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Title
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6944-46 Prospect Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of a retail and residential building at 6944-46 Prospect Avenue in the early 1980s. Kenny's Carpets occupies the storefront on the south side of the building, and the north side is occupied by Rainbow Missionary Baptist Church. The building was demolished in 1996.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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St. James Baptist Church
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Description
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Photograph of St. James Baptist Church at 43rd and Washington Streets in the early 1980s. The church and the house at the right edge of the image are, as of 2018, the only pre-1940 structures remaining on the block, which was part of the historic Steptoe neighborhood, a pre-Civil War African-American neighborhood in the Westport area. The remaining land was reused for the new Kansas City Fire Department Station 19 and a large parking lot.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Broadway Baptist Church
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Description
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Photograph of the Broadway Church, facing Broadway at 39th Terrace, in the early 1980s. The building was completed in the fall of 1922, and the congregation originated at 416 West 14th Street as the First Swedish Baptist Church.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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3901-3915 Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of demolition of buildings in the early 1980s at 3901 - 3915 Main Street, including the Werby Building on the southeast corner at the intersection of 39th and Main Streets. The spire of the Calvary Baptist Church at 3921 Baltimore can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
