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Title: 9th East from Main
Description: View facing east along 9th Street from its intersection with Main Street. The Waltower Building on the northeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets can be seen on the north side of the street. The Fidelity National Bank Building on the southeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets and the Union National Bank Building on the southwest corner of 9th and Walnut streets can be seen on the south side of the street. Signs for the Junction Buffet, Country Club Beer and MobilGas can be seen. Pedestrians and cars along 9th Street are in view.
Date: 1949-06-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View of 1013-1015 Main Street Building - Mainly Toys and Wendy's
Description: View facing east of the building, once located at 1013 Main Street and 1015 Main Street. When this image was captured, the building was occupied by a firm called Mainly Toys and a Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers fast foot restaurant. Pedestrians, a car and a truck can be seen traveling along Main Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3251-57 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. Signs advertize the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the left of the image. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the north. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3235-57 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1990. Signs advertise the Cellblock bar and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in 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. The adjacent apartments appear to have been demolished in this image.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vita's Restaurant
Description: View looking of southeast of Vita's Restaurant, once located at 301 Main Street at the southwest corner of the City Market. A sign reading "Open Apr. 4th" and another reading "grand opening" can be seen. Two City Market buildings are in view.
Date: 1977~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liggett's Drugstore
Description: View looking northwest of Liggett's drug store from the intersection of 12th and Main streets. Cars parked along 12th Street and pedestrians can be seen. Signs for The Rexall Store and the King Joy Lo Chinese restaurant are in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liggett's Drugstore
Description: View looking west of along 12th Street from Main Street of Liggett's drugstore. Cars parked along 12th Street and pedestrians can be seen. Signs for Thompson's Cafeteria and the Senator Hotel are in view. The lower portion of the King Joy Lo Chinese restaurant an be seen.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 603-607 Main Street Buildings
Description: View looking east of buildings once located at 603, 605, and 607 Main Street. 603 Main Street is occupied by Gents Furnishings, a large portion of the front exterior of 605 Main Street has been covered with signs for the Folly Theater Burlesque and Vaudeville Show and is for sale from A. W. Childs & Sons realty company, and 607 Main Street is occupied by the Kelly's Lunch restaurant and their menu is recorded on the front windows.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 610-616 Main Steet Buildings
Description: View looking west of buildings that once stood along 610-616 Main Street. Individuals posed outside of the Olympic Commissary Company address can be seen. Signs for Coffee King Lunch and the Hanlin Supply Company are also in view.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wishbone Restaurant
Description: View of front and driveway of Wishbone Restaurant, once located at 4455 Main Street.
Date: 1952-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Original Wish-Bone Restaurant
Description: View looking northeast of the Wishbone Restaurant that once stood at 4455 Main Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Map of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Tour and store directory map for the Country Club Plaza shopping center. A note records that the illustration is based on an original 1947 map and revised of January 1967. Significant Plaza buildings, shops and amenities are shown. The reverse side provides a directory of retail and service shops with addresses and telephone exchange numbers. A text description of the Country Club Plaza is also included.
Date: 1967
Object Type: Map

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