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1. 'Globe-Trotting' Refrigerators Are Made in K. C. 'Globe-Trotting' Refrigerators Are Made in K. C. 1950 Entry for Viking Refrigerators, Incorporated, with the history of the company founded in 1904 by Walter S. Dickey, who also "manufactured miles of clay pipe for the town's water and sewer system and was...
2. 1922 Getting It Done 1923 1922 Getting It Done 1923 January 14, 1923 Photos and captions about the construction of the Kansas City Athletic Club building, showing its steel skeleton and at near completion.
3. 39th and Main Business District 39th and Main Business District November/2/1929 Building projects in the still thriving business district with "the most" assorted building ages in the city.
4. A Kansas City Man Who Is an Authority on Birds: Dr. A. H. Cordier Has Obtained Rare Photographs of Feathered A Kansas City Man Who Is an Authority on Birds: Dr. A. H. Cordier Has Obtained Rare Photographs of Feathered Creatures in All Parts of the World December/9/1923 Biographical article about Dr. A. H. Cordier, former surgeon and professor at Kansas City Medical College, retiring from medicine to become a prominent bird photographer, with photos.
5. Abilene "Roundup" Will Recall Stirring Early Days in Kansas Abilene "Roundup" Will Recall Stirring Early Days in Kansas August/29/1922 Photos, caption, and article about a show in Abilene, Kansas, partly to celebrate the early history of central Kansas, including Wild Bill Hickok.
6. About Town: Some Ex-Kansas Citians Make Marks Elsewhere About Town: Some Ex-Kansas Citians Make Marks Elsewhere September/17/1974 Biographical article about former Kansas Citians achieving success in other cities, including the following: Homer Wadsworth, Nathan Stark, Robert Brown (former assistant city manager), Dave Dexter, Jr....
7. Airialto Accolade Airialto Accolade October//1936 Photos and captions about announcers and performers on local radio shows including Melba Hardaway of W9XBY's "The Friendly Neighbor," Paul Henning of KMBC's movie reviews, Tom Collins and James McQueeny...
8. All That Is Beautiful Shall Abide Forever: Mount Moriah Temple All That Is Beautiful Shall Abide Forever: Mount Moriah Temple September/2/1929 Photo and caption about the "Mount Moriah Temple, located in Mount Moriah Cemetery, 105th and Holmes St." for burial of "Masons and their Relatives."
9. America under the Trees America under the Trees August//1936 Article about the media competition between the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Journal-Post on the political campaign of Governor Landon.
10. Ann Eliza Smith Chick Ann Eliza Smith Chick April 29, 2028 Photo and biographical sketch of Mrs. Ann Eliza Smith Chick, or Ann Chick, wife of William M. Chick and "active in the launching of the first Methodist church in Kansas City in 1836," "then known as a...
11. Armour Blvd. Once Commonwealth Ave. Armour Blvd. Once Commonwealth Ave. September/23/1928 Article discussing the "change of character" of the once-exclusive single-family Armour Boulevard, illustrated on a 1886 plat map of the Hyde Park addition, when the boulevard was known as "Commonwealth...
12. Armour Packing Company Armour Packing Company Postcard of the Armour Packing Company Building
13. Autoparade to Open Speedway September 16 Autoparade to Open Speedway September 16 August/29/1922 Announcement of the opening of Kansas City's new (in 1922) automobile racetrack at 91st and Holmes Roads, costing $500,000 and to be attended by 60,000 people.
14. Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Byrd Rice Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Byrd Rice March 4, 1931 Byrd Rice, "Chicago, star state's witness in the Bennett murder trial." Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel over a bridge game. She was acquitted....
15. Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene March 6, 1931 Judge Ralph S. Latshaw "has a parting word with James A. Reed, one of the attorneys for the defense" after the verdict in the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband...
16. Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene March 2, 1931 Spectators crowd into the courtroom at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. James A. Reed, J. Francis O'Sullivan, defense counsels, and Mrs. Bennett (with hat) "are seated at the counsel table."

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17. Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Courtroom Scene March 5, 1931 Courtroom scene at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. She is pictured in the foreground on the far right. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel...
18. Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Criminal Court Building Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Criminal Court Building February or March 1931 Crowd waits at locked gate of the Criminal Court building for news about the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in a quarrel...
19. Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Crowd in Front of Criminal Court Building Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, Crowd in Front of Criminal Court Building February or March 1931 Crowd waits before the locked gate at the criminal court building where the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett takes place. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929,...
20. Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, J. Francis O'Sullivan Bennett Bridge Game Murder Trial, J. Francis O'Sullivan March 4, 1931 J. Francis O'Sullivan, one of the defense attorneys at the murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett, sums up the evidence. Mrs. Bennett shot and killed her husband John G. Bennett on September 29, 1929, in...