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Title: Macy's To End 39-Year Stay in KC Area
Description: Macy's announced it would sell its Kansas City area stores. They came to Kansas City in March 1947, buying the old John Taylor Dry Goods Store.
Date: 1986-12-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: It's Macy's Now: Name Change from John Taylor's Revealed at Dedication Yesterday
Description: Macy's absorbed John Taylor's in 1947. The announcement of the name change from John Taylor's to Macy's was made on October 15, 1949, at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the store. Macy's formally opened on October 17, 1949. The event marked the completion of two years of planning and actual construction that saw the expenditure of more than $7 million to produce a Macy's store more than double the old John Taylor's space, first established in 1881.
Date: 1949-10-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Keeping up with the Macy's
Description: Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores will takover the St. Louis-based May Department Stores Co., current owners of the Jones Store, and rename all the Jones stores to Macy's. Currently the Jones Stores are at Independence Center, Metcalf South Shopping Center, Metro North Shopping Center, Oak Park Mall, Prairie Village Shopping Center, and Town Center Plaza.
Date: 2005-07-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Macy's Building
Description: Partial frontal view looking northwest; located at intersection of 11th (Petticoat Lane) and Main.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1939-1958, Page p016
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 9th Street south to W. 11th Street and from Baltimore Avenue east to Main Street, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1958
Object Type: Map

Title: View of the Peck's Dry Goods Store Building at 11th and Main Streets
Description: View facing north along Main Street from just south of its intersection with 11th Street. The Peck's Dry Goods Store Building on the northwest corner of the intersection can be seen. The northeast extent of City Center Square can be seen on the left hand side of the image. A portion of the Macy's department store building can be seen on the right hand side of the image. Pedestrians, cars and a truck can be seen traveling along Main Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Macy's
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the downtown Macy's department store at approximately 1034 Main Street, looking southwest over a construction site.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Putsch's Coffee House and Sidewalk Cafe
Description: Photograph of two women outside of Putsch's Coffee House and Sidewalk Cafe at 333 West 47th Street in the late 1970s. Looking west down 47th Street, Macy's department store can be seen on the north side of the street.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1020-1040 Main Street
Description: View looking southwest of the buildings that once stood at 1020-1040 Main Street. Signs for the John Taylor Dry Goods Company, Baker's Shoes, Virginia Dare, and Clarks Shoes can be seen. A trolly bus is traveling south on Main Street.
Date: 1947-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City's Retailing Revived (After a Fashion)
Description: Descriptions of business trends and executive situations for clothing store chains, including Macy's, the Jones Store Company, and Woolf Brothers, among others.
Date: 1979-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Macy's Kansas City Store Packs a Wallop through Unified Design of Three Buildings and Complete Interior Flexibility
Description: Article about the new Macy's store building at 11th and Main streets, with several photos and architectural drawings.
Date: 1950-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

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