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Title: Herrick Clothing Co.
Description: Advertising card with printed cross of pansies glued on surface. Front of card says: "In the Cross of Christ I Glory, Best Wishes of Herrick Clothing Co., Safe place to trade." and "Children's Shirt Waists, Children's Hosiery, Boys Clothing, Furnishing Goods." Back of card is blank, and has small paper hook on which the printer's name is engraved "From, M. F. Tobin, Adv. Cards, 299 B.Way, N.Y." Address given on front of card:
Cor. Main & 6th Sts
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Taft's Dental Rooms
Description: Advertising card for Taft's Dental Rooms with five robins sitting on snowy branches. Front of card says: "If made at Taft's: It's all Right." Lower right corner says: "M. F. Tobin, Lith. N. Y." Back of card has advertising copy and price list: "Best Set Teeth, $8.00; Good Set Teeth, $5.00; Gold Crowns, $5.00; Gold Fillings, $1.50 up; Silver Fillings, .75; Teeth Cleaned, .75." Address given on back of card:
8 East 11th St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Swift and Company
Description: Advertising card for Swift and Company showing a woman holding a tray with a bowl of soup on it. Front of card says: "Swift's Pure Beef Extract." Front lower left corner says: "Copyright 1898, by Swift & Co.." Lower right corner says: "G. H. Buek & Co. N. Y. Lith." Back of card has advertising copy about beef extract. Bottom of card says "Swift and Company / Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, St. Joseph, St. Paul." No street address is given.
Date: 1898
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Carl Hoffman Music House
Description: Advertising card for Carl Hoffman Music Co. showing a woman playing a piano next to a Christmas tree surrounded by children with candles. The piano has "Mason & Hamlin" on it. Front of card has two stanzas from a Christmas song and says: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Mason & Hamlin Co." Lower left corner of image says: "Irene Weir." Lower right corner of card says: "W. B. Jones, Lith. Boston, Mass." Back of card is blank except for stamp which says: Car[l Hoffman] Music House in the west. Also Chickering Hall, Leavenworth, Ka." Address given on back of card:
1012-1014 Walnut St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Bone Spring Co., The
Description: Advertising card for The Bone Spring Co. showing men in armor riding and jousting on roosters. Front of card says: ?ǣThe Bone Spring Co., Manufacturers of Patent Spring Beds.?ǥ Front lower left corner has number C-760 and says: "Copyrighted 1887 by Chas. Brown." Back of card has image of mattress springs and says "Bone's No. 7. Patented December 2, 1890." Address given on front of card:
1308 West 8th St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Faultless Starch Co.
Description: Advertising card for the Faultless Starch Co. with an image of two donkeys and jockeys to be cut like paper dolls. Front of card says: "Marshall and Ball's Famous Trick Donkeys. Cut on the lines and lay the three pieces so as to show the jockeys racing." Back of card has advertising copy about Faultless Starch and lower left corner says: "Chas. E. Brown Printing Co., Kansas City." Address given on back of card: Kansas City, U. S. A. No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Faultless Starch Co.
Description: Advertising card for the Faultless Starch Co. showing four young girls crying. Front lower right corner has number R 892. Back of card has advertising copy about Faultless Starch and lower left corner says: "Chas. E. Brown Printing Co., Kansas City." Address given on back of card: Kansas City, U. S. A. No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing bird and flowers. One of three cards with similar bird design. Front lower right corner has number 545; lower left corner says: "Bufford." Back of card says: "Best teas, 50 c. Per Lb. and Best roasted coffees, 25 c. & 30 c." Seven addresses given for Cincinnati stores. No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing bird and flowers. One of three cards with similar bird design. Front lower right corner has number 545; lower left corner says: "Bufford." Back of card says: "Best teas, 50 c. Per Lb. and Best roasted coffees, 25 c. & 30 c." Seven addresses given for Cincinnati stores. No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. showing bird and flowers. One of three cards with similar bird design. Front lower right corner has number 545; lower left corner says: "Bufford." Back of card says: "Best teas, 50 c. Per Lb. and Best roasted coffees, 25 c. & 30 c." Seven addresses given for Cincinnati stores. No Kansas City address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 4: Unione Sicilione
Description: This series contains photographs, miscellaneous documents,and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Sicilian-American criminal brotherhood known as the Unione Sicilione, or Unione Siciliana, and individuals suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City.
Date: 1950/1961
Object Type: Archival Material

Title: SC122 Kansas City Police Historical Society Collection Finding Aid
Description: The Kansas City Police Historical Society Collection consists of scrapbooks, reports, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs relating to the Kansas City Police Department.
Date: 1881/2012
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: 4331 Warwick Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a house at 4331 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. The home is known as the Dr. William G. Logan Residence, after the physcian who was an early owner.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 501 Westport Road
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue. The building on the right is 501 Westport Road and as of 2018, housed Harry's Bar and Tables restaurant.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 6405 Wyandotte Street
Description: Photograph circa late 1970s of a single family home at 6405 Wyandotte Street, built in 1924. Located in the Brookside neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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