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Title: Glimpses of Kansas City
Description: Photo of the Beals and Gibraltar Buildings at 9th and Wyandotte Streets.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Book

Title: Downtown Looking West from near 10th and Walnut Streets
Description: 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.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gibraltar Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Gibraltar Building that once stood at 816-820 Wyandotte Street. Cars parked along Wyandotte Can be seen. The southwest corner of the New England Building is in view.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Historic Relics Wait For Rebirth
Description: Several prominent sculpture pieces were saved while buildings were demolished in recent years. Thanks to people like Joan Dillon, Bob Berkebile, and Jane Flynn, architectural pieces from these buildings were saved and stored in local underground storage areas and maintained by the city's Parks and Recreation Department. Article includes illustrations from the following buildings: Senator Hotel, Gibraltar Building, and Wolferman Building.
Date: 2005-02-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bennett Building
Description: Full frontal and side view of Bennett Building; located on north 7th Street. Also shows Gibraltar Building and Loan Association and Harry Abrams Drugs.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1909-1938, Page p021
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 7th Street south to W. 9th Street and from Central Street east to Wyandotte, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p006
Description: Northern part of early Kansas City from W. 6th Street south to W. 9th Street and from Central east to Main Street, showing buildings, businesses and streets. Large numbers at edges of page lead to page showing adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City: Published by Lonas & Boedtker
Description: Description of building at 818 Wyandotte Street, 115 feet high, in Romanesque style, planned by Van Brunt & Howe, architects.
Date: 1900~/1909~
Object Type: Book

Title: Early Kansas City Architects: "Violence in the Ranks"
Description: Description of the case of the 1888 murder of architect Albert Ramsden (ca. 1853-1888), supposedly by his ex-employee John Martling, in an office at the Gibraltar Building. Ramsden the designer of the Gibraltar Building (Downtown) and the Judge Shannon Douglass mansion (built in 1887 at 28th and Troost Avenues and demolished in 1953) and co-designer of the Nelson Building (at Main and Missouri Avenues).
Date: 1977-12
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Architecture and Society: Selected Essays of Henry Van Brunt
Description: Photo of the Gibraltar Building, designed by Van Brunt & Howe, 1888.
Date: 1969
Object Type: Book

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