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BMA Building
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Description
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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."
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Bus Stop on West Pershing Road
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Description
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Unidentified group of men and women waiting at bus stop in front of BMA Building at 215 West Pershing Road during snowstorm.
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Date
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1949-01
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Business District of Kansas City
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Business Men's Assurance Co. Building
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Description
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Full frontal view of BMA building on Pershing Road, the former Sweeney School for auto, tractor, and aviation. Park Hotel is visible in background.
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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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Business Men's Assurance Co. Building
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Description
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Full frontal view of BMA building on Pershing Road with weather beacon on roof. Former Sweeney School for auto, tractor, and aviation.
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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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Future Liberty Memorial Site
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Growth of the Business Men's Assurance Company Is a Story of...Twentieth Century Pioneering
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p146
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1939/1949
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sweeney Automobile School Students
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1920-10-29
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sweeney School
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Description
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Full frontal and side view, taken from roof of Union Station.
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Date
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1922
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station
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Aerial view, looking north, of Union Station; also shows BMA Building and a portion of Main Street.
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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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Union Station and Freight Area
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Description
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Partial frontal view of station looking northwest; full view of freight area on west side of building. Also shows Sweeney Auto School.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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View South from atop Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1922~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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View West from atop General Hospital
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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View West from atop General Hospital
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Washington Square Park
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Description
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Looking southwest from park grounds. Also shows Union Station, Sweeney School.
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Date
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1923~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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