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…

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…

Book includes a short history of Gates Bar-B-Q restaurant founded in 1946 by George W. Gates. Includes photographs.

Photos of the business owners and text about the company at 3310-3312 Main Street.

Description of "D. Merriwether and Son," a grocery store established about 1877 in the Boone's Trading Post building at the northwest corner of Westport and Pennsylvania Avenues.…

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…

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…

Article about Italians fighting negative, organized crime-related stereotypes.

Description of the street paving company at Alexander Avenue and Kansas City Belt Railway, with a map showing streets in Kansas City paved by the company.

Entry describing the business of the Missouri Commission Company, dealing in "[g]eneral commission, produce, fruit, flour and game, no. 505 Walnut Street."

Dealers in lumber, lath, shingles, sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, etc., corner Tenth and Mulberry Streets.

Photo of the interior with description of the business at 1523-1525 McGee Street.

Illustration, advertisement, and article about the company at 11th and Grand Avenues with seven floors.

Group portrait of newsboys and an adult posing behind stacks of newspapers and in front of a newspaper truck in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Manufacturers of experimental and special machinery, patterns, models for the patent office, general blacksmithing and machine repairs, manufacturing agents for engines, boilers, and engine supplies…

Description of Scotford and Company, "'[t]he leading photographers,' no. 715 Main Street."

Photos of the horse and mule supplier at the Stockyards.

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…

Joseph Hoffman seated at piano.

Head and shoulders portrait of Joe McGuff, Sports Editor for the Kansas City Star.

Photo and bio of John Barrons, "[a]dvertising manager of the Kansas City Star."

History with photo of the United Chemical Company, started in 1913 at 13th and Main Streets before moving into the former Pacific Hotel at 401-403 Delaware Street.

Entry describing the oil company's facilities and operations, established in Kansas City in 1880.

Dealer in new and second hand machinery, no. 7 East Levee.