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20 West 43rd Street
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 20 West 43rd Street in the early 1980s, covered in ivy and with lit lamps in the window. Numerous houses at its rear along Baltimore Street were demolished to create parking lots for adjacent businesses. The house was later converted to use as office space.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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20 West 43rd Street
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 20 West 43rd Street in the early 1980s, covered in ivy and with lit lamps in the window. Numerous houses at its rear along Baltimore Street were demolished to create parking lots for adjacent businesses. The house was later converted to use as office space.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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301-21 East 43rd Street
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Description
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Photograph of a block of Kansas City sixplex colonnade apartments at 301-21 East 43rd Street, at the corner of 43rd and McGee, circa 1981. These apartments, in a variation on a style common in the city, were built in the early 1920s, and remain standing as of 2018.
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Date
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1981~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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301-21 East 43rd Street
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Description
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Photograph of a block of Kansas City sixplex colonnade apartments at 301-21 East 43rd Street, at the corner of 43rd and McGee, circa 1981. These apartments, in a variation on a style common in the city, were built in the early 1920s, and remain standing as of 2018.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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4212 Washington Street
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Description
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Photograph of a house at 4212 Washington Street in the early 1980s. This residence and the St. James Missionary Baptist Church, at the corner of 43rd and Washington, are the only pre-1940 structures remaining on the block, which was part of the historic Steptoe neighborhood, a pre-Civil War African-American neighborhood in the Westport area. The remaining land was reused for a new fire station and a large parking lot.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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43rd Annual Inaugural Installation Banquet and Ball
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Description
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Interior view of this South Central Business Association event held at the Hotel President on January 26, 1963. Those lined up are believed to be the Officers and Directors of the organization for 1963. They are named in the souvenir program for the evening found in Scrapbook #39, 1963, page 6.
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Date
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1963-01-26
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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43rd Annual Inaugural Installation Banquet and Ball
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Description
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View of head table at the banquet held at the Hotel President on January 26, 1963. Outgoing president John E. "Jack" Carter with plaque and incoming president William C. Thomson to his left are in view. Laurence W. Jones also in view.
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Date
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1963-01-26
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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43rd Annual Inaugural Installation Banquet and Ball
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Description
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The banquet and ball was held on January 26, 1963 at the Hotel President. This view appears to be the presentation of a plaque to John E. "Jack" Carter, President of SCBA. Rev. Maurice E. Van Ackeren, president of Rockhurst College is on the right. Laurence W. Jones is in the center.
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Date
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1963-01-26
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Afton Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of the Afton Apartment building at 112-22 East 43rd Street in the early 1980s. The colonnade-style building was built circa 1907, and a house at its rear was eventually demolished to build a parking lot for the building. A strip of commercial storefronts built circa 1927, occupied by Bremson Photo Industries at the time of the photo, can be seen at the background of the photo to the west of the Afton.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Afton Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of the Afton Apartment building at 112-22 East 43rd Street in the early 1980s. The colonnade-style building was built circa 1907, and a house at its rear was eventually demolished to build a parking lot for the building.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bicentennial Water Windmill
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Description
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View of a water windmill, located at 2928 N.E. 43rd Street, painted in honor of the United States Bicentennial. Owner Robert Jones, who decorated the windmill himself, received an award for his spontaneous tribute to the country's bicentennial.
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Date
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1976
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Brush Creek Project Pedestrians Open Space Connections in the Northeast Quadrant
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Description
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Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation. The map illustrates parks and street connections between 43rd and 50th Streets on the north and south, and Broadway Boulevard and The Paseo on the west and east. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Brush Creek Project Residential Actions
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Description
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Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Brush Creek redesign presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from 43rd Street south to 55th Street. The map denotes smaller areas with numbers 1-4, but does not include a key. Through the 1980s and early 1990s, the city undertook a major redesign of Brush Creek and adjacent areas aimed at beautification and improved flood control.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Embassy Suites and Westport
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Description
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Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flood Scene
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Description
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43rd Street and Metropolitan Avenue, Argentine, Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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1951
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Granada Royale Hotel
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Description
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Construction view; located at 220 West 43rd.
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Date
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1977
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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H&R Block Parking Lot
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Description
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Photograph of a parking lot at the rear of the H&R Block headquarters, at 4410 Main Street, circa 1980. A portion of a St. Luke's Hospital building can be seen at background left, and the Embassy Suites at 43rd and J. C. Nichols Parkway is visible at background right.
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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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Hilary A. Bush
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Description
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Head and shoulders portrait of Hilary A. Bush, Lt. Governor of Missouri. He spoke at the 43rd Annual Inaugural Installation Banquet and Ball held on January 26, 1963 at the Hotel President. Copy of his speech can be found in Scrapbook #39, 1963, page 7.
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Date
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1961-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
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