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Title: Clint's Comics
Description: 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.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
Description: 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.
Date: 1939-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3203-3211 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
Description: 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.
Date: 1950-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The New Stanley
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3611 Broadway Boulevard
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kon Tiki Room
Description: 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.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3251-57 Main Street
Description: 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.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3235-57 Main Street
Description: 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.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stanford and Sons
Description: 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.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kenny's News Room
Description: Photograph of a building at 3740-42 Broadway Boulevard in the early 1980s. BF Goodrich's parking lot is visible in the photo, north of the building. In the right side of the photo is Kenny's News Room Restaurant & Lounge.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kelly's Bar & Stanford and Sons
Description: Photograph of Kelly's Westport Inn, at 500 Westport Road, circa 1980. Standing to its west, at the left of the photo, is the Chouteau-Bridger Building at 504 Westport Road, with Stanford and Sons restaurant and comedy club as its tenant. Both buildings were built circa 1850 and are among the oldest buildings in Kansas City.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3251-57 Main Street
Description: Photograph 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, 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.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 5000 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the 5000 block of Main Street, looking south across the intersection of 50th Street, in the late 1970s. The Peanut bar, at 5000 Main, is pictured on the west side of the street, and Milgram's grocery, at 5011 Main, is pictured on the east side.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3013 Main Street
Description: Photograph of commercial buildings on the 3000 block of Main Street in the early 1980s. The building at 3013 Main was occupied by Kansas City Stationery and Office Furniture at the time of the photograph, and the Eagle Buffet occupies the space at 3017 Main. The low brick building at the left of the image was later demolished to create a parking lot for a new hotel built to its north. The KCTV station tower can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant
Description: 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.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Geo. E. Wisner's Saloon and Restaurant
Description: 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.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Southwell Building
Description: Photograph of the Southwell Building at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road, in the late 1970s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929. A real estate sign hangs in the window of the storefront at 3935 Main, which was recently occupied by Howard E. Thruman Institutional Church. The Shape Shop and Love Records & Tapes are other ground-floor tenants, with Harling's Upstairs Bar and Grill occupying the second floor. Moten's Shoe Repair occupies the neighboring building to the north. Signs for Clint's Books and Bell Restaurant can be seen on the building to the south.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

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