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Salvation Army Thrift Store
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Description
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Photograph of the Salvation Army Thrift Store, operating in the Warwick Theater building at 3927 Main Street, circa 1983. The building opened as a movie theater in 1928 and was designed by the Bollar Brothers, but was covered by a more recent metal facade over the original architecture. The Meyer Building can be seen to the north of the Warwick building, and Dorothy's Swap-Shop is to its south.
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Date
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1983~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Meyer Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. A thrift shop is the building's ground-floor tenant at the time of the photo. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
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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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Title
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Meyer Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. Midwest Cyclery is the building's current ground-floor tenant. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
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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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Title
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Meyer Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Meyer Building at 3923-25 Main Street, circa 1982, which was designed by architect Robert F. Gornall and built in 1916. Midwest Cyclery is the building's current ground-floor tenant. A Christian Science Reading Room, at 3921 Main, stands to its left, and a Salvation Army thrift store, in the former Warwick Theater, is to its right.
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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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Title
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3900 Block of Main
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Description
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Photograph of the eastern side of the 3900 block of Main Street, circa 1982, after the razing of the Werby Building at the north end of the block in 1979. The blue facade of a Salvation Army thriftstore can be seen at 3927 Main, located in the former Warwick Theater. The Southwell Building, at 3941 Main, is home to Harling's Upstairs bar and music venue. Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, is surrounded by other shops and businesses. The Netherlands Hotel building, on the north side of 39th Street, can be seen in the background of the image.
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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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Title
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433 Westport Road
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Description
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Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport and Natural Wear, a clothing store, and Earth Shoe outlet, at 435 Westport. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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433 Westport Road
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Description
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Photograph of a the building at 433-35 Westport Road in the late 1970s. Ground floor tenants include Baber's Classic Cup at 433 Westport, and an architecture firm's offices occupy the second floor. The Westport Square development united the buildings on the block bound by Westport Road, Archibald Street, Broadway, and Pennsylvania Avenue into a shopping and dining center with a central courtyard in 1973.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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90 Minute Dry Cleaners and A1 Sewing Machine Company
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Description
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Photograph of 90 Minute Dry Cleaners at 3951 Main Street, and A1 Sewing Machine Company at 3957 Main, circa 1982. The original facade of the building was replaced after a major fire started in the dry cleaning business in 1976.
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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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Title
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Mabry Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850. The neighboring building, at 4116 Pennsylvania, can be seen to the right of Mabry Hall.
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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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Mabry Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850.
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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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Mabry Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the Mabry Hall building at 4112-14 Pennsylvania Avenue, circa 1980. At the time of the photo, the building was owned by Ace Dickinson, who operated Ace's Rock Shop and Museum on the ground floor. The building is arguably the oldest extant commercial building in Kansas City, with some claiming it was constructed in 1843. Other sources suggest a date closer to 1850.
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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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1801 West 39th Street
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Description
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Photograph of buildings and storefronts from the southwest corner of 39th and Bell Streets to 39th and State Line Road, circa 1990, including Don Pepe Cafe and Cafe Allegro. A University of Kansas Medical Center building stands in the background, across State Line.
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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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Boley Building
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Description
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Photograph, circa 1980s, of the Boley Building at 1130 Walnut St. It is named the Boley Building for the Boley Clothing Company that was its first occupant. Later, a Katz Drug Store and Three Sisters Clothing Store were housed there. The six-story building was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in 1909 and is one of the first buildings in the world to utilize a glass curtain wall system. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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48th Street Apartments
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Description
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Photograph of apartment buildings on the south side of 48th Street, looking west to Belleview Avenue, circa 1988. The buildings were later demolished for a highrise office development.
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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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Manor Hall
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Description
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Photograph of the Manor Hall building at 3848 Troost Avenue circa 1979. National Bedding Mart is in the ground-level storefront.
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Date
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1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Pomona Court and Woolf Brothers
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Description
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Photograph of a fountain in the Pomona Courtyard at the northeast corner of Broadway Boulevard and Ward Parkway, circa 1987.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Balcony and Neptune Buildings
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Description
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Photograph of the commercial Balcony Building at Broadway and Wornall, and the Neptune Apartments building at 46th Terrace and Broadway, circa 1987. The Neptune building is pictured while still under construction.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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39th and Main Streets
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Description
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Photograph of the northeast corner of 39th and Main Streets, circa 1980, including the Hotel Netherlands apartment building. The Hyde Park building, at right, opened in 1916, and at the time of this photo, the ground floor was occupied by the Adult Literary Guild adult bookstore, which was evicted in 1982 as part of a neighborhood redevelopment effort lead by J. Nelson Happy.
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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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1700 Block of 39th Street
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Description
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Photograph of the 1700 block of 39th Street, looking west from Genessee Street, circa 1990. Fric and Frac, at 1700 W. 39th, and Virgil's Cafe, at 1712 W. 39th, are pictured on the north side of the block along with other restaurants. Johnson Hardware can be seen in the background, on the northwest corner of 39th and Bell.
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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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Normandy Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Normandy Building at 3825-27 Main Street, circa 1982. Tenants include Grimm Tattoo and Merlin's Game Room. The Normandy was built in 1926, and demolished in 2002 with the site then used for parking. The Pink Garter stripclub can be seen to the north of the Normandy, and the Monarch Storage Warehouse, at 3829-3831 Main, can be seen to its south.
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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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