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Kansas City Public Library, Central (10th & Baltimore)
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File contains articles found in publications about the renovation of the First National Bank at 10th and Baltimore for the Central Library of the Kansas City Public Library.
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Vertical File
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Was it Bomb?
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Article describes a probable bombing of the First National Bank of Kansas City (14 W. 10th Street). An explosion, which injured nine people, erupted in an employee lavatory near the vault of the bank.
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2008-01-04
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Newspaper Article
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The First National Bank Building
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Description of the First National Bank building located at 10th and Baltimore. The architects are listed as Wilder & Wight and the contractor as George L. Brown & Son. Includes a photograph of the building.
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1906-02
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Magazine Article
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Central Library wins Preservation Award
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Kansas City Public Library's Central Library was "among 22 recipients in the country to receive National Trust's National Preservation Honor Award" in 2004. The Library's renovation of the former First National Bank Building has also stimulated the conversion of former office buildings in the neighborhood to residential use.
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2004-11-01
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Magazine Article
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Bank Vault
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Bank Vault in First National Bank Building at 10th and Baltimore.
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Photograph
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Interior View, First National Bank
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50th Anniversary photo of H. T. Abernathy (left) and Edward F. Swinney inside bank office.
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1936-03-02
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Photograph
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Richard Stewart Brigham
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The "In Memoriam" column contains the obituary for Richard Stewart Brigham who died February 22, 2007. He was born on October 18, 1914, son of Nelle Stewart Brigham and Richard Westerfield Brigham. "As a young redhead, Richard served as the original poster child for Cook's Paint and Varnish." During his business career he was president of Rogers and Smith Advertising Agency and vice president of the First National Bank of Kansas City. He was also involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors.
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2007-07-21
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Magazine Article
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Main Library to Move
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Announcement of the planned move of the Main Branch Library or Downtown location of the Kansas City Public Library from the Kansas City School District building at 12th and McGee Streets "to the historic First National Bank building at 10th and Baltimore" Avenue, including plans to build an adjacent parking structure and to renovate the interior by 2003.
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2000-12-13
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Newspaper Article
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KC Library Honored by Historic Trust
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Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced during the dedication ceremony for the opening of the Missouri Valley Room that the Kansas City Public Library had won a National Preservation Honor Award for its restoration of the First National Bank at 10th and Baltimore as the Central Library downtown (14th West 10th Street). The library is one of 16 winners.
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2004-09-17
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Newspaper Article
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Interior View, First National Bank
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Barret S. Heddens, Jr., President of First National Bank of Kansas City, and Arthur M. Cox, Bank Guard, taken in May, 1965, on the date of Mr. Cox's retirement after 29 years of service at the bank.
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1965
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Photograph
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Downtown Looking West from near 10th and Walnut Streets
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Panoramic view of downtown buildings facing west from Walnut between 9th and 10th streets. The photograph may have been taken from the roof of the Ridge Arcade Building at 916 Walnut Street. Several downtown buildings can be seen, including: the Victor Building, the New England National Bank Building, the Dwight Building, the Board of Trade Building, the First National Bank Building (current location of the KCPL Central Library), The Elmhurst Building, the Shubert Theater Building, the Huntzinger Building, the Graphic Arts Building, the Western Newspaper Union Building, the Baker-Vawter Building, the University Club Building, the Kansas City School of Law Building, the Cosby Hotel Building, the Savoy Hotel Building, the Gibraltar Building, the New England Life Building, the Bunker Building, the New York Life Building, the Dunlap Building, the Westgate Hotel Building, the Poindexter & Sons Building, the Barton Hat Company Building, and the U.S. Rubber Company Building. The Quality Hill neighborhood and Garment District can be seen in the distance.
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1927
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Photograph
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Taylor S. Abernathy
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Taylor S. Abernathy, retired president of First National Bank, poses beside portraits of Harry T. Abernathy, who headed the bank between 1927 and 1941, and Col. James L. Abernathy, who founded the bank in 1886 and served as president from 1896 to 1900.
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1976
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Photograph
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Bank Safe Deposit Vault
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Safe Deposit Vault in First National Bank Building at 10th and Baltimore.
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Photograph
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