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Title: Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
Description: Souvenir program book the Kansas City centennial celebration. The book details the events, organizations involved, and people associated with the celebration. The book contains many advertisements and brief articles detailing the history of various Kansas City area businesses, organizations, and public figures. An index for the book can be found on page 144.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Book

Title: Main Street
Description: Street level view of the east side of Main Street at 40th Street, looking toward the northeast. Businesses in view include the Hotel Netherlands, Warwick Theater, Leighter's, Lerners, and a Western Auto store. A large liquor sign is situated on top of the Western Auto store.
Date: 1952-09-05
Object Type: Negative

Title: Western Auto Supply Co. Opens 500th Retail Store
Description: Photos and article about the history of the Western Auto Supply Company, established in "1909 as a mail-order business" for Model T Ford parts by "George Pepperdine, a Kansas City bookkeeper." Photos of Pepperdine's residence on East 31st Street and the first store location established in 1913 on the 1400 block of Grand Avenue, etc.
Date: 1971-05-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Grand Avenue
Description: View looking north along Grand Avenue from 15th Street. A sign for the first retail store for the Western Auto Supply Company at 1426 Grand Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1922
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 15th Street (Truman Road)
Description: View looking east on 15th Street (Truman Road) from Grand Avenue at night. Shows Western Auto store and General Vacuum Cleaner Co.
Date: 1946-08-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 15th Street (Truman Road)
Description: View looking east on 15th Street (Truman Road) from Grand Avenue at night. Shows a Western Auto store and General Vacuum Cleaner Co.
Date: 1946-11-14
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Auto Store Opening
Description: Orvis A. Sturdy, South Central Business Association president, shown holding the sisors and other unidentified South Central Business Association board members at the ribbon cutting ceremonies in conjunction with the opening of the Western Auto store located at the northeast corner of Linwood and Harrison.
Date: 1941-02-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Auto's First Fifty Years in Kansas City: The Story Began with a Young Man's Idea to Supplement His Meager Wage
Description: History of the Western Auto automobile parts company in from its beginnings in Kansas City in about 1910, established by George Pepperdine for parts for Ford automobiles. Description of its growth and expansion to 250 stores in 1959, with a photo of its familiar sign at 2107 Grand Avenue.
Date: 1959-04-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Little Known Industries in Greater Kansas City, 1926-1929
Description: Article about the "store fixture" chain store and its growth with its clients' growth.
Date: 1929
Object Type: Book

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