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Plaza Tennis Courts & Residential Buildings
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Description
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Photograph of the east side of the Plaza in the 1980s. Brookside Boulevard, and just beyond it, the Plaza Tennis Center courts occupy the foreground at the bottom of the image. Residential buildings, including the Casa Loma, Hemingway, and Locarno apartment buildings, and the Alameda Plaza Hotel line Ward Parkway.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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Emery, Bird, Thayer Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Building that once stood along 11th Street between Walnut Street and Grand Avenue. Cars and Pedestrians along Grand Avenue can be seen.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Petticoat Lane West from Main
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Description
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View looking west along Petticoat Lane (11th Street) from its intersection with Main Street. Several pedestrians and cars can be seen. Signs for Virginia Dare, Woolf Brothers, and Harzfeld's are in view. The Emery, Bird and Thayer and Southwestern Bell Telephone buildings can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Miracle Stores Building
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Description
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View looking easy of the Miracle Stores Building that once stood at 923-925 Main Street. Signs for Kessel, ABC Sign Works, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks can be seen. Parked cars and pedestrians outside of the store are in view.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Country Club Plaza
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Description
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Elevated view looking southeast toward the intersection of 47th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in the Country Club Plaza. The Skelly Building at 47th and Pennsylvania is in view. The Sears Building under construction to the south of the Skelly Building is also in view. Cars parked and traveling along 47th Street can be seen.
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Date
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1960~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Boley Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Boley Building at 12th and Walnut streets. Several pedestrian on the streets and sidewalks can be seen. Signs for Meyer Jewelry Company, Boley's, and The Owl Drug Store are in view.
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Date
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1915~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Mace-Ryer Building
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Description
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View looking west of the Mace-Ryer Building once located at 1120-1122 Grand Avenue. A pedestrian on the sidewalk can be seen.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Famous Petticoat Lane
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Description
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View looking west along Petticoat Lane (11th Street) from its intersection with Walnut Street. The streets are crowded as a horse drawn steam pumper fire engine passes. Signs for the John Taylor Dry Goods Company and Federmann's drugstore can be seen.
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Date
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1910~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Nichols Road
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Description
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Photograph of stores and buildings lining the north side of Nichols Road, west of Broadway, circa 1987. Helzberg Diamonds, at 400 Nichols, is pictured in the foreground, with Country Club Bank, Brooks Brothers, and Saks Fifth Avenue to its west.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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400 Block of Nichols Road
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Description
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Photograph of Nichols Road between Pennsylvania and Broadway, looking east, in the late 1970s. The Plaza Bowl bowling alley, at the left edge of the image, opened in 1940 and closed in 1978. The building was partially demolished for the construction of a Saks department store, which opened in 1982. Other stores and shops line Nichols Road, including, at the far eastern end of the street, Halls department store, and Gateway Sporting Goods, at the right edge of the image, which closed in 1979.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nichols Road and Pennsylvania Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the east side of the intersection of Nichols Road and Pennsylvania Avenue in the late 1970s. Woolworth's five-and-dime store, on the northeast corner, and Harzfeld's department store, on the southeast corner, are pictured. Embassy movie theater, east of Woolworth's, is also pictured. The Woolworth's building was partially demolished for the construction of a Saks department store, which opened in 1982. Harzefeld's closed in 1984.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
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Description
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Photograph of Stan Kenton and his band in concert in Brush Creek in 1976. Concertgoers sit on grassy areas sloping up from the concrete creek bed. A portion of the Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1976-06-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Nichols Road
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Description
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Photograph of the Plaza Time building on the south side of Nichols Road, between Broadway and Pennsylvania Avenue, in the 1980s. A sign for Bonwit Teller department store, which replaced Harzeld's department store in late 1984, is pictured.
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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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Rothschild's Department Store Building
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Description
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View looking southwest of the Rothschild's department store building that once stood at 10th and Main streets. The New England National Bank and Land Bank buildings can be seen on the right-hand side of the image. The buildings that once stood at 1006-1010 Main Street can be seen on the left. Several pedestrians and a streetcar on 10th Street are in view. Signs for Miller Jones Shoes and the Blue Room Grill can be seen.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west through the Plaza in the 1980s, with 47th Street running along the right edge of the image and Brush Creek running through the middle. The image spans from roughly McGee Street west to State Line Road. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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1020-1040 Main Street
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Description
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View looking southwest of the buildings that once stood at 1020-1040 Main Street. Signs for the John Taylor Dry Goods Company, Baker's Shoes, Virginia Dare, and Clarks Shoes can be seen. A trolly bus is traveling south on Main Street.
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Date
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1947-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Trade Mart for Kansas City
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Description
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Photos, drawing, and description of the new Kansas City department store at 22nd and Grand Avenue.
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Date
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1946-07-15
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Jones Store Construction
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Description
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View looking southwest of the Jones Store Building that once stood at 12th and Main streets. A pedestrian standing outside the store can be seen. Signs advertising remodeling work on the store are in view.
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Date
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1957~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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