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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: Flood Scene
Description: View looking north along Walnut Street from 6th Street during a 1908 flood. The Missouri River can be seen in the distance. Several downtown buildings are in view. Signs for the New Nelson building, the Henry House hotel, and the Clay Auction Company can be seen.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Description: Exterior view southeast of the second St. Mary's Episcopal Church building once located at 8th and Walnut streets. A portion of Central Presbyterian Church that once stood on the southwest corner of 8th Street and Grand Avenue can be seen on the left hand side of the image. Two priests standing on the front steps are in view.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Waltower Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Waltower building at 821-825 Walnut Street. Pedestrians and cars on the street can be seen. Signs for the Norman Hobart insurance agency can be seen.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street from 19th Street
Description: View looking south along Walnut Street from its intersection with 19th Street. Cars parked and traveling along Walnut can be seen. Signs for Machinery & Supplies Company, Valomilk, and Joe Stevens Liquor are in view. The rear side of the Midwest Hotel at 1925 Main Street can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jaccard Jewelry Company Building
Description: View looking east of the Jaccard's Jewelry Company building that once stood at 1017-1019 Walnut Street. Cars parked along Walnut Street can be seen. Figures standing outside and inside the store's ground floor are in view. Signs for Dr. D. O. Barnes - Dentists and the New York Eastern Dental Company Laboratory are in view on the building's second floor.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Merry Building
Description: View looking east of the Merry Building that once stood at 1009-1011 Walnut Street. Signs for The Ball Company, Andrew's Jewelry Manufacturing Company, Nisley, Devoe Paint, and the Gygax Silver Plating Company can be seen.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Interurban Train to Excelsior Springs
Description: Two car Interurban train that ran to Excelsior Springs shown sitting at 13th and Walnut in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut at 12th
Description: View looking northwest at buildings along the west side of Walnut Street from 12th Street. Signs for Katz Drugstore inside of the Boley Building, Oppenstein Brothers inside the Boley Building, and the Egyptian Tea Room can be seen. Pedestrians and cars traveling along Walnut Street are in view.
Date: 1935~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut between 6th and 8th
Description: View of Walnut Street between 6th and 8th streets during construction Several individuals and a horse drawn cart around the site can be seen.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Famous Petticoat Lane
Description: View looking west along Petticoat Lane (11th Street) from its intersection with Walnut Street. The streets are crowded as a horse drawn steam pumper fire engine passes. Signs for the John Taylor Dry Goods Company and Federmann's drugstore can be seen.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Montrose Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Montrose Building, once located at the intersection of 40th and Main streets. The vantage point of this image is from Walnut Street and shows the building's northeast side. The building was built in 1923, was also known as the Ten-Forty Apartments, and was demolished in 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. A car and a pedestrian on Walnut Street can be seen. The rear, northeast side of the Thriftway grocery store is in view on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Altman Building and Alpha Floral
Description: View looking northeast of the Altman Building and occupants Alpha Floral Company, once located at 1101-1105 Walnut Street. The Emery, Bird and Thayer Building is in view across 11th Street in the background. Pedestrians, cars, and a horse and buggy can be seen traveling along Walnut Street.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Company Building
Description: View of the J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Company Building, once located at 1013-15 Walnut Street. The American Optical Company, Devoe Paint and Varnish Products, as well as the Jaccard Jewelry Store Building are in view.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.13
Description: Page 13 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. A group portrait of police officers standing outside of Police Station No. 4, once located at 1913 Walnut Street, is attached to the upper left hand corner of the page. The names of the pictured officers is printed below the image. A photograph of a group of police officers standing outside of Police Station No. 3 is attached to the lower left hand corner of the page. A portrait of a police officer is attached to the right hand side of the page.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saver's Chandelier Company Building
Description: View looking west of the Saver's Chandelier Company Building that once stood at 1310 Walnut Street. Cars parked on the street can be seen.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saver's Chandelier Company Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Saver's Chandelier Company Building that once stood at 1310 Walnut Street. Parked cars can be seen. Signs for Camel cigarettes, the Kansas City Gas Company, Vincent's Doll Hospital, the Great Western Home Appliance Company, the Hurst Loan Company, the KC Secretarial School, and H. R. Williams Mill Supplies are in view. The Hotel President and the Keystone Building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

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