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Title: Revolutionary Cigar Factory Didn't Last Long in Kansas City
Description: The American Cigar Co. announced in 1929 that they would open "the world's largest and finest cigar factory in Kansas City." The company opened in early 1930 at 6300 St. John in northeast Kansas City. But just two years later the company would close and remain empty until 1935, when Luce Packwood Manufacturing Co. located its operations there.
Date: 1989-01-04
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Wiedenmann Family Came to Westport Area in 1850's
Description: Reprint of an article written by Dory DeAngelo that appeared in the Kansas City Star on July 20, 1988 about the Wiedenmann family that owned and operated a store on the northwest corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania, which is now Kelly's Bar.
Date: 2011-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: When the Circus Came to the Northeast
Description: Kansas City historian and author, Dory DeAngelo, reminisces about the days when traveling circuses would visit Kansas City and put on performances in the Northeast neighborhood. From the early-1930s through the mid-1950s, the circuses would set up in a field near St. John Avenue and Belmont Boulevard across from the old Montgomery Wards building. The Northeast neighborhood was an ideal location because the KC Terminal Railiroad ran through the area.
Date: 2007-11-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Weidenmann Family Came to Westport Area in 1850s
Description: Article tells of the Weidenmanns, one of the early families in Westport. They operated a store in the building that now houses Kelly's Westport Inn from the 1860s until 1927 and had extensive land holdings in the area.
Date: 1988-07-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Employee Strikes Weave an Historic Thread Through Kansas City
Description: Article provides an historical overview of union labor strife in Kansas City; specifically three early labor strikes: 1889 Garment Makers Union walkout of the Swofford Brothers Shirt and Overall factory; May 5, 1912, work stoppage by beer delivery drivers of Local Union 100; December 16, 1936, sit-down strike by workers at General Motors' Fisher Body Plant in the Leeds District.
Date: 2008-03-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Multimillionaire Kept Low Profile
Description: Article on Lamon Vernon Harkness, who lived in Kansas City, Missouri from 1888 to 1891. Harkness inherited his wealth from his father, S.V. Harkness, who was a partner in Standard Oil. He was reported to be one of the wealthiest men in the United States, �??second only to Rockefeller.�?� Harkness built a mansion at 3125 Troost Avenue in an area called �??Millionaire�??s Row.�?� He did not stay in Kansas City long, leaving in 1891 to move to Kentucky.
Date: 1990-02-21
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Judge Smart Lived Up to His Name with Early Real Estate Purchases in KC
Description: Article describes Judge Thomas A. Smart who purchased land in the 1830s where downtown Kansas City would someday be. Smart also ran a store on the levee and eventually sold his land to Col. Thomas Swope.
Date: 1989-05-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Through History Cliff Drive Has Remained a Gem
Description: Article provides an historical overview of Cliff Drive located in historic Northeast Kansas City. Running through North Terrace Park (now George E. Kessler Park), Cliff Drive is roughly three miles long and meanders through wooded hills and rugged limestone cliffs. The route has been a popular recreational area for Kansas Citians since it opened in 1900.
Date: 2008-05-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Crestwood: KC's Friendly Showplace
Description: Description of the design and culture of the neighborhood "between UMKC and 56th Street with east-west borders between Oak and Holmes streets," developed in 1919 by J. C. Nichols, with streets following the topography's natural contours.
Date: 1989-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Map Maker, Map Maker, Make Me a Map
Description: Article about cartography, the art of making maps, of Kansas City.
Date: 1989-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: How It All Began
Description: Comprehensive history of Kansas City's arts and entertainment, contrasting its "broader and higher form[s]," with photos and descriptions of various entertainers and entertainment venues. Description of the changes in live entertainment in the city from the times of the Chouteaus, especially through the 1800s, to the post-World War II era, including motion pictures and the shutting down of the 1920s-1930s jazz and night clubs.
Date: 1983-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Show Biz: Dory's Dad Reminisces
Description: Article about the history of theaters in Kansas City, concentrating on those featuring live entertainment.
Date: 1972-09
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Liberty Street in the West Bottoms
Description: Street level view of Liberty Street between 14th and 16th streets in the West Bottoms. View is looking north/northwest. Believed to be the east side of the building showing loading docks.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Avenue in the West Bottoms
Description: Street level view of 1321-29 Union Avenue located in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri. Two businesses shown include Phillips Fender Guides at 1321 Union and Working in the Dirt at 1323 Union.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hickory Street in the West Bottoms
Description: Street level view of the southwest corner of Hickory Street at 13th Street in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Missouri. Includes warehouse building located on that corner.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Boulevard
Description: Looking northwest from the southwest corner of 11th and Broadway.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Boulevard
Description: Looking north along the west side of Broadway just south of Linwood.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Boulevard
Description: Street level view looking north on Broadway at 39th Street intersection. Buildings in immediate view to be removed for new drugstore construction. Tobler Flowers sign in view on building.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ponce De Leon Apartments
Description: Full frontal and partial side view; located on northeast corner of 46th and Main.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Park Manor Apartments
Description: Partial frontal view of Park Manor Apartments, 4800 Roanoke Parkway, west side of street.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

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