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41. Cable Cars in Kansas City Cable Cars in Kansas City [1969] A 10 page typewritten paper on the history of cable cars in Kansas City from their introduction in 1885 to discontinuation in 1913, with details about their construction and operation as early streetcars....
42. Cable Railway in Kansas City Cable Railway in Kansas City June 11, 1972
43. Change in Tram Plan: New Downtown Traffic Center Setup Effective Tomorrow Change in Tram Plan: New Downtown Traffic Center Setup Effective Tomorrow April/28/1956 Article about changes and closings in some street railway routes, but unverified as to the above tidbit, from the local history index card.
44. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index 1938 Biographical sketches of Harry Faeth or H. A. Faeth, and his brother, Charles Faeth (1865-1926), executives of the Faeth Company at 1127 West 8th Street, formerly the Faeth Iron Company. Description of...
45. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index 1938 Biographical sketch of Jesse Fitts or J. C. Fitts, president of the Fitts-Smith Dry Goods Company at 407 West 8th Street. He was born in New Jersey in 1868 and came to Missouri in the 1880s as a dry goods...
46. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index 1938 Biographical sketch of Gordon Beaham, president of the Faultless Starch Company at 1025 West 8th Street in Kansas City, starting with the starch manufacturing business around 1902, also a director of the...
47. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index 1938 Biographical sketch of Stanley Holmgren, vice-president and treasurer of the Folger Coffee Company at 330 West 8th Street. He was born at 14th and Summit Streets in Kansas City in 1892 and started with...
48. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index 1938 Biographical sketch of E. Ross Kyger, vice-president of the Sewall Paint & Varnish Company at 1009 West 8th Street, born in Holden, Missouri, in 1883 and starting out as a railroad worker.
49. Clarence Kivett Clarence Kivett Photos and multiple articles about Clarence Kivett (1905-1996), an architect "design[ing] some of the city's best-known structures, including Kansas City International Airport and the Alameda Plaza Hotel...
50. Corner of 8th and May Corner of 8th and May 1900 Full frontal and side view; located at northeast corner of 8th and May.
51. Cowden Manufacturing Company Cowden Manufacturing Company Full frontal and side view; located at 412 W. 8th. Also shows eastern entrance to 8th Street tunnel.
52. Cowden Manufacturing Company Cowden Manufacturing Company Full frontal and side view. Also shows eastern entrance to 8th Street tunnel.
53. David Forrester David Forrester 1938 Biographical sketch of David Forrester, or D. Bruce Forrester, vice-president and general manager of the General Box Company at 1600 West 8th Street. He was born in Chanute, Kansas, in 1881 and began the...
54. Dee-Po Stone Raises Ghost of Day When Inconvenience Was Picturesque Dee-Po Stone Raises Ghost of Day When Inconvenience Was Picturesque April/16/1945 History of Union Depot from 1877 to 1915, on "bawdy" Union Avenue, "reached via the famous 'cattle chute' by way of the Eighth Street Tunnel and exciting Ninth Street Incline."
55. Diamond Mills Diamond Mills 1879 Description of a business located at the corner of Santa Fe and 8th Street that manufactures flour.
56. Downtown, Northeast from R.A. Long Building Downtown, Northeast from R.A. Long Building Postcard view of Downtown Kansas City, looking Northeast from the roof of the R.A. Long Building at 10th and Grand
57. Early Kansas City Architects: Adriance and John Van Brunt Early Kansas City Architects: Adriance and John Van Brunt April-May//1979 Photos and biographical article about Adriance Van Brunt (1836-1913) and John Van Brunt (1855-1924), brothers and architects not related to fellow Kansas City architects Henry Van Brunt and Courtlandt...
58. Early Kansas City Architects: George Carman Early Kansas City Architects: George Carman February-March 1980 Photos and biographical article about George Carman, a local architect designing the Gem Theater (1615-17 East 18th Street), Kansas City Journal Building (300 E. 8th Street), and many houses.
59. Eighth Street Eighth Street circa 1930s Oil on canvas painting (23.5 in. x 27.25 in.) of Eighth Street in Kansas City, Missouri, showing entrance to tunnel. Stamped on the back of the wooden stretcher frame in several places as well as back...
60. Elbert Landfried Photograph Collection Elbert Landfried Photograph Collection circa 1940s-60s This collection contains 11 black and white mounted display photographs measuring 14" x 16" and housed in one box. The award-winning photographs were taken by Elbert Landfried. They show both artistic...