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Title
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Ward Parkway Apartment Buildings
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Description
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Photograph of apartment and condominium buildings along Ward Parkway during the 1980s. The buildings, on the south side of Brush Creek, stand between Wornall Road and Main Street. Halls department store, at the intersection of Wyandotte and Ward Parkway, is also pictured. The Sulgrave and Regency high rise buildings, at the rear of the image, were built in the early 1960s. The brick apartment buildings lining Ward Parkway, including the Locarno and Casa Loma Apartments, were built between 1923 and 1929.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
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Description
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Photograph of Stan Kenton and his band in concert in Brush Creek in 1976. Concertgoers sit on grassy areas sloping up from the concrete creek bed. A portion of the Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1976-06-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Stan Kenton Concert at Brush Creek
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Description
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Photograph of Stan Kenton and his band in concert in Brush Creek in 1976. Concertgoers sit on grassy areas sloping up from the concrete creek bed. A portion of the Halls department store building, on the north side of Brush Creek, is visible in the background of the image.
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Date
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1976-06-27
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Aerial View
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Description
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Aerial photograph looking west through the Plaza in the 1980s, with 47th Street running along the right edge of the image and Brush Creek running through the middle. The image spans from roughly McGee Street west to State Line Road. Plaza-area commercial and residential buildings filling the bulk of the image.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph, Cityscapes
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Title
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Plaza Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Art Fair
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Description
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Elevated view looking west of the 50th annual Plaza Art Fair on Nichols Road. Festival attendees and vendor booths can be seen. The Halls department store building can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1981-09
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Country Club Plaza Parking Lots and Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking northwest from an elevated position at Nichols and Central, of parking lots, commercial, residential, and office buildings in the Plaza area circa 1987. The Seville Square shopping center is visible at left, with Dillard's department store, on 47th Street, visible at right.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Interview with Marianne Young
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Description
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Interview with Marianne Young about her life and her experience in Kansas City's garment industry. Born and raised in Germany, she discusses getting her taste for nice things from her mother and her early interest in fashion, coming to the United States on a scholarship to Northeast Missouri State University, meeting her husband, and following his job to Kansas City. She recalls her job at upscale women's clothing store Swanson's in the 1970s, working as a salesperson and helping assemble wardrobes for customers, declining offers to work as a model, and working as a buyer for DuVall's until the store closed. She discusses the fate of the various DuVall's locations in the area, and going to work at Saks on the Plaza as a personal shopper until that store closed circa 2005. She shares her opinions about the state of Kansas City clothing retailers, the change in fashion to focus on younger women, and making her wardrobe work over time.
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Date
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2011-04-03
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Object Type
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Video Recording
