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Title: Kansas City Then & Now
Description: Photos and description of the change in the structures and streets at the intersection of Main, Delaware, and 9th Streets (formerly known as the Junction and removed of Delaware Street) from just after the Civil War (with only wooden buildings) to the Diamond Building (built about 1870 by Samuel Vaughan), its replacement about 1915 by the Westgate Hotel (demolished in 1954 with the street straightening), and replacement by the Muse of the Missouri fountain, TenMain Center, and Commerce Tower in the late 1900s.
Date: 2000
Object Type: Book

Title: Shipwreck Kelly Is Down
Description: Story of daredevil "Shipwreck" Kelly's record 146 hours and 13 minutes of sitting atop the flagpole of the Westgate Hotel, finished on February 25, 1927. Announcement of his plan the next day to attempt a "loop-the-loop" on an airplane at Richards Field while tied to a flagpole attached to it.
Date: 1927-02-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Westgate Hotel
Description: The hotel was built around 1915 on the former site of the old Diamond Building that was built in 1870 and later bought by the Kansas City Times in 1883.
Date: 1925-09-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Westgate Hotel
Description: Full frontal and side view; located at the Junction, intersection of Main, 9th, and Delaware.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westgate Hotel
Description: Full frontal and side view.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westgate Hotel
Description: Postcard of the Westgate Hotel, once located at the Junction of Main and Delaware streets.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: The Junction
Description: Street level view of the downtown Kansas City area known as the Junction located on 9th Street between Main and Delaware streets. View includes the Kay Hotel which was built in 1916 and razed in 1954. It originally was called the Westgate Hotel.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Westgate Hotel
Description: Postcard of the Westgate Hotel that formerly stood at the Junction of Main and Delaware streets at 9th Street.
Date: 1919~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Main Street Looking North from 10th Street - The Junction
Description: View looking north along Main Street from its intersection with 10th Street. The Westgate Hotel and the Junction of Main and Delaware streets can be seen. The elevated streetcar tracks along 8th Street are in view. Several pedestrians, cars, and streetcars can be seen.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westgate Hotel
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Westgate Hotel; located at the intersection of 9th, Main, and Delaware streets. Letterhead and logo for the hotel is located on the back of photograph #9.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Ninth Street & the Diamond Building Played an Important Part in Kansas City's Early Business Growth
Description: Article about the history of the building and its impact on the city, providing history of the building's site from 1850 to its existence from 1870 to 1883, on through 1963.
Date: 1995
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Flagpole Sitter atop the West Gate Hotel, 1927
Description: Story of the daredevil "Shipwreck" Kelly attempting an endurance record atop the Westgate Hotel's flagpole, lasting 146 hours and 13 minutes in 1927.
Date: 1995
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Westgate Hotel and American Legion Fountain
Description: View looking northwest of the Westgate Hotel and American Legion Fountain, once located at the junction of Main and Delaware streets.
Date: 1925
Object Type: Photograph