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Title: Building the Sears-Roebuck Plant
Description: According to this article, the Sears-Roebuck plant is the largest single construction job in the history of Kansas City as of 1925. It was designed by George C. Nimmons & Co., Architects and built by B-W Construction Company of Chicago at Fifteenth Street and Cleveland Avenue for approximately four million dollars. John K. Thompson served as general superintendent.
Date: 1925-06-30
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sears Warehouse
Description: Article giving the land title history of the site of the Sears mail order warehouse at 15th and Cleveland Avenues.
Date: 1925-01-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sears Memories Outlive Warehouse
Description: Article with reminiscences, map of location at Truman and Cleveland Roads, and photos of the demolition of the Sears warehouse building, constructed in 1925, destroyed in the "second largest implosion" in the nation's history.
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Bannister Mall's Last Anchor, Sears, Closing By Early April
Description: The Sears store has been a part of Bannister Mall for 25 years, but is now scheduled to close in early April, 2006. Bannister Mall is located at 5600 E. Bannister Road, has 1.2 million-square-foot of space, and currently has 50 empty retail spaces. Sears owned their own building in the mall. This shopping center opened in 1980 and was successful for many years. However, in the last few years it has struggled. Other anchor stores who have closed include the Jones Store, J.C. Penney and Dillard's.
Date: 2006-01-17
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sears, Roebuck & Company
Description: File contains a Special issue of the Catalog Merchandise Distribution Center Employees' publication, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Kansas City Sears store.
Date: 1975-09-01
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Sears, Roebuck & Company
Description: Postcard of the Sears, Roebuck & Company store on East 15th Street.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Country Club Plaza Christmas Lights
Description: View looking northwest of the Sears building decorated for Christmas on the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1950, Page p312
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Truman Road south to E. 17th Street and from Bales Avenue east to Cleveland Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p180
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Union Avenue south to W. 12th Street and from Mulberry east to Santa Fe, showing buildings, railroads and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1949
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p312
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Truman Road south to E. 17th Street and from Bales Avenue east to Cleveland Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sears, Roebuck Company
Description: Aerial view, looking north, of warehouse building; located at 15th and Cleveland.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p180
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Union Avenue south to W. 12th Street and from Mulberry east to Santa Fe, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p174
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 12th Street south to W. 14th Street and from Liberty east to Mulberry, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1939/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Real Estate: The Country Clubber
Description: Article about "long range planner," J. C. Nichols, and the planning involved with the Plaza, including Sears, Roebuck & Company.
Date: 1947-12-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Sears Homes Scattered in Cass County
Description: Descriptions and photographs of two Sears houses in Belton and Raymore, Missouri.
Date: 2005-05
Object Type: Newsletter Article

Title: Map of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Tour and store directory map for the Country Club Plaza shopping center. A note records that the illustration is based on an original 1947 map and revised of January 1967. Significant Plaza buildings, shops and amenities are shown. The reverse side provides a directory of retail and service shops with addresses and telephone exchange numbers. A text description of the Country Club Plaza is also included.
Date: 1967
Object Type: Map

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