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Title
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United Way Building
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Description
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View of the Heart of America United Way Building at 11th and Washington streets. The building was previously the Old Virginia Hotel.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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United Way Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the United Way Building at 11th and Washington streets. The building was previously known as the Old Virginia Hotel. Cars parked along 11th Street can be seen.
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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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Title
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Main Street Storefronts
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1985~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Street Hotel
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Description
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Postcard showing the Street Hotel, once located at 1508-1512 E. 18th Street. The reverse side of the postcard reads: 18th St. at Paseo. This hotel has 60 guest rooms with private bath and telephone service. Conveniently located on the first floor are: a Haberdasher, a Tailor, Post Office, and the famous Blue Room Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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St. Regis Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of the St. Regis Hotel at Linwood Boulevard and The Paseo.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Radisson Hotel
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Description
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Photograph, circa early 1990s, of the Hotel Phillips building at 106 W. 12th Street. Built in 1929, the building started out as Hotel Phillips and changed hands several times, only to come around to being the Hotel Phillips again in the early 2000s. The Hotel Phillips was listed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1978 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. At the time of the photo, it was operating as the Radisson Suite Hotel Kansas City.
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Date
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1990~/1999~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ambassador Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of The Ambassador Hotel at 36th Street and Broadway Boulevard.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Roller Service Station
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Roller Service automobile service station at the intersection of 39th Street and Warwick Boulevard. Automobiles parked outside of the building can be seen. Signs for Goodyear Tires, Coca-Cola, and Skelly Oil are in view. The rear side of the Netherlands Hotel can be seen. A sign indicates that the Roller Service station is operated by G. G. Roller.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Aladdin Hotel
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Description
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Promotional postcard for the Aladdin Hotel at 1215 Wyandotte Street.
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Date
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1932
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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12th Street from Main Street
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Description
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View looking west along 12th Street from its intersection with Main Street. A street maintenance project can be seen. Several pedestrians and cars parked along the street are in view. Signs for Lerner's Vogue, Arctic Ice Cream, the Senator Hotel, the Dixon Hotel, the State Hotel, and the Hotel Phillips can be seen.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ambassador Apartments
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Description
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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.
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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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Title
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Alameda Plaza Hotel
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Description
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Photograph of the north side of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southeast from a parking lot between the Thomas Carlyle and Robert Louis Stevenson apartment buildings, circa 1988.
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Date
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1988~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ambassador Apartments
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Description
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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.
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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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Title
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Alameda Plaza Hotel
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Description
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Photograph of the Alameda Plaza Hotel, looking southwest, at 401 Ward Parkway circa 1980.
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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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Ambassador Apartments
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Description
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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.
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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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Title
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Plaza Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west through the Plaza in the 1980s, with 47th Street running along the right edge of the image and Brush Creek running through the middle. The image spans from roughly McGee Street west to State Line Road. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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Union Bus Terminal and Pickwick Hotel
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Description
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Postcard 71: - Union Bus Terminal and Pickwick Hotel. 10th and McGee Street. Kansas City, Mo. Numbered 44027
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Object Type
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Postcard
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