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Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p529
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 40th Street south to E. 41st Street and from Main Street east to Oak Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking northeast of storefronts on Main Street north of its intersection with 40th Street in Midtown. Several cars parked along the street can be seen. The Ten-Forty Apartments Building is in view. Signs for Ten-Forty Coin Laundry, Westport Cash Saver, A1 Sewing Machines, and 90 Min. Dry Cleaners can be seen. The photograph was taken from the lawn of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Storefronts
Description: View looking southeast of storefronts on Main Street in Midtown from just south of its intersection with 39th Street. Cars traveling along Main Street are in view. Signs for the Christian Science Reading Room, the Second Fiddle Thrift Shop, the Salvation Army Thrift Store, Westport Distributors, Jo Art's Jewelry, Moten's Shoe Repair. JR's Discount, Harling's Upstairs, Clint's Comics, and Love Records can be seen. St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the Southwell Building can be seen.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montrose Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Montrose building at the corner of Main and 40th streets. The building was built in 1923, was also known as the Ten-Forty Apartments, and was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. Cars and a pedestrian on Main Street can be seen. The Thriftway grocery store can be seen on the left hand side of the image and a portion of the yard of St. Paul's Episcopal Church can be seen on the right hand side.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport and Main
Description: Photograph of the Montrose Apartments building at the corner of 40th and Main Streets in the early 1980s, looking east from the intersection of Westport Road and Main. The building was designed by Shepard & Wiser and built in 1923. It was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. St. Paul's Episcopal Church stands to the south, across 40th Street.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
Description: Photograph looking north from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard (at left) and Main Street (at right) circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, is at left, with the streetcar 43rd Street viaduct cross over the intersection of 43rd Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway. Commercial and residential buildings, including the H&R Block headquarters in the lower right corner, line both streets. The downtown skyline can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols Parkway and Main Street through Midtown
Description: Photograph looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) along J. C. Nichols Parkway/Broadway Boulevard from roughly 44th Street circa 1987. Buildings on the St. Luke's Hospital campus can be seen at the left edge of the image, and an Embassy Suites Hotel at 220 West 43rd Street at the center of the photo. Buildings in Westport, along Armour Boulevard, and Downtown can be seen in the background of the image. Baltimore Avenue runs north/south at the right edge of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

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