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Title: Downtown Looking West from near 10th and Walnut Streets
Description: Panoramic view of downtown buildings facing west from Walnut between 9th and 10th streets. The photograph may have been taken from the roof of the Ridge Arcade Building at 916 Walnut Street. Several downtown buildings can be seen, including: the Victor Building, the New England National Bank Building, the Dwight Building, the Board of Trade Building, the First National Bank Building (current location of the KCPL Central Library), The Elmhurst Building, the Shubert Theater Building, the Huntzinger Building, the Graphic Arts Building, the Western Newspaper Union Building, the Baker-Vawter Building, the University Club Building, the Kansas City School of Law Building, the Cosby Hotel Building, the Savoy Hotel Building, the Gibraltar Building, the New England Life Building, the Bunker Building, the New York Life Building, the Dunlap Building, the Westgate Hotel Building, the Poindexter & Sons Building, the Barton Hat Company Building, and the U.S. Rubber Company Building. The Quality Hill neighborhood and Garment District can be seen in the distance.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: University Club Building
Description: Partial frontal view; located on east side of Baltimore between 9th and 10th.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1939-1958, Page p015
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 9th Street south to W. 11th Street and from Wyandotte east to Baltimore Avenue, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1958
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City Bar Association Former Presidents
Description: Interior view, men seated around table identified as former presidents of the Kansas City Bar Association, University Club, Feb. 15, 1924. Individuals not identified. Gift of Mr. Hunt Moore.
Date: 1914-02-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: For Members Only
Description: Traditional type business club composed mainly of lawyers and judges, located at 918 Baltimore Avenue.
Date: 1993-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: For Members Only
Description: Review of Kansas City business clubs like the Kansas City Club (begun in 1882), University Club (founded in 1901), Kansas City's most exclusive and elite club, The River Club with only 260 members and membership fees of about $6,000 (founded in 1948), and the Central Exchange (created in 1980). Includes sidebar listing addresses of the four clubs, initiation fees/dues, and membership requirements.
Date: 1993-05-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Quality Hill First Quarters of the University Club
Description: Photos and article about the history of the University Club, "started during the boom of 1886" with its first quarters opened in 1902 at the "[o]ld Armour residence which stood at 1216 Broadway on Quality Hill." Moved in 1906 to 11th and Baltimore Avenue until destroyed by fire and moved to the Kansas City Club building in 1923 and then to 918 Baltimore Avenue by 1981 (pictured on page 1).
Date: 1981
Object Type: Magazine Article

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