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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: Main Street Downtown
Description: Main Street looking south between 8th and 9th street in downtown Kansas City. View includes the Muse of the Missouri fountain/statue as well as part of Commerce Towers. Back of photograph reads: "old 'Junction' famous center of K.C. in early days. 9th & Main, looking south, M.R."
Date: 1964
Object Type: Photograph

Title: American Legion Memorial Fountain
Description: Close-up view of the American Legion Memorial Fountain located at 9th and Main streets in Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Who Remembers Mike Tuite?
Description: Photo and article about "Mike Tuite," the man stationed at the Junction of 9th, Main, and Delaware Streets in the 1880s-1890s to warn pedestrians and other traffic of approaching cable cars.
Date: 1968-04-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fountain - Missouri Waters
Description: View facing north of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street. A portion of Main Street can also be seen.
Date: 1964-01-19
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Waters Fountain - Commerce Building
Description: View facing southeast of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street. The Commerce Towers Building can also be seen.
Date: 1964-07-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Missouri Waters Fountain
Description: View facing northwest of the Muse of the Missouri Fountain, also known as the David Woods Kemper Memorial Fountain, located between 8th and 9th streets on Main Street.
Date: 1964-07-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: View of a demolished building site at the intersection of 9th and Main Streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Men and horses stand on the site. Ringling Bros. posters are visible on the side of the next building.
Date: 1915-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street
Description: Looking north along the east side of Main between 10th and 11th.
Date: 1931
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Blues Parade
Description: Cars turning east onto 9th from Main Street (The Junction) in SCBA parade honoring the Kansas City Blues; lead car carrying Kansas City Blues Queen. Kay Hotel billboard is in view.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Looking northwest from the southeast corner of 9th and Main at the Junction. Includes cable cars identified as Kansas City Cable Railway. The Kansas City Times building in view.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: View looking east on 9th Street at the junction of Main and Delaware streets. Shows the buildings in the area referred to as The Junction.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Looking north along Main Street from 10th Street at the Junction area of Main, Delaware, and 9th streets. Business in view includes J. T. Welden, Undertaker. Also has view of what appears to be a delivery wagon and street railway tracks.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Early view looking north of Main Street and Vaughan's Diamond Building at the junction of Main, 9th, and Delaware.
Date: 1875
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Looking north from the west side of Main at the Junction area of 9th Street, Delaware Street, and Main Street. Cable car in view in street in front of the Vaughan's Diamond Building. Cable car says East 7th St. and Union Depot and is Number 32.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Plaza
Description: View of the Main Street Plaza, from 6th to 9th streets on Main Street, facing north. The sculpture and fountain pictured is known as the Muse of the Missouri.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Full frontal and side view of Vaughan's Diamond Building; located at the intersection of 9th, Main, and Delaware at the Junction.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 9th Street
Description: Looking east along 9th from the Junction. Shows Michael "Wide-Awake" Toohey in intersection.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Photograph

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