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Title: BMA Building
Description: File containing information about the BMA Building at Union Station Plaza and at 31st and Southwest Trafficways, "from sea level. ..the tallest office structure here, its base level equivalent to perhaps the 18th or 20th floor of any downtown skyscraper."
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: The Growth of the Business Men's Assurance Company Is a Story of...Twentieth Century Pioneering
Description: History of the Business Men's Assurance Company insurance organization, established in 1909 and originally located "in one little room in the old Keith and Perry Building," with photo of W. T. Grant, its president and founder, illustration of its 1920s location, its "own Home Office building on the Union Station Plaza," and description of its growth and diversification.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Book

Title: Westport Mural Finds Permanent Home
Description: Notice about the mural formerly in the Westport Room of the Fred Harvey restaurant, in Union Station, being moved to the BMA Building on Pershing Road.
Date: 1978-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bus Stop on West Pershing Road
Description: Unidentified group of men and women waiting at bus stop in front of BMA Building at 215 West Pershing Road during snowstorm.
Date: 1949-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and Freight Area
Description: Partial frontal view of station looking northwest; full view of freight area on west side of building. Also shows Sweeney Auto School.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p146
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 22nd Street south to W. 25th Street and from Broadway east to Main Street, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Union Station
Description: Aerial view, looking north, of Union Station; also shows BMA Building and a portion of Main Street.
Date: 1930~
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: Washington Square Park
Description: Looking southwest from park grounds. Also shows Union Station, Sweeney School.
Date: 1923~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sweeney Automobile School Students
Description: Group portrait looking southwest of Sweeney Automobile and Tractor School students posed in front of the school building, later the Businessmen's Assurance Company Building, at Pershing Road and Wyandotte Street. Cars parked along Pershing Road can be seen.
Date: 1920-10-29
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View West from atop General Hospital
Description: Panoramic view looking west from roof of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 24th and Locust streets. The view looks into downtown and surrounding neighborhoods and business districts. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Business District of Kansas City
Description: Panoramic photograph showing the downtown area. The photograph is labeled: The Business District of Kansas City, June 7, 1922. Panoramic photograph from the General Hospital, showing the new Union Station and the city's growing skyline. Labels written on the photograph include: General Hospital, Entrance to Penn Valley Park, Overland Building, Memorial Park, Indications of Approximate Location of Pershing Road, Union Station, J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, D. A. Moor Building, Coca-Cola, Film Exchange, Kansas City Club, K. C. A. C. Bldg., Kansas City Star, Waldheim Bldg., Commerce Bldg., R. A. Ling Bldg., Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., Telephone Bldg., Densmore Hotel, Locust, Oak, Hospital Hill, proposed Oak St. Viaduct and Approach, Gillham Road, McGee St. Viaduct, Proposed Cut in Grade 21 Feet, and 23rd. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View West from atop General Hospital
Description: Panoramic view looking west from roof of the General Hospital Building that once stood at 24th and Locust streets. The view looks into downtown and surrounding neighborhoods and business districts. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Future Liberty Memorial Site
Description: View looking northwest of the Signboard Hill area at the intersection of Main and 24th streets. Construction of street railway lines headed south along Main Street can be seen on the left hand side of the image. Construction of the Sweeney Automobile School Building, late the Businessmen's Assurance Company Building at 24th and Wyandotte streets can be seen on the right. A portion of the Park Hotel Building is in view in the background.
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Photograph

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