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1. "Doc" Brown, Famous Kansas City Cake Walker "Doc" Brown, Famous Kansas City Cake Walker 2011 Manuscript about Kansas City cake walker Joseph "Doc" Brown (Doctor William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown), that consists of a chronological collection of 149 published articles, notices, and advertisements....
2. 150 Facts About Kansas City 150 Facts About Kansas City 2000 List of 150 facts prepared for the sesquicentennial of Kansas City in 2000.
3. Adler's Adler's Postcard of the Salon Parisian, the famous millinery salon at Adler's, 1212 Main.
4. Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid ca. 1860-1910s Collection of cards used for advertising purposes in the late 19th century. Includes colorful illustrations for many types of products. The over 600 cards from Kansas City businesses have been digitized....
5. Advertising Cards Vertical Files Advertising Cards Vertical Files These business or company name vertical files for the advertising cards from the late nineteenth century (circa 1880s-1900) have information about the company or business or people involved.
6. American Steel and Wire Company American Steel and Wire Company ca1928 Partial frontal and full side view of the American Steel and Wire Company; located at 417-23 Grand.
7. American Steel and Wire Company Building American Steel and Wire Company Building Full side and rear view; located at 1207 West 9th Street.
8. Are County Landmarks Forgotten? Are County Landmarks Forgotten? September//1960 Essay about the necessity of preserving Jackson County historic landmarks in good condition, pointing out the poor example of the cemetery for the Confederate soldiers of the Battle of Lone Jack, "in a...
9. Biography of Frank Wiziarde (1916-1987), Whizzo the Clown, Television Personality Biography of Frank Wiziarde (1916-1987), Whizzo the Clown, Television Personality 1999
10. Biography of Harold "Hal" Boyle (1911-1974), Journalist Biography of Harold "Hal" Boyle (1911-1974), Journalist 2009
11. Bird on a Wire Bird on a Wire November 24-30, 2005 Review of the original Stroud's Restaurant and Bar, located at 1015 E. 85th Street. The author reports that Stroud's owner Mike Donegan has said the doors of the Stroud's at 85th and Troost will close...
12. Bridge Quantity Record Books (Kansas City) Finding Aid Bridge Quantity Record Books (Kansas City) Finding Aid 1913-1917 This collection contains four record books with quantity listings for bridge/viaduct construction in Kansas City. They were maintained by a Kansas City (Mo.) City Hall office, although the department is...
13. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Index 1938 Biographical sketch of Mahlon Ensinger, president and general manager of the Union Wire Rope Corporation at 21st and Manchester Avenue, born in Philadelphia in 1897 and arriving in Kansas City in 1927,...
14. Communications: CNS' Live Wire, David Ray Communications: CNS' Live Wire, David Ray August//1981 Article describing the success of the Commodity News Service news wire business and its executive David K. Ray. Explanation of the company's satellite technology for transmitting news and business information,...
15. Country Club Plaza, Christmas Country Club Plaza, Christmas 1938 Postcard of the Country Club Plaza lights at Christmas 1937.
16. Early Local Radio Early Local Radio February 22, 1940 On January 15, 1922, Kansas Citians scurried about to find crude little contrivances of copper wire wound around a cylinder, a chunk of crystal, and a wire hair 'finder,' to which they attached headphones...
17. Fences Fences The file contains an April 26, 1867 newspaper article about the history of fences in Kansas and also other references to the topic.Fences were a "hot issue" in 1880s Kansas in the battle between homesteaders...
18. Henry D. Green Scrapbook Finding Aid Henry D. Green Scrapbook Finding Aid 1926-1929 This collection is composed of 69 black and white photographs of varying sizes and nine sketches and features business buildings compiled in scrapbook form by Henry D. Green in 1926-1928. Most of the pictures...
19. John Taylor Dry Goods Company John Taylor Dry Goods Company 2 promotional postcards of the John Taylor Dry Goods Company
20. John Taylor Dry Goods Company John Taylor Dry Goods Company Postcard of the interior of the John Taylor Dry Goods Company