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Title: Coca-Cola/Western Auto Building
Description: File containing information about the Coca-Cola Building, also known as the Candler Building and the Western Auto Building.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: New Neighbors for Nearly Completed Coca-Cola Building
Description: New building at 20th and Grand, costing $200,000, next to the Coca-Cola Building at the time.
Date: 1915-09-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view looking north with Union Station and Western Auto/Coca Cola building in the foreground and General Hospital to the right.
Date: 1962-11-20
Object Type: Negative

Title: McGee Street
Description: Looking northwest along McGee Street from near 23rd Street. The Coca-Cola Building is in view.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: George Washington Statue
Description: Full view of statue, looking northeast; also shows Coca-Cola Building.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Auto Sign
Description: Sign atop the Western Auto Building, located at 2107 Grand Avenue.
Date: 1991
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Washington Square Park
Description: Looking northeast across park grounds; park located on northwest corner of Grand and Pershing Road.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station Looking North from the Liberty Memorial
Description: View of Union Station facing north from the Liberty Memorial. Several cars parked outside of Union Station and traveling along Pershing Road and Main Street. The downtown skyline is in view in the background of the image. Signs for TWA, Jim Beam bourbon, the Midwest Hotel; Admiral appliances, Kansas City Southern Lines, Belger Cartage Service, Parke-Davis & Company, Old Fitzgerald bourbon, Firestone and Western Auto can be seen.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Overland Automobile Company
Description: Full side and rear view of Overland Automobile Company; located at 2112 Grand Avenue. Coca-Cola Building visible behind.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Overland Automobile Company
Description: Full side view of Overland Automobile Company; located at 2112 Grand Avenue (photograph printed backwards)." Coca-Cola Building visible behind.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and Downtown Kansas City Skyline
Description: View looking toward the northeast taken from Liberty Memorial. Gives a full view of the Union Station building and some railroad tracks as well as the skyline of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Coca-Cola (Western Auto) building is in view on the right and an electric tolley car can be seen traveling on Main Street which runs along the east side of Union Station.
Date: 1940~/1949~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street and Pershing Road
Description: View of the Main Street and Pershing Road intersection, looking toward the north. View includes automobiles and streetcars as well as the Coca-Cola Building located on Grand Avenue in the center.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and City Skyline
Description: View looking to the northwest from the area across the street from Union Station where the Liberty Memorial was soon to be built. In view, Union Station, Coca Cola Building and buildings surrounding it as well as the Kansas City skyline of the time.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Signboard Hill
Description: Aerial view looking northeast from Signboard Hill. The view includes the Journal Post Building, Coca Cola Building, General Hospital, and Hotel Plaza.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: The Business District of Kansas City
Description: Panoramic photograph showing the downtown area. The photograph is labeled: The Business District of Kansas City, June 7, 1922. Panoramic photograph from the General Hospital, showing the new Union Station and the city's growing skyline. Labels written on the photograph include: General Hospital, Entrance to Penn Valley Park, Overland Building, Memorial Park, Indications of Approximate Location of Pershing Road, Union Station, J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, D. A. Moor Building, Coca-Cola, Film Exchange, Kansas City Club, K. C. A. C. Bldg., Kansas City Star, Waldheim Bldg., Commerce Bldg., R. A. Ling Bldg., Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., Telephone Bldg., Densmore Hotel, Locust, Oak, Hospital Hill, proposed Oak St. Viaduct and Approach, Gillham Road, McGee St. Viaduct, Proposed Cut in Grade 21 Feet, and 23rd. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

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