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Title: Katz Drugstore
Description: View of the Katz Drug Store once located on the northeast corner of 10th Street and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Phillips Hotel
Description: Partial frontal and side view; located on northwest corner of 12th and Baltimore. Also shows Katz Drug Store as first floor tenant.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Osco Drugstore
Description: Photograph of Osco Drugstore at 3948 Main, at the corner of Main Street and Westport Road, circa 1990. The building was originally designed by local architect Clarence Kivett and opened as a Katz Drug Store in 1934. After Skaggs acquired the Katz chain in 1971, the stores began operating under the Skaggs name. In 1985, the store became an Osco drug store after another round of mergers and rebranding.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Skaggs Drug Center
Description: Photograph of Skaggs Drug Center at 3948 Main, at the corner of Main Street and Westport Road, circa 1982. The building was originally designed by local architect Clarence Kivett and opened as a Katz Drug Store in 1934. After Skaggs acquired the Katz chain in 1971, the stores began operating under the Skaggs name. In 1985, the store became an Osco drug store after another round of mergers and rebranding.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Road and Main Street
Description: Photograph of the intersection of Westport Road and Main Street, looking west, in the early 1980s. Part of the Skaggs Drugstore (formerly Katz Drugstore) is visible at left. The commercial building on the north side of Westport Road houses businesses, including the Seville Barber Shop.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Government Employees Hospital Association
Description: Photograph of an office building at 2 West 40th Street in the early 1980s. Originally built for Standard Oil Company, at the time of the photograph the building was occupied by the Government Employees Hospital Association. A decorative archway leading to the parking lot of the Skaggs (former Katz) Drugstore to the south can also be seen in the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Katz Drugstore
Description: View of the Katz drugstore and the Central Business College, once located on northeast corner of 8th Street and Grand Avenue.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Community Fund Parade
Description: View of the Guadalupe Center float during the Community Fund Parade. A Katz Drugstore is in the background.
Date: 1942-10-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Landmark Katz Drug Site Goes on the Auction Block
Description: The historic Katz drugstore in Westport at Main and Westport Road is up for sale. The art deco building with the distinctive clock tower has been there since 1934.
Date: 2011-06-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Drug Store Dynasty
Description: Cover story on Isaac and Michael Katz, "who turned two cigar stores into a drug store empire." The majority of the article is excerpted from the new book "The Kings of Cut-Rate: The Very American Story of Isaac and Michael Katz."
Date: 2011-10-02
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Katz Drug Building Could Get a New Life
Description: Developer Brent Lambi wants to renovate the historic store located on Main Street and "restore it to its original charm." Lambi is in the process of purchasing the building that was declared a city landmark two years ago.
Date: 2009-08-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Church Buys Katz Building
Description: The former Katz drug store building at 3948 Main St. was auctioned off and purchased by Redeemer Fellowship Church, which opened in 2008 at 3921 Baltimore. "The purchase price was not disclosed." The art deco building, with its well-known distinctive orange-striped clock tower, was designed by architect Clarence Kivett. The church plans to use the building for various community activities such as an art gallery, job training, mediation, art classes, etc.
Date: 2011-09-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Rediscovering Art Deco U.S.A.: A Nationwide Tour of Architectural Delights
Description: Photo and description of the Katz stylized drugstore at 3948 Main Street, designed in 1934 by Clarence Kivett, architect.
Date: 1994
Object Type: Book

Title: Traders National Bank
Description: View of Traders National Bank building looking northwest, located on E. 12th Street between McGee Street and Grand Boulevard. Adjacent low building at northwest corner of 12th & McGee Street is a parking garage and drive-through banking facility. Katz Drugstore sign visible on northeast corner of intersection. Law Building on southeast corner of Grand Avenue and 12th Street. Photograph taken from roof of the then Central Library at 12th and Oak streets.
Date: 1962-09-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: Katz Drugstore Opening
Description: View taken at the remodeling, ribbon-cutting ceremonies for Katz Drug Store, Linwood and Troost on Thursday morning, October 26, 1961. View includes Mayor H. Roe Bartle, President Tony Pettus of the SCBA and President Morris Shlensky, Chairman of the Board of the Katz Drug Company. Remodeling was due to an earlier fire.
Date: 1961-10
Object Type: Photograph

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