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Grand Emporium
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Description
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Photograph of the Grand Emporium Hotel and Saloon, at 3832 Main, circa 1982. The building was constructed in 1912 as the Martha Washington Candy Company, and Grand Emporium opened in May 1982 as a bar, restaurant, and live music venue with plans for hostel-style rooms to rent on the second floor. It changed ownership several times before closing in 2007. Toedman Cabs stands to its south, in a building that was constructed in the 1950s.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Toedman Cabs
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Description
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Photograph of Toedman Cabs, at 3834 Main, circa 1982. The company occupies a building that was constructed in the 1950s. To its north is the Grand Emporium Hotel and Saloon, a bar, restaurant, and live music venue.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can and pedestrians be seen. The state line is indicated with an arrow and the Missouri and Kansas sides are labeled.
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Date
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1939-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3203-3211 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3211 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can be seen.
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Date
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1950-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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1813-1823 West 39th Street
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Description
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Photograph of buildings spanning 1813-1823 West 39th Street, circa 1990. Cafe Allegro, at 1815 W. 39th, and Jimmy's Jigger bar, at the southwest corner of 39th and State Line Road, are among the businesses pictured. These commercial buildings, and the other on 39th Street between Bell and State Line, were dubbed Jamestown Square in the late 1980s, and were subject to redevelopment plans for the buildings and surrounding streetscape and parking lots. University of Kansas Medical Center buildings are visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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4400 Block of Belleview Avenue
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Description
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Photograph of the 4400 block of Belleview Avenue, looking north toward 44th Street, circa 1986. A house at 4418 Belleview is visible at the left edge of the image, and building housing The Point bar can be seen at right, on the southeast corner of 44th and Belleview.
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Date
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1986~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant
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Description
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Advertising card for Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant showing a rear view of five bulls standing in a row. The first bull has small horns and its tail sticks straight up in the air. As you move right down the line, each bull has longer horns, but a droopier tail. One of two cards, identical except for background color (this one is white). Front of card says: "How Old are You?" and each cow is labeled, from left to right: "20 .."." 30 .."."40 .."." 50 .."." 60." Along side of card it says: "High Water Mark, 8 Feet 9 Inches in the Room." On the bottom it says: "Dan Griffin, Nights. Eugene Potts, Days. Geo. E. Wisner, Prop." Back of card says: "Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant, Stock Yards. Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Beer." Address given on back of card:
1605 Genesee St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant
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Description
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Advertising card for Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant showing a rear view of five bulls standing in a row. The first bull has small horns and its tail sticks straight up in the air. As you move right, down the line, each bull has longer horns, but a droopier tail. One of two cards, identical except for background color (this one is pink). Card is damaged; some of image is torn off. Front of card says: "How Old are You?" and each cow is labeled, from left to right: "20 .."." 30 .."."40 .."." 50 .."." 60." Along side of card it says: "High Water Mark, 8 Feet 9 Inches in the Room." On the bottom it says: "Dan Griffin, Nights. Eugene Potts, Days. Geo. E. Wisner, Prop." Back of card says: "Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant, Stock Yards. Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Beer." Address given on back of card:
1605 Genesee St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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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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Clint's Comics
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Description
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Photograph of Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, and neighboring businesses at the intersection of Main Street and westport Road, circa 1982. Signs for Harling's Upstairs bar and Love Records can be seen on the Southwell Building to the north, and Bell's Restaurant is in the adjacent building to the south. Clint's later moved to the Love Records space and operated there for several decades.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Motor Pool Parts and Service
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Description
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Photograph of Motor Pool Parts and Service at 3807 Main Street, circa 1982. The building opened in 1925 as a Safeway grocery store. The Boston Apartments building at the corner of 38th and Main can be seen in the background of the image, and Pink Garter, a bar and stripclub, can be seen at the right of the image, south of Motor Pool.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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The New Stanley
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Description
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Photograph of The New Stanley bar and restaurant at 501 Westport Road circa 1980, as well as a view of Pennsylvania Avenue looking southeast from Westport Road. The restaurant and bar opened in 1975 in the building that was the former Doerschuk pharmacy. An establishment called the Old Stanley opened in 1987 under new ownership in the space after the New Stanley closed in 1985.
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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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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its east, at the right of the photo, is Kelly's Bar at 500 Westport Road. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City. The Manor Bakery building is visible in the background of the image.
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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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Stanford and Sons
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Description
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Photograph of the southwest side of Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club, at 504 Westport Road, circa 1980. Sanford and Sons' main building is known as the Bridger Building, one of the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
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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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3611 Broadway Boulevard
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Description
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Photograph circa 1980, looking southeast, of 3609-3615 Broadway Boulevard. Peking Chinese Restaurant appears in the left side of the photo, located at 3609 Broadway Boulevard. Also shown in the photo, in the center, is Crazy's at 3611 Broadway Boulevard. And further south, in the right side of the photo, is Shoequet Shoes store at 3915 Broadway Boulevard. This block of buildings was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District and added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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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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Kelly's Bar
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Description
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Photograph of Kelly's Bar at the corner of Westport and Pennsylvania circa 1974. Mack-Lang Printing stands to its southwest in the Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road.
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Date
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1974~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Kon Tiki Room
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Description
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Photograph of an alley on the south side of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. Signs advertise the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
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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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3251-57 Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. Signs advertize the House of Chun Chinese restaurant and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the left of the image. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the north. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
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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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3235-57 Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of a building at 3251-3257 Main, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1990. Signs advertise the Cellblock bar and the adjacent Kon Tiki Room tiki bar. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco. The adjacent apartments appear to have been demolished in this image.
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Date
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1990~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3245-49 Main Street
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Description
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Photograph of a building at 3245-3249 Main, on the northeast corner of Main Street and Warner Plaza, circa 1981. A sign reading "The Right Drink at the Right Price" hangs on Milton's Tap Room jazz club at 3241 Main and can be seen on the adjacent building at the left of the image, and a section of the Warner Plaza apartments are visible at the right. A twin building stood across Warner Plaza to the south. The area, south of Linwood Boulevard to 34th Street, between Main and Gillham, was deemed blighted and ridden with crime in drugs in the late 1980s, and these buildings, as well as other homes, apartments, and commercial buildings, were demolished in the early and mid-'90s as part of the so-called "Glover Plan" to be replaced by the Midtown Marketplace development, a large commercial development anchored by big box retailers Home Depot and Costco.
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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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