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Title: Argentine Smelter - Main Office Building
Description: View of the main office building of the American Smelting and Refining Company, once located near the intersection of S. 21st Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Kansas City (once Argentine), Kansas.
Date: 1907
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified West Plaza Apartment Building
Description: Photograph of an unidentified apartment building circa 1986. The Plaza West office building, at 4600 Madison Avenue, can be seen in in the upper left edge of the image.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: National Catholic Reporter
Description: Photograph of the National Catholic Reporter headquarters at the southwest corner of Armour and Warwick in the early 1980s. The building, originally built and used as a residence, was converted to use as offices in the 1950s. It has served as offices for the local AFL-CIO, the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Kansas City, and became the headquarters of the National Catholic Reporter in the late 1970s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Luzier Cosmetics Building
Description: Photograph of the southern wing of the Luzier Cosmetics Building at 3216 Gillham Plaza in the 1980s. The building was developed in two phases - the larger north wing was designed by local architecture firm Hoit, Price, ; Barnes in 1927 for Martha Washington Candy Company, and the smaller south wing designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters and added in 1928. Luzier purchased the north building and linked the two in 1933, at which time Peters' exterior ornamentation was extended to unify the structures. The building served as the headquarters for the Luzier Cosmetics company from 1928 to 2000.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Vitagraph Film Exchange Building
Description: Photograph of the Vitagraph Film Exchange building at the southeast corner of 17th and Wyandotte in the early 1980s. Built in 1930 by Warner Brothers, the building was part of Kansas City's Film Row, an area focused on the film distribution industry. Warner Brothers continued to occupy the building into the 1970s, but an "Office Space for Lease" sign is posted at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ace Caster and Equipment, Inc.
Description: Photograph of a building at 3240 Main circa 1981. The building was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in 1906, and at the time of the photo housed Ace Caster & Equipment, Inc. Part of the ABC Storage & Van Company building can be seen at the left of the photo, at 3244 Main.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Center Building
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Center (formerly John Hancock) office building on 47th Street between Madison and Summit circa 1980. The building opened in 1961 and was designed by architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. John Hancock Life Insurance Company was an original tenant.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: BMA Building
Description: Photograph of the BMA Tower at 700 West 31st Street circa 1980. The tower was built in 1963 to replace the former headquarters of Business Men's Assurance Company on Pershing Road, and was designed by architecture firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill. The WDAF radio tower can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Side of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Photograph of the west side of Country Club Plaza area, looking southwest, in 1987. The Neptune Apartments building can be seen under construction in the foreground left, and the Saks department store and Seville Square shopping center, on Nichols Road, and Skelly building, on 49th Street, occupy the center of the photograph. The Winston Churchill Apartments and Poet Apartments are pictured in the background, west of Jefferson Street.
Date: 1987
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View Looking East of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Building
Description: View facing east from Main Street showing the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company Building in Crown Center at some point near its completion in 1985. The older and taller headquarters for the company can be seen immediately to the right of the new structure. The Hyatt Regency Hotel can be seen behind the two buildings.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View Looking Northeast of the 4739 Belleview Avenue Building
Description: View facing northeast of the office building at 4739 Belleview Avenue in the West Plaza Residential District. A sign advertising Plaza West Hair Designing on the building to the north can be seen. A car parked along Belleview Avenue is in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View Looking Northwest of the ABC Storage and Van Company Building
Description: View facing northwest of the A.B.C. Storage and Van Company Building at 3244 Main Street. A portion of the KC Body Works Building at 3240 Main Street can be seen. A portion of the Ace Caster and Equipment Building at 3240 Main Street is also in view. Cars, a truck and a motorcycle can be seen along Main Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Standard Oil Company Regional Headquarters Building
Description: View facing northeast of the Standard Oil Company Regional Headquarters Building located on the northwest corner of Armour and Warwick boulevards. The building would later become the home of the Foreign Language Academy school. A portion of another office building immediately to the west can be seen. The Bellerive Apartment Hotel can be seen on the right hand side of the image. Cars, work trucks and a worker on Armour Boulevard are in view.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ace Caster and Equipment, Inc.
Description: Photograph of a building at 3240 Main circa 1981. The building was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss in 1906, and at the time of the photo housed Ace Caster & Equipment, Inc. Part of the ABC Storage & Van Company building can be seen at the left of the photo, at 3244 Main. Brown's Chicken, a national restaurant chain, is visible at the far right of the photograph at 3214 Main.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 47th and Belleview Intersection
Description: Photograph from just south of the intersection of 47th and Belleview, looking north, circa 1988. The Plaza West office is visible in the background, at 4600 Madison Avenue. The Belletower office building at foreground left is located at 4700 Belleview, and the building at right is located at 919 West 47th Street.
Date: 1988~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: City Center Square
Description: Aerial photograph of the City Center Square building at 1100 Main Street in downtown Kansas City. It was built in 1977 by the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It occupies the entire block of 11th Street to 12th Street, and from Main Street to Baltimore Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: Photograph of the Board of Trade building, at 4800 Main Street, circa 1980. The Kansas City Board of trade moved to this building, notable for the sculpture of wheat and corn on its east facade, in 1966.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: Photograph of the Board of Trade building, looking northwest from the intersection of 49th and Main Streets, circa 1980. The Kansas City Board of trade moved to this building in 1966. The Sulgrave Apartments tower, at 121 West 48th Street, can be seen at the left edge of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson Art Gallery South Lawn
Description: Photograph, looking south from the south entrance of the Nelson Art Gallery, circa 1986. The view overlooks the Nelson's south lawn, across 47th Street, and across Theis Park and the Volker Memorial Fountain.
Date: 1986
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lincoln Building
Description: Photograph of the Lincoln Building on the southeast corner of 18th and Vine in the late 1980s. The commercial and professional social building, with a third floor dance hall, opened in 1921 and served as a hub of Kansas City's black community. After several decades of decline, a renovation project, converting the building into office space, began in 1979 and completed in 1981.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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