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Title: Interview with Linda Lighton
Description: Interview with Linda Lighton about the history of the Woolf Brothers clothing stores, which he father worked at and later owned. She discusses the company's origins in the late 1800s, selling men's clothing and haberdashery at 1020 Walnut, and its expansion over the decades to locations at the Plaza, area malls, and regional cities, as well as expanding to sell women's clothing. She also discusses the life of Herbert Woolf, the Kansas City Jewish community, and says that she heard Herbert Woolf "discovered" actress Jean Harlow. She connects the decline of the business to the 1977 flood that damaged the Plaza store and her father Alfred being shot in a mugging, as well as the ascendance of clothing and department store chains in the 1980s.
Date: 2011-05-13
Object Type: Video Recording

Title: Interview with Bob and Bruce Gershon
Description: Interview with Bruce and Bob Gershon about the history of their family company, Arrowhead Fabricare Services. They discuss the building's construction at the corner of 39th and Troost, salvaging furs and leather goods from Plaza stores after the 1977 flood, their garment company clients, a venture into hat-making, and share stories about their lives, families, and the dry-cleaning business.
Date: 2009-10-24
Object Type: Video Recording

Title: Plaza III Restaurant
Description: Exterior view of the fountain and entrance to the Plaza III restaurant located in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1964-11-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woolworth's Country Club Plaza
Description: View looking northeast of the Woolworth's store and other buildings that once stood along the north side of Nichols Road from its intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue in the Country Club Plaza. Cars and pedestrians can be seen.
Date: 1980-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Giralda Tower Construction
Description: View looking southwest of the Giralda Tower at the Swanson's clothing store under construction at the intersection of Mill Creek Parkway and 47th Street in the Country Club Plaza shopping district. Pedestrians and cars can be seen. A sign for the Winn-Senter Construction Company is in view.
Date: 1967-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woolworth's Country Club Plaza
Description: View looking north of the Woolworth's store that once stood along the north side of Nichols Road at its intersection with Pennsylvania Avenue in the Country Club Plaza. Cars and pedestrians can be seen.
Date: 1980-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p573
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 44th Street south to W. 47th Street and from Pennsyvlania Avenue east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area. At top of map, "Add'l Sheet, Oct. 1916."
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Mermaid Fountain
Description: View looking south of the Mermaid Fountain at 4747 Broadway Boulevard in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Lights
Description: View of the Country Club Plaza lights at night.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aleman Court Fountain
Description: View of the Aleman Court Fountain at 310 W. 47th Street in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mermaid Fountain
Description: View looking south of the Mermaid Fountain at 4747 Broadway Boulevard in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Neptune Fountain
Description: View looking southwest of the Neptune Fountain at 308 W. 47th Street in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fountain of Bacchus
Description: View looking southwest of the Fountain of Bacchus at 4701 Wyandotte Street in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Four Fauns Fountain
Description: View looking west of the Four Fauns fountain at 314 Nichols Road in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Diana Fountain
Description: View looking southwest of the Diana fountain in front of the Alameda Plaza Hotel at 401 Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pomona Fountain
Description: View looking northeast of the Pomona Fountain on the northeast corner of Broadway Boulevard and Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Panorama of the Americas
Description: View of the Panorama of the Americas mural in Aleman Court at 310 W. 47th Street in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J.C. Nichols Fountain
Description: View of the J.C. Nichols Fountain in Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Wagon Master
Description: View looking southeast of the Wagon Master statue in front of the Alameda Plaza Hotel at 401 Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Massasoit
Description: View of the Massasoit statue on the southeast corner of Main Street, Brookside Boulevard, and 47th Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

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