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Title: Coca-Cola/Western Auto Building
Description: File containing information about the Coca-Cola Building, also known as the Candler Building and the Western Auto Building.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: New Neighbors for Nearly Completed Coca-Cola Building
Description: New building at 20th and Grand, costing $200,000, next to the Coca-Cola Building at the time.
Date: 1915-09-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view looking north with Union Station and Western Auto/Coca Cola building in the foreground and General Hospital to the right.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

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: Coca-Cola Building
Description: Postcard of the Coca-Cola Building.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: McGee Street
Description: Looking northwest along McGee Street from near 23rd Street. The Coca-Cola Building is in view.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: George Washington Statue
Description: Full view of statue, looking northeast; also shows Coca-Cola Building.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Auto Sign
Description: Sign atop the Western Auto Building, located at 2107 Grand Avenue.
Date: 1991
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coca-Cola Building, East (Back) Side View
Description: View of the east side (back) of the Coca-Cola Building.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Washington Square Park
Description: Looking northeast across park grounds; park located on northwest corner of Grand and Pershing Road.
Date: 1927
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: Overland Automobile Company
Description: Full side and rear view of Overland Automobile Company; located at 2112 Grand Avenue. Coca-Cola Building visible behind.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Overland Automobile Company
Description: Full side view of Overland Automobile Company; located at 2112 Grand Avenue (photograph printed backwards)." Coca-Cola Building visible behind.
Date: 1915~
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: Union Station and Downtown Kansas City Skyline
Description: View looking toward the northeast taken from Liberty Memorial. Gives a full view of the Union Station building and some railroad tracks as well as the skyline of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Coca-Cola (Western Auto) building is in view on the right and an electric tolley car can be seen traveling on Main Street which runs along the east side of Union Station.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street and Pershing Road
Description: View of the Main Street and Pershing Road intersection, looking toward the north. View includes automobiles and streetcars as well as the Coca-Cola Building located on Grand Avenue in the center.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: McGee Street
Description: View looking south along McGee Street from 20th Street.
Date: 1922-05-29
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and City Skyline
Description: View looking to the northwest from the area across the street from Union Station where the Liberty Memorial was soon to be built. In view, Union Station, Coca Cola Building and buildings surrounding it as well as the Kansas City skyline of the time.
Date: 1920~
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: Aerial View of Signboard Hill
Description: Aerial view looking northeast from Signboard Hill. The view includes the Journal Post Building, Coca Cola Building, General Hospital, and Hotel Plaza.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

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