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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
81. Thomas Lester Thomas Lester 1896 Biographical sketch of Dr. Thomas Bryan Lester, or Thomas Lester (1824-1888), a physician and native of Virginia engaged in the Mexican War before coming to Kansas City in 1854. Builder of "the house afterward...
82. Third Regiment, Company A Third Regiment, Company A ca1885 Group portrait of uniformed members identified as the Third Regiment, Company A lined up on Main Street. Image includes Bernheimer Bros. and Company sign located at 912 Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri....
83. Theatre Royal Theatre Royal Information about the Theatre Royal at 1022-1024 Main Street.
84. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biographical sketch of Dr. Samuel Chauncey Parsons, Samuel Parsons, a Kansas City physician. Born in Massachusetts in 1809 and coming to Kansas City in 1869 with "land one mile from the city limits on...
85. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biographical sketch of Matthew Foster, a Kansas City businessman, born in Ireland in 1832 and emigrating to Kansas City in 1857 as a furniture store clerk for James Frame before opening his own bookstore...
86. The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men //1878 Biographical sketch of Joseph Hyans, "the only practical hatter carrying on the business in Kansas City" at 526 Main Street. He was born in England in 1840 and came here in 1871 as a hatter or haberdasher....
87. The Signboard Hill Area The Signboard Hill Area February/20/1963 Photo and caption about the urban renewal plans for Signboard Hill, "east of Main street and south of Pershing road" and 120 acres surrounding it "between the Union Station. ..and Hospital hill, [22nd...
88. The Service of Louis R. Ash to Kansas City The Service of Louis R. Ash to Kansas City April/19/1930 Essay paying tribute to the late Louis Ash, former city engineer of Kansas City and mathematics professor at Coe College in Iowa, largely responsible for "the double deck viaduct at Main Street" to aid...
89. The Revitalization of Main Street The Revitalization of Main Street June//1980 Article about the various organizations involved in the "revitalization" of Midtown business district along Main Street from 31st to 47th Streets, with photos.
90. The Progress of Adoption of Children in Missouri The Progress of Adoption of Children in Missouri 1945? Report on the history and growth of the "Willows Maternity Hospital and adoption center since its inception" in 1905 at 2929 Main Street, covering the change in perception and laws toward unmarried mothers...
91. The Peanut at 70 Is a Family Affair The Peanut at 70 Is a Family Affair January//2003 Article describing the past and present of The Peanut, a Kansas City bar owned by Rich and Melinda Kenny. The Kenny's proclaim that the bar at 50th and Main Street has the longest continuously renewed...
92. The Mask Torn Off The Mask Torn Off March/10/1894 Article about the obstruction of plans by August Meyer to build an impressive Westport home (for himself) by an injunction against grading Main Street south of 43rd Street.
93. The Man Who Never Sleeps: In Night Vigils Sees Calamities of Years to Come The Man Who Never Sleeps: In Night Vigils Sees Calamities of Years to Come December/13/1908 Photo, illustrations, and biographical article about John Burns, a 70-year-old psychic and insomniac from Ireland living retired at "the House of David, 406 Main street, Kansas City, seeing visions of...
94. The Making of Main The Making of Main December//1986 Article on the urban renewal on the "Main Street Corridor," from 27th to 47th Streets, by the Main Street Corridor Development Corporation, or "MainCor," and the city government, through cooperation between...
95. The Last Resort The Last Resort Sept. 25-Oct. 1, 2003 Article describes attempts by the State of Missouri to shut down the Midwest Hotel, located at 1925 Main. In an unusual legal maneuver, Jackson County procecutors have charged the hotel with ''public nuisance''...
96. The Junction The Junction 1875 Early view looking north of Main Street and Vaughan's Diamond Building at the junction of Main, 9th, and Delaware.
97. The Junction The Junction 1870 Distant view looking north along Main from 10th; located at intersection of 9th, Main, and Delaware.
98. The Junction The Junction 1890 Distant view looking north.
99. The Junction The Junction 1869 Framed (14 in. x 16 in.) black and white photograph (8 in. x 10 in.) of the Kansas City downtown area referred to as The Junction located at 9th, Main, and Delaware streets. View is looking toward the...
100. The Junction The Junction 1886 Looking north from the west side of Main at the Junction area of 9th Street, Delaware Street, and Main Street. Cable car in view in street in front of the Vaughan's Diamond Building. Cable car says East...