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Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking south of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown just south of its intersection with Westport Road. Several cars can be seen parked and traveling along Main Street. Sings for Clint's Comics, Love Records, The Shape Shop, JR's Discount, Jo Art's Jewelry, Westport Distributors, Harling's Upstairs, and the Salvation Army Thrift Store can be seen. The Hyde Park Building, the Southwell Building, and the Hotel Netherlands are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Parkview Drugstore
Description: View looking east of the Parkview drugstore building at 6301 Brookside Plaza. Cars and two children on bicycles outside of the store can be seen. Signs for Coca-Cola and Harold S. Bradley Real Estate are in view.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3135-43 Troost Avenue
Description: Photograph of a commercial building at 3135-43 Troost Avenue in the early 1980s. The structure was built in 1926, and had Econo Tax Service, Midtown Office Supply, and other businesses as tenants at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Market Storefronts
Description: Storefronts along the 300 block of Walnut in the City Market.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Buildings at 47th and Broadway
Description: Photograph of storefronts at the intersection of Broadway and 47th Street in the late 1980s. Ruback's jewelry store, at 340 W. 47th Street, and Dillard's department store, at 400 W. 47th, are pictured. Ruback's opened in the space in 1985 and closed in the early 1990s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Michelson Building
Description: Photograph of the commercial Michelson Building at 3123-33 Troost Avenue in the early 1980s. Built in 1923, the building housed retail space on the ground floor and office space on the second, but appears to be vacant at the time of the photograph. A Bond's Shoes store can be seen in the neighboring Shankman Building.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking east of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown east of its intersection with 40th Street. Cars parked along Main Street can be seen. Signs for Clint's Comics, 90 Min. Dry Cleaners, A1 Sewing Machines, and Old Westport Cash Saver are in view. The Ten-Forty Apartments Building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Description: Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on pages 3 and 8, about the selling of merchandise stolen from Kansas merchants in Kansas City pawn shops, and description of the subsequent closing of small shops not tied to the Pendergast machine and sentencing of a black man to 40 years in jail in lieu of convicting the proprietor of a guilty shop at 9th and Main Streets, and other issues. Other featured articles include: “Fame!” (p. 2) is a reprint of a New York Herald-Tribune article about Future and its anti-machine stance; “Move Over, Girls, the Machine’s Moving In” (p. 3), a column about the forced relocation of prostitutes from their usual place between 12th, Cherry, Locust, and 13th Streets to "only two blocks over toward Troost" by the Pendergast machine, mainly due to their poor image presented in front of the new Jackson County Courthouse; “Ready-Mixed Whiskey” (p. 3), a discussion on the supposed price-fixing of alcohol in Kansas City and its relation to the ownership of T. J. Pendergast Wholesale Liquor Company at 2101 Central Street, "the largest distributor of liquor in Kansas City," by Tom Pendergast, "Kansas City political boss." Pendergast also the owner of the Ready Mixed Concrete company; and “May We Present Belle Edwards” (p. 5), photo and biographical article about Belle Edwards, a 72-year-old black woman, "good citizen," and widow of "Edwards, a colored member of the police force" of Kansas City, and who was born in Paris, Missouri, in 1863 into slavery and coming to Kansas City "to work in the laundry connected with the old Blossom House," with residence at 24th and Woodland Avenues; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, letters to the editor, and national and international news.
Date: 1935-03-01
Object Type: Newspaper

Title: Buildings along Jefferson
Description: View looking south of buildings along Jefferson Street from just north of its intersection with 12th Street. Cars parked and traveling along 12th and Jefferson streets can be seen. Signs for Quality Hill Liquors in the building that once stood at 615-621 W. 12th Street are in view.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Storefront Buildings on Broadway Boulevard
Description: View looking northeast of storefront buildings located on Broadway Boulevard just north of its intersection with 40th Street in Westport. A car parked on Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Signs for Midwest Cyclery and Parts Bin are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Price Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Price Building at the corner of 39th and Main streets in Midtown. Signs for Republic Bank, Foolkiller Folk Theater, and New Earth Bookstore can be seen. Cars parked and traveling along 39th Street are in view. A pedestrian is standing outside of the building.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking northeast of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown from between its intersections with 39th and 40th streets. Signs for 90 Min. Dry Cleaners and A1 Sewing Machines can be seen. Cars parked along Main Street are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Price Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Price Building at the intersection of 39th and Main streets in Midtown. Cars traveling along 39th and Main streets can be seen. Signs for Quik Print and Workbench are in view.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Storefront Buildings on Broadway Boulevard
Description: View looking northeast of storefront buildings located on Broadway Boulevard between its intersections with 39th and 40th streets in Westport. A van parked on Broadway Boulevard can be seen. A sing for Cheri's Bear Essentials is in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking west of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown at the northwest corner of Main Street and Westport Road. Signs for 3 Eyed Toad Eyewear and Muehleback Flowers can be seen. Cars traveling along Main Street are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking northeast of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown from between its intersections with 39th and 40th streets.Signs for the Christian Science Reading Room, the Second Fiddle Thrift Shop, The Salvation Army Thrift Store, Westport Distributors, Jo Art's Jewelry, and Moten's Shoe Repair can be seen. The Southwell Building is in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Boley Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Boley Building at 12th and Walnut streets. Cars and pedestrians in the intersection can be seen. A sign for Three Sisters is in view. A small portion of the Chambers Building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking southeast of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown from its intersection with 39th Street. A covered bus stop and pedestrians can be seen at the intersection. Signs for the Christian Science Reading Room, The Second Fiddle Thrift Shop, and the Salvation Army Thrift Store are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwell Building
Description: View looking southeast of the Southwell Building on Main Street in Midtown from just north of its intersection with Westport Road. Cars parked along Main Street can be seen. Signs for JR's Discount, the Shape Shop, Harling's Upstairs, Love Records, and Clint's Comics are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Printing Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Westport Printing Building and other storefronts on Broadway Boulevard just north of its intersection with Westport Road in Westport. Cars parked along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Signs for Wendy's, Westport 1 Hair Styling, Pastimes, and Westport Printing are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

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