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Title
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Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Main Street
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1952-09-05
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Western Auto Supply Co. Opens 500th Retail Store
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1971-05-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Grand Avenue
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1922
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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15th Street (Truman Road)
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Description
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View looking east on 15th Street (Truman Road) from Grand Avenue at night. Shows Western Auto store and General Vacuum Cleaner Co.
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Date
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1946-08-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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15th Street (Truman Road)
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Description
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View looking east on 15th Street (Truman Road) from Grand Avenue at night. Shows a Western Auto store and General Vacuum Cleaner Co.
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Date
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1946-11-14
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Western Auto Store Opening
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1941-02-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Major Tune-Up at Western Auto
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Description
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Photos and article about the Western Auto Supply Company's "conversion of company stores into automotive supermarkets" under chief executive officer John Lundegard, with photos of "[t]he first Western Auto store, opened in 1909 at 1426 Grand" Avenue in Kansas City "and one of the recently [1981] converted company-owned stores on North Oak Trafficway."
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Date
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1981-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
