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341. Alphonso Hunt Alphonso Hunt 1896 Biographical sketch of Dr. Alphonso Hunt, a physician born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1857 and coming to the Kansas City in around the early 1880s, residing at 2901 Main Street.
342. Amazing Grace, Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri Amazing Grace, Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri 2005 Profile of Grace Harris, whose barbecue is served at the Grand Emporium blues club, located at 39th and Main. The author writes that Harris is also the proprietress of H-M Old Southern Style in Kansas...
343. America's Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels America's Historic Stockyards: Livestock Hotels 2005 This book looks at the history of U.S. stockyards. Kansas City is included in chapter 8. The text is well-documented with footnotes, a bibliography, glossary, and index.
344. America's National Historic Trails America's National Historic Trails 1999 Chapter of the book about the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, tracing the route of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806 from Saint Louis to Portland, Oregon, and back, crossing the Kansas...
345. America's National Historic Trails America's National Historic Trails 1999 Chapter of the book about the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, following the Santa Fe Trail between (central and western)Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico, from Mexican independence in 1821 to the late...
346. America's National Historic Trails America's National Historic Trails 1999 Chapter of the book about the Oregon National Historic Trail, following the historic original Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, to Portland, Oregon, "from 1840 to 1870" and passing through the...
347. American Business Women's Association American Business Women's Association 2003 Profile of the history of the ABWA that incorporated on September 22, 1949, under the leadership of Hilary A. Bufton, Jr., and three Kansas City businesswomen.
348. American City Planning since 1890: A History Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the American American City Planning since 1890: A History Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the American Institute of Planners 1969 Numerous references to landscape architects Kessler, Wright, and Hare & Hare for their Kansas City works.
349. American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change and the 20th Century American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change and the 20th Century 1999 References to and brief descriptions of the Committee on Public Information during World War I, and its chairman, George Creel, a former Kansas City journalist, pointing out his efforts with the committee...
350. American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region 1992 Photo (of one of his paintings) and biographical sketch of Frederic James (1915-1985), a watercolor painter and native of Kansas City "teaching at the Art Institute" and winning awards "for 'Argentine...
351. American Dressmaker: The American System of Dressmaking American Dressmaker: The American System of Dressmaking 1907 Illustration and description of the American College of Dressmaking in Kansas City.
352. American Dressmaker: The American System of Dressmaking American Dressmaker: The American System of Dressmaking 1907, 1909 Text for the beginner, guide for the seamstress, and reference for the professional.
353. American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art American Institute of Architects Guide to Kansas City Architecture & Public Art 2000 Book filled with photos, maps, and descriptions of numerous structures of architectural significance in Kansas City including buildings, residences, and public art works and including newer buildings up...
354. American Portraits American Portraits 1946 Illustration and biographical sketch of artist Thomas Hart Benton.
355. American Preachers of To-Day: Intimate Appraisals of Thirty-two Leaders American Preachers of To-Day: Intimate Appraisals of Thirty-two Leaders 1933 Chapter of the book (partly an interview of) about Reverend Burris Jenkins, pastor of the Linwood Boulevard Christian Church and later the Community Christian Church in Kansas City, born here in 1869....
356. American Royal Barbecue American Royal Barbecue Photos, illustrations, and description of the American Royal Barbecue, "The World Series of Barbecue Contests" that began in 1979.
357. American Royal Origin of Name American Royal Origin of Name 1999 'The American Royal was given its name after Dean C. F. Curtiss, dean of agriculture at the Iowa State College of Agriculture, compared the show favorably with the British Royal Agricultural Fair. The...
358. American Sash & Door Company City Directory Entry American Sash & Door Company City Directory Entry 1906-1970 There are no entries for the American Sash & Door Company from 1903 to 1905 or 1971 to 1973. According to the directories, the company's address from 1906 to 1960 was the southeast corner of 16th and Bellefontaine...
359. American Sewing Machine American Sewing Machine 1879 Description of business at 1026 Main Street carrying sewing machines billed as the only machine of its kind. It had "a self-setting needle" and "self-threading shuttle."
360. Americana: The Bloody Curtain Rises Americana: The Bloody Curtain Rises June/12/1954 Illustration and book review of "Bleeding Kansas" by Alice Nichols, "the story of the conflict between Northerners and Southerners for possession of Kansas between 1854 and 1857," reviewed by Kenneth Davis,...