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Title: 3406 Pennsylvania Avenue
Description: Photograph of a house located at 3406 Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1981. The house has since been demolished, along with many other single-family homes on that block.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of architectural detailing on the upper levels of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador A, and its twin neighbor to the west, Ambassador B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: LaMar's Donuts
Description: Photograph of LaMar's Donuts at 240 Linwood Boulevard, circa 1981. The building intially served as a garage and gas station, and in 1960 became the original location of the doughnut shop which grew to become a regional chain. LaMar's closed the location in 2003.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 820 Linwood Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a residence at 820 Linwood Boulevard, circa 1981. The house was demolished in 2001, along with a several other houses on the block.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4423 Jefferson Street
Description: Photograph of a house located at 4423 Jefferson Street, circa 1981.The southern edge of the Shalimar Apartments can be seen at the left of the image.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3530 Pennsylvania Avenue
Description: Photograph of a Mediterranean-style residence located at 3530 Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1981.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4427 Jefferson Street
Description: Photograph of a house located at 4427 Jefferson Street, circa 1981.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3615 Harrison Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3615 Harrison Boulevard, built in 1981.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4333 Jefferson Street
Description: Photograph of a house located at 4333 Jefferson Street, circa 1981.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4545 Kenwood Avenue
Description: Photograph of a house at 4545 Kenwood Avenue, circa 1981, looking northeast from the intersection of Kenwood and 46th Street. The residence was designed by architect John Van Brunt.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Knickerbocker North Apartments
Description: Photograph of 500 Knickerbocker Place, part of the Knickerbocker Apartments on the north side of Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The block of apartments were razed in 1982 for a Kansas City Life Insurance Company expansion project. The twin building on the south side of the street was still standing as of 2018. Both were built circa 1910 and designed by architect Leon Grant Middaugh.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments at 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador B, and its twin neighbor to the east, Ambassador A, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 and 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The two buildings, called Ambassador A and B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3310 Pennsylvania Avenue
Description: Photograph of a house located at 3310 Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1981. The house has since been demolished, along with all other single-family homes on that block.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 419 East 36th Street
Description: Photograph of the house at 419 East 36th Street circa 1981. The home was built in 1908, and underwent renovations in the late 1970s.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Norman School
Description: Photograph of the Norman School at 3514 Jefferson Street, circa 1981, looking northwest from Jefferson. Construction on the school began in 1906, and it was sold by the Kansas City School District to a private developer in 2006.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Armory
Description: Photograph of the Armory building at 3620 Main Street, circa 1981. It served as a National Guard Armory for the 110th Engineers combat battalion starting in 1922 and until 1973. Around the time this photograph was taken, the facility served as a boxing venue and gym, and not long after became the Langer Automotive Museum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves as the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, seen in the photograph with the name Defenders' Townhouse, Inc., was a senior housing facility at 922 Linwood. The 14-story building also served as apartments and a hotel and was demolished in 2001.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

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