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Title
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The Wish Bone
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Description
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Postcard showing the Wish Bone restaurant, once located at 4455 Main Street in the Southmoreland neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. A caption on the front of the card reads: "Featuring Fried Chicken and Prime Rib Dinners." The reverse side of the card reads: The Wish Bone Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge - Private Dining Rooms - Catering to Lunch and Dinner Parties - Featuring Excellent Food and Service In an Air of Gracious Hospitality."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Clint's Comics
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Description
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Photograph of Clint's Comics, at 3943 Main, and neighboring businesses at the intersection of Main Street and westport Road, circa 1982. Signs for Harling's Upstairs bar and Love Records can be seen on the Southwell Building to the north, and Bell's Restaurant is in the adjacent building to the south. Clint's later moved to the Love Records space and operated there for several decades.
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Date
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1982~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Bell Restaurant
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Description
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Photograph of Bell Restaurant at 3947 Main Street, circa 1981. The building opened in 1924 as a neighborhood grocery store, and Bell operated in the location from 1969 until it closed in 1986.
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Date
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1981~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southwell Building
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Description
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Photograph of the Southwell Building at the intersection of Main Street and Westport Road, in the late 1970s. The building was designed by architects McKecknie and Trask and opened in 1929. A real estate sign hangs in the window of the storefront at 3935 Main, which was recently occupied by Howard E. Thruman Institutional Church. The Shape Shop and Love Records & Tapes are other ground-floor tenants, with Harling's Upstairs Bar and Grill occupying the second floor. Moten's Shoe Repair occupies the neighboring building to the north. Signs for Clint's Books and Bell Restaurant can be seen on the building to the south.
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Date
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1970~/1979~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wishbone Restaurant
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Description
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View of front and driveway of Wishbone Restaurant, once located at 4455 Main Street.
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Date
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1952-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kona Kai Menu
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Description
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Menu for the Kona Kai restaurant, with locations once inside of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 E. 45th Street, and inside of the Hilton Airport Plaza Inn at Interstate 29 and NW 112th Street.
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Date
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1970~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kona Kai Menu
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Description
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Menu for the Kona Kai restaurant, with locations once inside of the Hilton Plaza Inn at 1 E. 45th Street, and inside of the Hilton Airport Plaza Inn at Interstate 29 and NW 112th Street.
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Date
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1970~
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Object Type
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Archival Material
