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Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
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Description
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Aerial view looking north with Union Station and Western Auto/Coca Cola building in the foreground and General Hospital to the right.
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Date
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1962-11-20
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Aerial View of Signboard Hill
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Description
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Aerial view looking northeast from Signboard Hill. The view includes the Journal Post Building, Coca Cola Building, General Hospital, and Hotel Plaza.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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The Business District of Kansas City
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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Distant view, looking northeast from atop Union Station, of Coca-Cola Building under construction.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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Postcard of the Coca-Cola Building.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building
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Description
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View looking northeast of the Coca-Cola Building located at southeast corner of 21st Street and Grand Avenue.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Coca-Cola Building and Vicinity
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Description
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Promotional drawing produced by the Ennis-Edwards Realty Company and included within a booklet promoting the advantages of the Coca-Cola Building. The illustration highlights the building's close proximity to the Liberty Memorial, Union Station, rail lines, major streets, the downtown hotel district, the retail district, the office building district, and the headquarters of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Coca-Cola/Western Auto Building
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Description
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File containing information about the Coca-Cola Building, also known as the Candler Building and the Western Auto Building.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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George Washington Statue
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Description
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Full view of statue, looking northeast; also shows Coca-Cola Building.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillham and Pershing Roads Looking North from 25th Street
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Description
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View facing north along Gillham and Pershing Roads from their intersection with 25th Street. A service station sign advertising Wilcox Gasoline can be seen on the east side of Gillham Road. Several prominent downtown Kansas City buildings are in view in the background. Cars traveling north along Gillham and Pershing roads can be seen.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street and Pershing Road
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1928
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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McGee Street
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Description
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Looking northwest along McGee Street from near 23rd Street. The Coca-Cola Building is in view.
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Date
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1920
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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McGee Street
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Description
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View looking south along McGee Street from 20th Street.
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Date
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1922-05-29
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Overland Automobile Company
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Description
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Full side and rear view of Overland Automobile Company; located at 2112 Grand Avenue. Coca-Cola Building visible behind.
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Date
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1915~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Overland Automobile Company
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Description
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Full side view of Overland Automobile Company; located at 2112 Grand Avenue (photograph printed backwards)." Coca-Cola Building visible behind.
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Date
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1915~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station and City Skyline
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1920~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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