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Papu's Cafe in Waldo at 75th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue is located in the Shell gas station that Khalid Sirhandi owns and operates. About a year ago, Sirhandi decided to open his Middle…
Date : 2010-12-29
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Commemorative keepsake section of the Kansas City Star printed to honor the 40th anniversary of George Brett's debut with the Kansas City Royals. The section contains several articles by three…
Date : 2013-08-04
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Editor, Mike Fannin, explains how the printed newspaper, The Kansas City Star, will be reorganized to adapt to the difficult economic time. The main news section will be combined with the local and…
Date : 2009-04-06
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Book includes a short history of Gates Bar-B-Q restaurant founded in 1946 by George W. Gates. Includes photographs.
Date : 2002
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Banquet honoring the Kansas City Blues. City Manager L. P. Cookingham is at the speaker's podium and sports writer Ernie Mehl is seated to the right.
Date : 1954
Collection: South Central Business Association
Members of Kansas City Blues posed near cars lined up outside of Municipal Stadium for South Central Business Association parade honoring the baseball team.
Date : 1952
Collection: South Central Business Association
Article traces the history of the restaurant industry in the Kansas City and its transition from a cow town to "Midwestern mecca for fine dining." Fred Harvey is credited with providing…
Date : 2014-08
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Zack Greinke received the Wilber "Bullet" Rogan Award as the American League's most outstanding pitcher at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Greinke also recently received the Cy…
Date : 2010-01-22
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article about the history of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers and their unique perspectives offered about Kansas City, with photos and biographical descriptions of several of its prominent…
Date : 1986-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article about Italians fighting negative, organized crime-related stereotypes.
Date : 1969-09
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Group portrait of newsboys and an adult posing behind stacks of newspapers and in front of a newspaper truck in Chillicothe, Missouri.
Date : 1922-04-28
Collection: Kansas City Star Collection
One of Kansas City area's highest-profile companies, Applebee's International Inc., is being sold to IHOP Inc. Article includes "Applebee's Through the Years" and a…
Date : 2007-07-17
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
David Glass becomes the second owner of the Kansas City Royals.
Date : 2000-05
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Head and shoulders portrait of Joe McGuff, Sports Editor for the Kansas City Star.
Date : 1965
Collection: South Central Business Association
View looking southwest from behind the outfield wall of Municipal Stadium, located at 22nd and Brooklyn, documenting stadium renovations.
Date : 1954-12-03
Collection: Landmarks Commission
Photo and bio of John Barrons, "[a]dvertising manager of the Kansas City Star."
Date : 1899-04-15
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Photos and description of Pat Nolan (1905-2000), a prominent Ban Johnson League baseball coach in Kansas City starting in 1946, born in Earlton, Kansas.
Date : 2000
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Photograph of the Guadalupe Center baseball team.
Date : 1940
Collection: Guadalupe Center Photographs
Interior view identified as Eddy's Restaurant located in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date : 1964-01-27
Collection: Askren Photograph Collection
Article on John DiCapo, co-owner of DiCapo foods and son of civic leader Carl DiCapo, and his plans for resurrecting the Italian Gardens as a franchise.
Date : 2011-12-02
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Review of the Phoenix Piano Bar and Grill, located at 302 W. 8th Street. Includes background information about previous proprietors of the Phoenix Hotel and Restaurant, which opened at the same…
Date : 2006-06-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Street level view of Southwest Boulevard and Jefferson Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The California Taqueria Restaurant at 700 Southwest Boulevard is in view.
Date : 1999
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)