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Title: Micheal Toohey Kept Folks 'Wide Awake' at the Junction
Description: Photo and biographical article about Michael Toohey, or Wide Awake Toohey, a watchman (and Union Civil War veteran) at the Junction of 9th, Main and Delaware Streets (for cable cars, streetcars and pedestrians) in and other Downtown Kansas City intersections in the late 1800s.
Date: 1995
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Ninth Street & the Diamond Building Played an Important Part in Kansas City's Early Business Growth
Description: Article about the history of the building and its impact on the city, providing history of the building's site from 1850 to its existence from 1870 to 1883, on through 1963.
Date: 1995
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Flagpole Sitter atop the West Gate Hotel, 1927
Description: Story of the daredevil "Shipwreck" Kelly attempting an endurance record atop the Westgate Hotel's flagpole, lasting 146 hours and 13 minutes in 1927.
Date: 1995
Object Type: Magazine Article