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Title
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Western Auto Sign
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Description
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Sign atop the Western Auto Building, located at 2107 Grand Avenue.
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Date
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1991
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
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Description
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Aerial view looking north with Union Station and Western Auto/Coca Cola building in the foreground and General Hospital to the right.
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Date
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1962-11-20
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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George Washington Statue
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Description
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Full view of statue, looking northeast; also shows Coca-Cola Building.
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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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Main Street and Pershing Road
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1928
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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 northeast across park grounds; park located on northwest corner of Grand and Pershing Road.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building and Vicinity
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Description
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Promotional drawing produced by the Ennis-Edwards Realty Company and included within a booklet promoting the advantages of the Coca-Cola Building. The illustration highlights the building's close proximity to the Liberty Memorial, Union Station, rail lines, major streets, the downtown hotel district, the retail district, the office building district, and the headquarters of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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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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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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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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McGee Street
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Description
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View looking south along McGee Street from 20th Street.
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Date
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1922-05-29
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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View North from near 22nd and Holmes
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Description
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Panoramic view looking north from near 22nd and Holmes streets. Downtown can be seen across the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks. Several buildings are in view, including: the Carnie-Goudie Company Building, Union Station, the Coca-Cola Company (later the Western Auto) Building, and the Firestone Building. In view are signs for: National Biscuit Company, the Studebaker Riley Company, Carey Roofing, Camel cigarettes, Franklin Ice Cream, Shuff Battery Tire & Electric Service, and the Southwest Warehouse Company.
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Date
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1922-05-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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McGee Street
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Description
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Looking northwest along McGee Street from near 23rd Street. The Coca-Cola Building is in view.
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Date
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1920
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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Distant view, looking northeast from atop Union Station, of Coca-Cola Building under construction.
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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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Coca-Cola/Western Auto Building
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Description
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File containing information about the Coca-Cola Building, also known as the Candler Building and the Western Auto Building.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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Postcard of the Coca-Cola Building.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Western Auto Building
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Description
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View looking north along Grand Avenue of the Western Auto Building.
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Date
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1980~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station Looking North from the Liberty Memorial
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Description
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View of Union Station facing north from the Liberty Memorial. Several cars parked outside of Union Station and traveling along Pershing Road and Main Street. The downtown skyline is in view in the background of the image. Signs for TWA, Jim Beam bourbon, the Midwest Hotel; Admiral appliances, Kansas City Southern Lines, Belger Cartage Service, Parke-Davis & Company, Old Fitzgerald bourbon, Firestone and Western Auto 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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