory of Old St. Patrick can be seen. The Missouri River is in the distance.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sixth Street Trafficway - Paseo Bridge Approach
Description: Elevated view looking southwest of the northeast corner of the downtown expressway look where 6th Street Trafficway meets the Paseo Bridge approach. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background. Cars traveling along the streets can be seen. A portion of the Columbus Park neighborhood is in view on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1954-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and Skyline
Description: View looking north from the grounds of the Liberty Memorial of Union Station with the Kansas City skyline in the background. Several cars in the stations lot can be seen.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A Score of Slender Towers: Skyscraper Development in Kansas City, Missouri, 1929-1932
Description: Article discusses architectural, economic and cultural factors that drove a surge in skyscraper construction in the late-1920s and early-1930s. The design and building of the Telephone Building, the Professional Building, the Bryant Building, the Fidelity Building, and the Kansas City Power and Light Building are described in detail.
Date: 2017-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Downtown Kansas City Skyline
Description: View of skyline looking southwest from Chase Hotel. Central High School building, City Hall, Jackson County Courthouse, Telephone Building and Drake, and Schuyler hotels are clearly visible.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

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