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The Peanut at 70 Is a Family Affair
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Description
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Article describing the past and present of The Peanut, a Kansas City bar owned by Rich and Melinda Kenny. The Kenny's proclaim that the bar at 50th and Main Street has the longest continuously renewed liquor license in Jackson County.
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Date
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2003-01
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Plaza III Restaurant
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Exterior view of the fountain and entrance to the Plaza III restaurant located in the Country Club Plaza.
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Date
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1964-11-24
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Apartment Buildings on Washington
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View looking northwest of apartment buildings at the corner of 13th and Washington streets. A sign for the Executive Inn restaurant is in view.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Dick's Down Home Cook Shop
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Description
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View of Dick's Down Home Cook Shop, located at 1521 E. 18th Street (18th and Vine).
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station Fred Harvey Restaurant, Store, and Shops
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Description
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Interior view of Union Station showing signs for the Fred Harvey restaurant, drug store, lunch room, book shop, candy shop, and cigar shop. The entrance to the drug store is on the left hand side of the image.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Fire Department
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Description
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Unidentified members of fire department atop fire truck before Union Station entrance preparing to attend a breakfast given in their honor for putting out a blaze in the Harvey restaurant kitchen.
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Date
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1950-03-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Golden Ox Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
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Description
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Unused postcard of the dining area in the Golden Ox. The postcard is a "genuine 'C.T. Curteichcolor' post card - The Allis Press, Kansas City, Mo." The advertisement reads "at the Kansas City Stockyards 'Where Steak is Born'"
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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The Golden Ox Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge
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Description
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Unused postcard with pictures of the interior and exterior of the Golden Ox Restaurant. Photography by Bob Cunningham. Advertisement states "Located at the Stock Yards, 1600 Genesee, Kansas City, Mo., Telephone 816-842-2866 Just five minutes from downtown K.C. Internationally famous for steaks. Seating capacity 300. Banquet facilities available. Also in Washington D.C. and Denver, Colo. 'Where the steak is born'"
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Top of the Tower Restaurant
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Description
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Postcard showing the Top of the Tower Restaurant, once located on the 30th floor of Commerce Towers at 911 Main Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The reverse side of the card reads: "Genghis Khan - a reproduction of a Mongolian tent overlooking the city from the thirtieth floor of Commerce Tower. Here you can sip a mare's milk cocktail while dipping succulent morsels of meat in your own Mongolian hot pot."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Hereford House
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Description
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Postcard showing two employees preparing foot at the Hereford House steakhouse, once located at 20th and Main streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The reverse side of the card reads: "Open Hearth Charcoal Broilers at Webb & Marlo's Hereford House in Kansas City where the Hereford is king and steaks are deliciously broiled before your eyes...plus fine wines and cocktails served in an atmosphere reminiscent of the old west combined with a bit of New Orleans charm. Our Pizza Pie Made with finest oil and Cheeses." An advertisement, also on the reverse side of the card reads" "Good for a Hereford House 'Special Treat' If Presented (when ordering dinner) Before July 31, 1964."
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Date
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1964
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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The Wish Bone
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Description
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Postcard showing the Wish Bone restaurant, once located at 4455 Main Street in the Southmoreland neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. A caption on the front of the card reads: "Featuring Fried Chicken and Prime Rib Dinners." The reverse side of the card reads: The Wish Bone Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge - Private Dining Rooms - Catering to Lunch and Dinner Parties - Featuring Excellent Food and Service In an Air of Gracious Hospitality."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Putsch's Cafeteria
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Description
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Unused postcard depicting the interior of Putsch's Cafeteria. The reverse side reads: "An S-shaped sofa that seats 50 is part of the dazzling decor that makes Putsch's Cafeteria a favorite place for families to dine in Kansas City, Mo. The cafeteria is one of the newest buildings of Kansas City's famous Country Club Plaza." Genuine Natural Color made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack ,NY. Published by Hawkes-Terrill, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Ross' Il Pagliaccio
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Description
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Postcard showing the interior of the Il Pagliaccio Italian restaurant, once located at 600 E. 6th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. A slogan on the front of the card reads: "Kansas City's Oldest and Finest Italian Restaurant." The reverse side of the card reads: "The oldest and finest Italian restaurant in Kansas City, nationally famous for Italian foods."
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Date
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1963
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Victoria Station
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Description
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Postcard showing an unidentified Victoria Station restaurant location. A slogan on the front of the card reads: "Purveyor of Prime Rib & Potable Spirits." The reverse side of the card reads: "Unique and exciting restaurants featuring Prime Rib and Potable Spirits. Dine in authentic boxcars and cabooses decorated with historical British Railway artifacts. A list of locations printed on the reverse side of the card reads: "San Francisco, Oakland, Denver, Columbus, New Orleans, Atlanta, Dallas, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sunnyvale, Kansas City, Houston, Miami, Portland, Indianapolis."
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Date
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1974
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Milleman-Gilbert
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Description
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Unused postcard depicting the Section Main Dining Room and the Air-Vue Room on the Outside Terrace of Milleman-Gilbert, "Food-Famous Airport Restaurant." The card was produced by Harley J. Scott Company at 921 Walnut in Kansas City, Mo.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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El Sereno Buffet and Restaurant
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Description
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Postcard showing the interior of the El Sereno Buffet and Restaurant, once located at 800 Walnut Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. A slogan on the front of the card reads: "Home of the Hot Tomato Chaser." The reverse side of the card reads: "El Sereno Buffet - Specializing in American and Italian Foods - French Fried Shrimp Served Daily - French Fried Onion Rings - Fish and Oysters in Season."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Victor Hugo Inn
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Description
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Unused postcard of the Victor Hugo Inn. The reverse side reads: "Located on Wornall at the Northwest corner of 85th, Kansas City, Missouri. The finest and most exclusive place for chicken, rainbow trout, and steak dinners. Victor Hugo has a most unusual refined and elegent (sic) homelike atmosphere where no liquors are served, just fine food. In addition to chicken, they serve and make a specialty of rainbow trout right fresh from their own Crystal Springs Hatchery in the Ozark Mts .at Cassville, Mo., where trout are scientifically fed, cared for, and shipped to the finer hotels and cafes in all part of the U.S.A. They also cater to evening and afternoon parties, also weddings. Management of Jack & Donna Wasmuth, Fine foods and service, no liquors or dancing. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Putsch's 210
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Description
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Unused postcard of Putsch's 210 interior. The reverse side reads: "On Kansas City's famous Country Club Plaza. Offers gracious dining in a crystal and gold setting reminiscent of old New Orleans. String Trio provides dinner music nightly, with piano stylings in the cocktail lounge. Continental cuisine. Open Monday through Saturday. 210 West 47th Street."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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