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Title: Kansas City Flag
Description: As of March 1956, Kansas City had no colors except the flag, which is blue and white. Verified in 1956 by the Director of Research and Budget in City Hall. Later changes were made with regard to colors in the 1970s.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Kansas City Flag
Description: The Kansas City Flag was adopted by ordinance on January 7, 1972, and 10 days later became official, on January 17, 1972. This information was taken from the City Clerk's office, January 17, 1975, according to the local history index card.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Civil War Flags
Description: File contains photos, illustrations, and information on the various flags associated with the Civil War, especially Confederate military flags.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Flags
Description: File contains photos, illustrations, and information on the flags of the city, state and nation, etc.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Shop Mingles History with Its Business of Banners
Description: File containing an article with photos and description of the "All Nations Flag Co., a family-owned business at 118 W. 5th St. [5th Street]." Founded by T. George Wald in 1924 "at 208 Broadway, under the Broadway Bridge" and collecting antique flags and clients such as "banks, fire departments, schools, the Royals, the Chiefs and Major League Baseball," etc. by the 1990s.
Date: 2001-07-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks, Commemoration
Description: At the commemoration of the September 11th terrorist attacks, an unidentified woman hands out American flags to children.
Date: 2002-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks, Commemoration
Description: Looking north from the Jackson County Courthouse across 12th Street toward City Hall. The Andrew Jackson Statue is visible in the center of the photograph. Large United States flag displayed at commemoration of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Date: 2002-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 25 with Unrelated Cards
Description: Scrapbook page containing six advertising cards showing the following:1. Two girls picking flowers in a meadow.2. A large white and black dog laying down. Card says: "Use Day's Soap."3. A farm scene of cows by a house and barn surrounded by a border of flowers.4. A person in a canoe by a log cabin in a swamp. Card says: "Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure fever and Ague and all malarial disorders. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer and Co., Lowell, Mass." In the corner is a small picture of two frogs giving a bottle to an alligator.5. An image of a street corner with a building flying the Confederate, American, British, and French flags and others.6. A gray card with brightly colored flowers and a poem about Narcissus and Christmas and the New Year.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Military Event
Description: Exterior view at unidentified location, presumably in Kansas City. Several soldiers in uniform are in view with two military flags. The following letters are visible on the flags: regt., inf., M.G.M.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Event
Description: Exterior view at unidentified location, presumably in Kansas City. Several soldiers in uniform are lined up in a row with two military flags. The following letters are visible on the flags: regt., inf., M.G.M.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 31 with Traditional Costumes
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. Eleven of them show portraits of men in the traditional dress of a country. Cards identify the country and say: "Allen and Ginter's Cigarettes, Richmond. Virginia." Countries or areas shown: Servia, Scotland, Arabia, Egypt, Dahomey, South Africa (Boer), Greece, Java, Circassia, Mexico, Brazil. The 13 other cards appear to be from other sets including: 1. Two of gorillas: male and female. 2. Two of flowers: Lilac ("First emotions of love") and Sweet Violet ("Modesty."" Cards say "Ruby Cigarettes. Lone Jack Cigarettes Co. Lynchburg, Virginia. Isaac Friedenwald Lith. Balto." 3. One with Bolivian flag. Card says: "Allen and Ginter Cigarettes. Richmond, Virginia." 4. Two of women fishing: Sturgeon and Klipp Fish. 5. One with images of a flag, "Commodores Pennant, U. S. Navy," and "The Mississippi River Near Dubuque." Card says: "Our average sales are over Two Million Per Day." 6. Two of portraits of women. 7. One of a girl and flowers which says: "Wild English Daisies: Daintiness." 8. One with a photograph of a woman identified as Miss Vickers. Card says: "Admiral Cigarettes." 9. One of a man in a ship's crow's nest looking at a whale. Card says: "On a Whaling Voyage."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Our Allies' Flags
Description: Postcard showing the flag of the United States with the American eagle and in the background the 12 flags of the Allies in World War I.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Fiesta Flags
Description: View of fiesta flags on Country Club Plaza. Villa Serena Apartments in background.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Missouri's Betsy Ross?
Description: Short article with photo describing how Harriet Snider entered a contest in 1947 in Saint Joseph to design a new American flag when it was thought that Hawaii would enter the United States soon. Later in 1959 when Alaska did become a state, the new flag was adopted that was identical to Harriet's design, but she never officially received credit.
Date: 2000-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: No Problem: Old Glory's Popularity Means New Problem
Description: Photo (of owner Greg Wald) and article about the All Nations Flag Company at 114 West 5th Street in Kansas City. "Founded in 1924 by T. George Wald" and experiencing growing pains with very high recent demand for United States flags since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Date: 2001-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Flags Are Flying on Grand
Description: Grand Boulevard has become Grand Boulevard of the Americas and will have 152 vinyl flags flying along it that represent a tribute to the 35 nations of the Organization of American States. James M. Malouff III is the person who has initiated the project with the City Council's approval. he street name change is honorary. "The 30-inch by 6-foot national flags will appear in repeating sequences on both sides of Grand, occasionally interrupted by generic Grand Boulevard of the Americas banners."
Date: 2007-08-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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