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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. 150 Facts About Kansas City 150 Facts About Kansas City 2000 List of 150 facts prepared for the sesquicentennial of Kansas City in 2000.
2. 1936 Kansas City Blues Team 1936 Kansas City Blues Team May 4, 1936 Group portrait of the 1936 Kansas City Blues baseball team inside Muehlebach Field (later renamed Blues/Municipal Stadium). The team is posed in front of an oversized baseball display that reads "George...
3. 3 & 2 All-Star Teams 3 & 2 All-Star Teams 1944 Group portrait of Red Birds and All-Stars, little league baseball teams, at Ruppert Stadium (Municipal Stadium).
4. Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri April 1964 Aerial photograph of one square mile of Kansas City, Missouri showing 19th to 27th Streets and Paseo Boulevard. Lincoln High School and Municipal Stadium are visible. Map identified from set as Section...
5. Ballpark Area's Future May Lie In Historic Past Ballpark Area's Future May Lie In Historic Past June 9, 2012 Article about the efforts being made in the Monarch Manor subdivision on the former site of old Municipal Stadium to attract home buyers. "Nearly $300,000 worth of trees, landscaping and a paved pavilion...
6. Baseball: KC Is Back with a Vengeance Baseball: KC Is Back with a Vengeance May/26/1969 Photo and article about the "new Kansas City Royals" baseball team, founded by local millionaire Ewing Kauffman as a replacement for the recently departed Kansas City Athletics, owned by Charlie Finley....
7. Baseball: What Every Team Needs Baseball: What Every Team Needs January/24/1964 Photos and article about the Kansas City Athletics (or Kansas City A's) baseball team purchased by Charlie Finley ("[a] cigar-chewing Chicago insurance salesman") in 1961 and promoted with various odd...
8. Billy Graham Filled Municipal Stadium Billy Graham Filled Municipal Stadium May 14, 2006 Author recounts his experiences as an usher during a Billy Graham Crusdae at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, concluding on September 17, 1967 with over 53,000 attendees.
9. Biography of Arthur Bryant (1902-1982), Founder of Arthur Bryant's Barbecue Biography of Arthur Bryant (1902-1982), Founder of Arthur Bryant's Barbecue 2003
10. Biography of Henry Perry (1875-1940), Restaurateur Biography of Henry Perry (1875-1940), Restaurateur 2005
11. Blues Stadium Blues Stadium September 26, 1971 Blues Stadium at 23rd and Brooklyn Streets opened on July 3, 1923, as Muehlebach Field. In 1937, it was renamed Ruppert Stadium; in 1946, Blues Stadium; and in 1954, it was renamed again as Municipal Stadium....
12. Buses near Municipal Stadium Buses near Municipal Stadium n.d. View of buses parked on street outside Municipal Stadium.
13. Charlie Finley and Bugs Bunny in K. C. Charlie Finley and Bugs Bunny in K. C. June/5/1961 Photos and biographical article about Charles Finley, or Charlie Finley, 42-year-old "owner of the Kansas City Athletics" baseball team (the only major league baseball team here before the Royals) since...
14. Clock between Pitches Clock between Pitches February 20, 1996 Finley put a clock in Municipal Stadium that ticked off the 20 seconds that rules allow between the time a pitcher receives a ball from the catcher and when he delivers his next pitch.
15. Concession Stands Concession Stands 1955 Municipal Stadium concession stands.
16. Deaths: Harry L. Wagner Deaths: Harry L. Wagner August/3/1973 Obituary for architect Harry Wagner, designer of "several hundred" homes in the Country Club Plaza District, as well as some churches and the remodeling of Municipal Stadium.
17. Game in Progress at Municipal Stadium Game in Progress at Municipal Stadium June 1959 A sparsely attended Kansas City Athletics game at Municipal Stadium, June 1959.
18. George E. Muehlebach, Jr. George E. Muehlebach, Jr. May 27, 1923 Photos and biographical article about George Edward Muehlebach, Jr., or George Muehlebach, Jr., "president [of the] Kansas City American Association Baseball Company, president [of the] George Muehlebach...
19. H. Roe Bartle at First Kansas City A's Game H. Roe Bartle at First Kansas City A's Game April 12, 1955 Kansas City mayor H. Roe Bartle is seated at the first Kansas City A's game held at Municipal Stadium. Missouri Governor James T. Blair is seated two rows behind Bartle next to the right of the patrolmen....
20. He Makes the Chiefs Express Go He Makes the Chiefs Express Go November//1969 Photos, interview, and biographical article about Jack Steadman, general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs football team (with games then held at Municipal Stadium) since its beginning, with discussion...