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Title: Coca-Cola Building
Description: Distant view, looking northeast from atop Union Station, of Coca-Cola Building under construction.
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firestone Building
Description: Photograph of the Firestone Building at 2001 Grand Boulevard, the southwest corner of 20th and Grand, in the early 1980s. Built to serve as the Kansas City branch of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the building was completed in 1916. At the time of the photograph, it still served as a Firestone outlet, with a retail operation on the first floor.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Auto Building
Description: View looking north along Grand Avenue of the Western Auto Building.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vendo Company Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Vendo Company Building that once stood at 1908-1914 McGee Street. To its right are the buildings that once stood at 1916-1918, 1920-1926, and 1928-1930 McGee Street. The Firestone Building and the Western Auto, also known as the Coca-Cola, Building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1950~
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: Western Auto Building
Description: View looking southeast of the Western Auto building, once the Coca-Cola building, at 2015 Grand Boulevard.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View South from atop Coca-Cola Building
Description: Panoramic view looking south from the roof of the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) building at 2107 Grand Avenue. Neighborhoods and business districts south of downtown can be seen. Several buildings are in view, including: General Hospital, General Hospital No. 2, Rahe's Automobile and Tractor (also known as the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, Schutte Lumber Company, Union Station, and the Sweeney Automobile School (later the BMA Building). In view are signs for: Oldsmobile, Holsum Bread, Melton Tire & Battery, Norwalk Tires, Kelly Tires, Racine Tires, White Rose Butter, Sunshine Biscuits, Merit Bread, Camel cigarettes, National Biscuit Company, and Folger's Coffee Company. Signboard Hill can be seen to the northwest of Union Station. The view spans the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks, which are in view on the right hand side of the photograph.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coca-Cola Building, Frontal and Side View
Description: View looking northeast of the Coca-Cola Building located at southeast corner of 21st Street and Grand Avenue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coca-Cola Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Coca-Cola Building located at southeast corner of 21st Street and Grand Avenue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coca-Cola Building and Vicinity
Description: Promotional drawing produced by the Ennis-Edwards Realty Company and included within a booklet promoting the advantages of the Coca-Cola Building. The illustration highlights the building's close proximity to the Liberty Memorial, Union Station, rail lines, major streets, the downtown hotel district, the retail district, the office building district, and the headquarters of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Work near Kellogg-MacKay Company Building
Description: View looking southeast from near the intersection of 20th and Main streets of the back side of the Kellogg-MacKay Company building at 2026-2030 Walnut Street. Workers and a truck in an empty lot can be seen. The Coca-Cola Building, later the Western Auto Building is in view in the background.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

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