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Waldo Eatery Has a Neighborhood Feel
Waldo Eatery Has a Neighborhood Feel
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
In a Time of Economic Shifts, The Star is Changing as Well
In a Time of Economic Shifts, The Star is Changing as Well
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
Kansas City: Rise of a Regional Metropolis
Kansas City: Rise of a Regional Metropolis
Book includes a short history of Gates Bar-B-Q restaurant founded in 1946 by George W. Gates. Includes photographs.
Date : 2002
Craig Quadrangle
Craig Quadrangle
Topographical map of parts of Holt County in Missouri and Richardson County, Nebraska, including the towns of Rulo, Nebraska, and Craig, Missouri. Numerous schools, churches, and roads are depicted…
Date : 1920
Collection: Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p358
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p358
A portion of Kansas City from E. 24th Street south to E. 25th Street and from Park Avenue east to Prospect Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to…
Date : 1909 to 1957
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1909-1937, Page p241
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1909-1937, Page p241
A portion of Kansas City from E. 13th Street south to E. 15th Street and from Main Street east to Grand Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to…
Date : 1909 to 1937
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p141
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1957, Page p141
A portion of Kansas City from W. 23rd Street Trafficway south to W. 25th Street and from Jarboe Street east to Madison Avenue, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of…
Date : 1939 to 1957
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1941, Page p1107
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1941, Page p1107
A portion of Kansas City from E. 70th Street Terrace south to E. 72nd Street and from Olive Street east to Montgall Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page…
Date : 1930 to 1941
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Home Cooking
Home Cooking
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
History and Newspapering
History and Newspapering
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
Italians Don't All Eat Spaghetti
Italians Don't All Eat Spaghetti
Article about Italians fighting negative, organized crime-related stereotypes.
Date : 1969-09
Newsboys - Chillicothe, Missouri
Newsboys - Chillicothe, Missouri
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
Kansas City Quadrangle
Kansas City Quadrangle
Topographical map of Kansas City, Missouri, overlaid by street grid. Major streets identified, as well as schools, railways and hospitals.
Date : 1940
Collection: Maps
Nashua Quadrangle
Nashua Quadrangle
Topographical map of Platte and Clay counties in Missouri, including the town of Nashua. Also depicted are roads of varying grades, schools, churches, and numerous local creeks.
Date : 1950
Collection: Maps
Darlington Quadrangle
Darlington Quadrangle
Topographical map of an area of Gentry and DeKalb counties in northwest Missouri. Northern half of the quadrangle had not yet been surveyed at the time of printing, but the southern half depicts…
Date : 1925
Collection: Maps
Rand McNally & Co's Map of Saline CO., Missouri
Rand McNally & Co's Map of Saline CO., Missouri
Map of Saline County, Missouri, that includes highways, railroads, streams, the post office town Marshall, schools, churches, and cemeteries. Includes the townships of Grand Pass, Miami, Jefferson,…
Date : 1910 (year approximate)
Collection: Maps
Park, Boulevard, Street Railway and Railway Map of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas.
Park, Boulevard, Street Railway and Railway Map of Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kas.
Street map of Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, showing parks, park districts, railroad and street car lines, etc. Inset map of the Midwest shows railroad lines converging on Kansas…
Date : 1894
Collection: Maps
Map of Missouri and Kansas, Giving Counties and County Seats, and Showing the Lines of the Pacific R.R.
Map of Missouri and Kansas, Giving Counties and County Seats, and Showing the Lines of the Pacific R.R.
Photostatic copy of map of Missouri and portions of Kansas with counties, county seats, and the Pacific Railroad line.
Date : 1867 to 1868
Collection: Maps
Map of Jackson County, Missouri [Northern Section]
Map of Jackson County, Missouri [Northern Section]
Land ownership map of the northern part of Jackson County, Missouri, showing railroads, electric railroads, highways (macadamized, graded, main), rural mail routes, streams, churches, school houses,…
Date : 1900
Collection: Maps
Woods Chapel Quadrangle
Woods Chapel Quadrangle
Topographical map of eastern Jackson County, Missouri, including Lee's Summit, Lake Lotawana, Prairie Lee Lake, and Jackson County Lake. Map also depicts schools, churches, cemeteries,…
Date : 1957
Collection: Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p144
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1A, 1939-1949, Page p144
A portion of Kansas City from W. 24th Street south to W. 25th Street and from Madison Avenue east to W. Pennway, showing buildings, railroads, and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to…
Date : 1939 to 1949
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page f002
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page f002
Title page of 1909 volume (updated to 1957) that reads "Insurance Maps of Kansas City, Missouri, Volume Three, Published by the Sanborn Map Company."
Date : 1909 to 1957
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p1234
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1940-1941, Page p1234
A portion of Kansas City from E. 26th Street south to E. 27th Street and from Poplar Avenue east to Denver Avenue, showing buildings and streets. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with…
Date : 1940 to 1941
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p826
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p826
A portion of Kansas City from W. 57th Street south to W. 59th Street Terrace and from State Line Road east to Belleview Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of…
Date : 1917 to 1957
Collection: Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1909-1937, Page p229
Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 2, 1909-1937, Page p229
A portion of Kansas City from E. 11th Street south to E. 13th Street and from Oak Street east to Cherry Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to…
Date : 1909 to 1937
Collection: Sanborn Maps