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Title: Interview with Linda Lighton
Description: Interview with Linda Lighton about the history of the Woolf Brothers clothing stores, which he father worked at and later owned. She discusses the company's origins in the late 1800s, selling men's clothing and haberdashery at 1020 Walnut, and its expansion over the decades to locations at the Plaza, area malls, and regional cities, as well as expanding to sell women's clothing. She also discusses the life of Herbert Woolf, the Kansas City Jewish community, and says that she heard Herbert Woolf "discovered" actress Jean Harlow. She connects the decline of the business to the 1977 flood that damaged the Plaza store and her father Alfred being shot in a mugging, as well as the ascendance of clothing and department store chains in the 1980s.
Date: 2011-05-13
Object Type: Video Recording

Title: Interview with Bob and Bruce Gershon
Description: Interview with Bruce and Bob Gershon about the history of their family company, Arrowhead Fabricare Services. They discuss the building's construction at the corner of 39th and Troost, salvaging furs and leather goods from Plaza stores after the 1977 flood, their garment company clients, a venture into hat-making, and share stories about their lives, families, and the dry-cleaning business.
Date: 2009-10-24
Object Type: Video Recording

Title: Plaza III Restaurant
Description: Exterior view of the fountain and entrance to the Plaza III restaurant located in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1964-11-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woolworth's Country Club Plaza
Description: View looking northeast of the Woolworth's store and other buildings that once stood along the north side of Nichols Road from its intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue in the Country Club Plaza. Cars and pedestrians can be seen.
Date: 1980-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Giralda Tower Construction
Description: View looking southwest of the Giralda Tower at the Swanson's clothing store under construction at the intersection of Mill Creek Parkway and 47th Street in the Country Club Plaza shopping district. Pedestrians and cars can be seen. A sign for the Winn-Senter Construction Company is in view.
Date: 1967-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woolworth's Country Club Plaza
Description: View looking north of the Woolworth's store that once stood along the north side of Nichols Road at its intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue in the Country Club Plaza. Cars and pedestrians can be seen.
Date: 1980-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Putsch's Cafeteria
Description: Unused postcard depicting the interior of Putsch's Cafeteria. The reverse side reads: "An S-shaped sofa that seats 50 is part of the dazzling decor that makes Putsch's Cafeteria a favorite place for families to dine in Kansas City, Mo. The cafeteria is one of the newest buildings of Kansas City's famous Country Club Plaza." Genuine Natural Color made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack ,NY. Published by Hawkes-Terrill, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p573
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 44th Street south to W. 47th Street and from Pennsyvlania Avenue east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Oct. 1916."
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Country Club Plaza
Description: Elevated view looking northwest of the Country Club Plaza. Brush Creek and Ward Parkway can be seen in the foreground.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carlton Plaza
Description: Photograph, looking north along Roanoke Parkway from 48th Street, of the Carlton Plaza apartment building at 4740 Roanoke circa 1988.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 900 Block of West 45th Street
Description: Photograph of 45th Street east of Belleview Avenue, looking east, circa 1986. Jack Rees Interiors, at 4501 Belleview, can be seen at right; Bill Cohen Men's Shop, at 4451 Belleview, is visible at left. Houses and a dental office, at 919 West 45th Street, are visible to the east.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ward Parkway Apartment Buildings
Description: Photograph of apartment and condominium buildings along Ward Parkway during the 1980s. The buildings, on the south side of Brush Creek, stand between Wornall Road and Main Street. Halls department store, at the intersection of Wyandotte and Ward Parkway, is also pictured. The Sulgrave and Regency high rise buildings, at the rear of the image, were built in the early 1960s. The brick apartment buildings lining Ward Parkway, including the Locarno and Casa Loma Apartments, were built between 1923 and 1929.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and his band in concert in Brush Creek in 1976. Concertgoers sit on grassy areas sloping up from the concrete creek bed. A portion of the Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1976-06-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Elevated view of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Elevated view looking south of the Country Club Plaza district taken from above the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and 47th Street. Several Plaza buildings, houses and automobile service stations are in view. The Raphael Hotel and the Locarno Apartments buildings can be seen.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1957, Page p564
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 44th Street Terrace south to W. 46th Street and from Madison Avenue east to Pennsylvania Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sophian Plaza
Description: Photograph of the Sophian Plaza apartment building at 4618 Warwick Boulevard in the early 1980s. The 47-unit building, designed by Shepard & Wiser and developed by Henry J. Sophian, was built in 1922, and converted to a condominium in 1978.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton and his band in concert in Brush Creek in 1976. Concertgoers sit on grassy areas sloping up from the concrete creek bed. A portion of the Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1976-06-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Winstead's Restaurant
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of Winstead's Restaurant building at 101 Brush Creek Boulevard (renamed Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard in 1999). This was Winstead's first restaurant in Kansas City and opened in 1940.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4500 Block of Belleview Avenue
Description: Photograph of a commercial building and houses on the southeast corner of 45th and Belleview circa 1986. The commercial building houses Jack Rees Interiors, at 4501 Belleview. The houses to its south are located, from left to right, at 4503, 4505, and 4509 Belleview. The building and houses were later demolished for a redevelopment project.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children Walking in Brush Creek
Description: Photograph of children walking on the concrete stream bed of Brush Creek, circa 1987.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

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