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Title: Firestone Building
Description: Materials pertaining to the Firestone Building, located at 20th and Grand in Kansas City.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Buildings--Kansas City
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: New Neighbors for Nearly Completed Coca-Cola Building
Description: New building at 20th and Grand, costing $200,000, next to the Coca-Cola Building at the time.
Date: 1915-09-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Firestone Tire Building
Description: Partial frontal view; located at Linwood and Troost. Shows Kansas City Police Department as occupant.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firestone Sign
Description: Sign atop of Firestone Building; located on southeast corner of 20th and Grand.
Date: 1991
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firestone Building
Description: Full frontal and side view; located at southeast corner of 20th and Grand.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firestone Building
Description: Photograph of the Firestone Building at 2001 Grand Boulevard, the southwest corner of 20th and Grand, in the early 1980s. Built to serve as the Kansas City branch of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the building was completed in 1916. At the time of the photograph, it still served as a Firestone outlet, with a retail operation on the first floor.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vendo Company Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Vendo Company Building that once stood at 1908-1914 McGee Street. To its right are the buildings that once stood at 1916-1918, 1920-1926, and 1928-1930 McGee Street. The Firestone Building and the Western Auto, also known as the Coca-Cola, Building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Crowd Gathered
Description: Photograph of a crowd gathering near Union Station to see the Freedom Train. This specially-designed train travelled the country from 1947 to 1949 with displays of historically significant historical documents, including the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation. The Freedom Train stopped in Kansas City June 6-7, 1948. Airplanes flying in formation are passing overhead.
Date: 1948-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firestone Building
Description: View looking southeast of the Firestone Building at 2001 Grand Avenue. Cars parked on the street can be seen. A sign for the W. E. Murray Transfer and Storage Company is in view.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View North from near 22nd and Holmes
Description: Panoramic view looking north from near 22nd and Holmes streets. Downtown can be seen across the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks. Several buildings are in view, including: the Carnie-Goudie Company Building, Union Station, the Coca-Cola Company (later the Western Auto) Building, and the Firestone Building. In view are signs for: National Biscuit Company, the Studebaker Riley Company, Carey Roofing, Camel cigarettes, Franklin Ice Cream, Shuff Battery Tire & Electric Service, and the Southwest Warehouse Company.
Date: 1922-05-22
Object Type: Photograph