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…

Article about the passing of an ordinance by the Westport "city fathers" calling an election for $30,000 in bonds for a new city hall in Westport.

View of Pennsylvania Avenue facing southeast from a point between Westport Road and Archibald Avenue. Several cars and a work truck can be seen parked along Pennsylvania Avenue.

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…

A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed…

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

One paragraph about the Kansas City Inter-State Fairgrounds of the 1880s and its racetrack for horse racing and other features. Description of its location "[o]n the west side [of Hyde Park]…

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.

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

Dr. J. W. Parker was called John as well as James and settled in Westport, Missouri, in 1851 where he practiced medicine among the white settlers and the Shawnee, Wyandotte, and Delaware Indians.…

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.

Reprint of the Kansas City Mail article about the fatal shooting of Westport Marshal Samuel Bucher in 1879 at his home by William Gossard with assistance from a "C. Hamilton," complete with…

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."

View looking southwest from 530 Westport Road (Mill Street).

Interior view identified as Eddy's Restaurant located in Kansas City, Missouri.

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.

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…

Street level view of Southwest Boulevard and Jefferson Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The California Taqueria Restaurant at 700 Southwest Boulevard is in view.

Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a photo and article, continued on page 8, about "Dr. Schorer," a 54-year…

View of the intersection of 40th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue facing southwest in Westport. An adult and child pedestrian can be seen walking on the sidewalk. Several cars parked along Pennsylvania…