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Title: Clint's Comics
Description: Photograph of Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, and neighboring businesses at the intersection of Main Street and westport Road, circa 1982. Signs for Harling's Upstairs bar and Love Records can be seen on the Southwell Building to the north, and Bell's Restaurant is in the adjacent building to the south. Clint's later moved to the Love Records space and operated there for several decades.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bolton Hall
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 6416 E. Truman Road. At the top of the building is an engraving that reads "Bolton Hall 1912."
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Northeast Corner - Westport and Pennsylvania
Description: View of the northeast corner of the intersection of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in Westport. A building that once housed the Hunt Furnace Company is in view. Several cars parked in the adjacent parking lot and along Westport Road can be seen. The reverse side of a billboard reading Armour can is also in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3900 Block of Main
Description: Photograph of the eastern side of the 3900 block of Main Street, circa 1982, after the razing of the Werby Building at the north end of the block in 1979. The blue facade of a Salvation Army thriftstore can be seen at 3927 Main, located in the former Warwick Theater. The Southwell Building, at 3941 Main, is home to Harling's Upstairs bar and music venue. Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, is surrounded by other shops and businesses. The Netherlands Hotel building, on the north side of 39th Street, can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3000 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the east side of the 3000 block of Main Street, from 3001 to 3025 Main, in the early 1980s. The Windsor Hotel, the tall building at the north end of the block, was demolished in 1999.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Washington and Broadway Looking South
Description: View facing south along Broadway Boulevard from its intersection with Washington Street in Westport. Its intersection with Westport Road is also in view. Buildings housing Acme Stove & Electric, Westport Bank, Berbiglia, can be seen. Signs and billboards for Royal Crown Cola, Bond & Lillard Bourbon, Manor Bakery and Country Club Beer are also in view. Several cars parked and traveling along Broadway Boulevard and Westport Road can be seen.
Date: 1947-07-14
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 8-10 East 32nd Terrace
Description: Photograph of apartment buildings at 8-12 E. 32nd Terrace looking southwest from a rear parking lot in the early 1980s. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime and drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Intersection
Description: View of the intersection of Southwest Trafficway, Madison Avenue, Westport Road, 43rd Street and Belleview Avenue in Westport facing southwest. A building housing Frank's Brake & Clutch Service on the south side of 43rd Street is in view. Billboards for the First National Bank and Holsum Bread can be seen. The First National Bank billboard shows their main location at 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue where the Central Library is located.
Object Type: Photograph

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