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Title: 12th Street, East from Wyandotte
Description: Postcard of 12th Street facing east from Wyandotte Street.
Date: 1931-10-01
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 12th Street from Main Street
Description: 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.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street from Main Street
Description: 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, and the Dixon Hotel can be seen.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Book Seeks to Restore Cub's Great Jewish Heritage
Description: A new book entitled Johnny Kling: A Baseball Biography by Gil Bogen has recently been published. The author contends that Kling was Jewish although Kling's wife Lillian asserted he was not. Kling was a catcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1900-1911. He owned the Dixon Hotel in Kansas City and the Strand in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was also a professional billiards player as well as part owner of the Kansas City Blues baseball team.
Date: 2006-04-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Dixon and Sexton Hotel
Description: Full frontal view of the Dixon Hotel and the Sexton Hotel beside it. Located at 15 W. 12th. Also shows the Baltimore Shirt Company, Pennant Café, and Maze Theater located in the Dixon Hotel.
Date: 1915
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: National Register nomination form, item 7, page 1, for the Dixon Hotel at 1205 Baltimore Avenue.
Object Type: Report

Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: Information on the Dixon Hotel at 12th and Baltimore Avenues, demolished in 1985 to make way for One Kansas City Place, Kansas City's tallest building.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: Postcard of the Dixon Hotel.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Dixon Hotel
Description: Postcard showing the Dixon Hotel that once stood on the southeast corner of 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue.
Date: 1932~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Dixon Hotel and Johnny Kling
Description: Baseball player and owner, Johnny Kling, was also an expert billiards player. He opened a hotel in 1912 called the Hotel Dixon which advertised that it had 39 Kling specially designed tables. It was located at 12th and Baltimore in downtown Kansas City.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Hotels in Kansas City
Description: The file includes articles about various Kansas City hotels and a copy of the National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form for "Hotels in the Downtown Area of Kansas City."
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Johnny Kling Again Host at the Hotel Dixon
Description: Short article describes baseball player Johnny Kling resuming management of the Hotel Dixon, a favorite with stockmen. Mr. Walter Gable continues as the general manager.
Date: 1932-10-15
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 1]
Description: Volume one of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 2]
Description: Volume two of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Kansas City, Missouri Its History and Its People, 1808-1908. [Volume 3]
Description: Volume three of Carrie Westlake Whitney's early history of Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Modishly Moorish in Kansas City
Description: Photo, map, and article about the Raphael Hotel at 325 Ward Parkway, built in opulent "Moorish" architectural style as part of the Country Club Plaza in the 1920s.
Date: 1991-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: P32 Richard Corliss Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: Richard Corliss was born in Springfield, Massachussetts, in 1915 and moved to Kansas City in 1944. He worked as a freelance photographer, capturing scenes for sale to local news agencies. His collection consists of 46 photographs of varying sizes. Most are black and white. The photographs, shot between approximately 1945 and 1960, are of local personalities and visiting celebrities, accidents, disasters, and other news events. Notable are several photographs of the Truman family after their return to Independence.
Date: 1945~/1960~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Quality Hill--A Study in Heredity
Description: Thorough article about the early history of Quality Hill on the west side of Downtown in "post-bellum Kansas City," and the area's ethnic and genealogical traditions. Numerous details about contrasts between Northern and Southern citizens' customs, addresses, and titles, with other information such as street name origins, etc.
Date: 1941-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Ramos Vertical File List
Description: A list of the file names in the Ramos collection. This collection includes books, pamphlets, newspaper articles, and vertical files relating to the African American experience. Begun around 1920 by librarians at Kansas City Public Library's Lincoln High School Branch, the John F. Ramos Collection contains information on both local and national topics. Other resources can be found by searching the online catalog.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Rockhurst High School Yearbook - Quarry
Description: Yearbook for the 2005 class of Rockhurst High School.
Date: 2005
Object Type: Yearbook

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