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Title: J.C. Penney Store Ribbon Cutting Event
Description: Edwin J. Barnes cutting ribbon at the opening of the J. C. Penney store located at 3107 Troost. Also shows N. Emerson Paton and other South Central Business Association officials.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 8th Annual Inaugural Dinner Dance
Description: View of the 8th annual Inaugural Dinner Dance held by the South Central Business Association at the Kansas City Athenaeum.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 6th Annual Goodfellowship Tour to Eureka Springs, Ark.
Description: Group portrait of participants of the South Central Business Association's 6th annual Good Fellowship Tour to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Crescent Lake and Lake Lucerne are noted on the photograph. The group is posed in front of a Missouri Pacific Railway train in Harrisonville, Missouri.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A&P Super Market Group
Description: Group portrait of unidentified men and woman wearing ribbons reading "A&P Super Market Welcomes You".
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fifteenth Annual Inaugural Dinner and Dance
Description: Two photographs of the 15th annual Inaugural Dinner and Dance held by the South Central Business Association at the Hillcrest Country Club. The left hand photograph shows a small group standing behind a table. The right hand photograph shows a larger group seated in a dining hall.
Date: 1935-01-29
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Blues Luncheon
Description: 11th Annual Baseball Day Luncheon given by the South Central Business Association for the Kansas City Blues at the Lucerne Hotel.
Date: 1940-04-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Katz Drugstore Interior
Description: Interior view of the Katz store located at the intersection of Linwood and Troost. The store was the 17th in the Katz chain, and opened June 6, 1941.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scott's Store Opening
Description: Individuals associated with the Scott-Burr Company standing near the entrance to the Scott "5 and 10" Store at 3156 Troost (northwest corner of 31st and troost) near the time of its grand opening. The store officially opened May 23, 1941.
Date: 1941-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scott-Burr Stores Luncheon
Description: Banquet table at a South Central Business Association luncheon for executives of the Scott-Burr Company. The luncheon was held to celebrate the opening of the Scott "5 and 10" Store on the northwest corner of Linwood and Troost in May, 1941.
Date: 1941-05-20
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scott's Store Interior
Description: Interior view of the Scott "5 and 10" Store located at 3156 Troost (northwest corner of Linwood and Troost). The store, "number 55" of the national chain, opened May 24, 1941.
Date: 1941
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Shankman Building Groundbreaking
Description: Group portrait of N. Emerson Paton (L.), Morris Shankman (holding shovel) and other unidentified South Central Business Association officials at the groundbreaking for the Shankman Building, located at 3119 Troost.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harry Truman, Senator Thomas P. Gore, and Others
Description: Group portrait of Harry Truman, Senator Thomas P. Gore, and others at a dinner held by the South Central Business Association at the LaSalle Hotel in Gore's honor. Men identified on photo as standing left to right: Dr. C. Charles Gray, Ira S. Burns, James P. Aylward, Judge Truman, Judge Thomas B. Bash and Judge Robert W. Barr. Front row, seated: James M. Pendergast, Gore, Garrett L. Smalley (toastmaster), Charles M. Howell, James R. Page and Father J. W. Keyes.
Date: 1929-11-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: First Annual Banquet Kansas City Chapter, National Aeronautic Association
Description: View of the first annual banquet of the Kansas City Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association held at the Hotel President.
Date: 1928-12-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 17th Annual Frolic & Inaugural Dinner Dance
Description: View of the 17th annual Frolic and Inaugural Dinner Dance of the South Central Business Associating held at the Hotel Bellerive. Names recorded on the photograph are: Garrett L. Smalley, Ex. President; and Herbert T. Hilscher, President.
Date: 1937-01-26
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 5th Annual Vacation Goodwill Special Tour to Bella Vista, Ark.
Description: Group portrait of participants of the South Central Business Association's 5th annual Vacation-Goodwill-Special Tour to Bella Vista, Arkansas. The group is posed in front of four Greyhound buses. Identified on the photograph are: Jack Rieger, President; N. E. Paton, Secretary; A. O. Sackin, General Chairman; and G. L. Smalley, Vice President. Police officers posing with motorcycles are on each side of the group.
Date: 1934-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A&P Grocery Store Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Description: South Central Business Association officials and others at ribbon cutting at the opening of the A&P Grocery Store located at 1121 Linwood.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A&P Grocery Store Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Description: South Central Business Association officials and others at ribbon cutting for the opening of the A&P Grocery Store located at 1121 Linwood.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jean Harlow, Motion Picture Star
Description: Three photographs of actor Jean Harlow and members of the South Central Business Association. The upper two photographs are portraits of Harlow. The lower photograph shows Harlow attending a South Central Business Association luncheon attended by Harlow. The caption below the photographs reads: Jean Harlow, motion picture star, was guest of honor Tuesday, December 8, 1931 at the South Central Business Association weekly luncheon. Miss Harlow was accompanied by her other, Mrs. Marino Bello. The platinum blond is shown just as the luncheon started. In the above picture, left to right, W. Benjamin, Kansas City manager for Columbia Pictures; James F. Nichols, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; L. W. De Young, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company; Chet W. Cordry, toastmaster; Miss Harlow; Mrs. Bello and Garrett L. Smalley, president of the association.
Date: 1931-12-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Linwood and Troost Avenue
Description: Looking west from the southwest corner of Linwood and Troost, at night. Shows the LaSalle Hotel and the Bodine Drugstore.
Date: 1928-12-28
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Re-Opening of the Isis Theatre
Description: Three interior and exterior photographs of the Isis Theatre in the Wirthman Building on the southwest corner of 31st Street and Troost Avenue. The left hand photograph shows an exterior view of the Isis Theatre looking northwest along Troost Avenue. Several people standing in the street can be seen. Signs for B&G Hosiery, Bo-Peep Juvenile Shop, Walker's Lunch, Vogue Hosiery, and Linwood State Bank are in view. The middle photograph shows an interior view of the Isis Theatre. The right hand photograph shows an exterior view looking southwest along Troost Avenue. Several people standing in the street can be seen. Signs for Dr. John R. Stivers, L. L. Potts Dentist, Royal Shirt Shop, Thom McAn, Vogue Hosiery, and B&G Hosiery are in view. A Troost streetcar is in view. A label beneath the photograph reads: The Isis Theatre was destroyed by fire on March 9, 1939 and was re-opened to the public on October 6, 1939. The 3100 block on Troost Avenue was closed to traffic and it was estimated that 25,000 people attended the celebration.
Date: 1939-10-06
Object Type: Photograph

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