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Title
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Hotel Closing News to Staff [and] Salvaged Art Work
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Description
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Photo and caption about the removal and preservation of griffins and other "terra cotta tile sculpture" from the Senator Hotel at 17 West 12th prior to its demolition and replacement by a parking lot. Also an article about the "sudden closing of the Hotel New Yorker" for renovations at 1114 Baltimore Avenue, opened in the 1920s as the Bray Hotel or Hotel Bray and changing names in 1948.
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Date
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1973-11-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Hotels in Kansas City
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Description
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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."
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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John Martling
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Description
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Information on John Martling, an architect in Kansas City from 1886 to 1930 and a native of Neosho, Missouri. Description of his career, designing many residences and apartments (226 West 53rd Street in 1910, 3537 Harrison Avenue in 1910, 4204 Harrison Avenue in 1910, 1701 East 43rd Street in 1910, and 4325 Warwick Boulevard in 1908-1909), the New Yorker Hotel at 1114 Baltimore Avenue in 1915, and the Heim Brewery building on Union Avenue in 1905.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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SC123 D. M. Nigro Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The D. M. Nigro Collection consists of publicity materials, correspondence, ephemera, and photographs created by or relating to Dr. D. M. Nigro of Kansas City. Nigro was a medical doctor, sports enthusiast, world traveler, photographer, and an active member of the Democratic Party and the Italian-American community. The collection includes approximately 500 photographs.
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Date
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1944/1999
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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SC205 Organized Crime Files - Series 2: Kansas City Gangsters -Italian
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Description
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This series contains files on criminals of Italian descent suspected of having ties to organized crime, mafia, and mob activity in Kansas City. Items include: mug shots, photographs, KCPD and FBI records, short biographies, and newspaper clippings. While most of the documents are undated, many contain arrest records from the 1930s until the year 1950. This series is arranged alphabetically by surname.
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Date
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1934/1964
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Object Type
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Archival Material