Kansas City Landmarks Slide Collection

Title: 1813-1823 West 39th Street
Description: Photograph of buildings spanning 1813-1823 West 39th Street, circa 1990. Cafe Allegro, at 1815 W. 39th, and Jimmy's Jigger bar, at the southwest corner of 39th and State Line Road, are among the businesses pictured. These commercial buildings, and the other on 39th Street between Bell and State Line, were dubbed Jamestown Square in the late 1980s, and were subject to redevelopment plans for the buildings and surrounding streetscape and parking lots. University of Kansas Medical Center buildings are visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Hospital
Description: Photograph of the entrance to the General Hospital building at 2315 Locust Street in the early 1980s. The hospital opened in 1908, and closed in 1976 after the opening of Truman Hospital, and was demolished in 1991-92.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3051 Penn Valley Drive
Description: Photograph of a Kansas City Parks Department maintenance building near the northwest corner of 31st and Wyandotte Street, on Penn Valley Drive. Designed by Root & Siemens and built in 1910, the building was originally a Parks District maintenance headquarters, but was serving as a storage building at the time of the photograph. The building was severely damaged by fire in 1991, leaving only the stone walls intact. St. Mary's Hospital can be seen in the background.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Hospital
Description: Photograph of the entrance to the General Hospital building at 2315 Locust Street in the early 1980s. The hospital opened in 1908, and closed in 1976 after the opening of Truman Hospital, and was demolished in 1991-92.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Truman Medical Center
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking south toward Little Blue Road, of two of three buildings constructed in 1930 as JacksonCounty Hospital with the public support of Harry S. Truman, a county judge at the time. After Truman died in 1972, the hospital was renamed to Truman Medical Center. The building has since expanded extensively.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital Annex
Description: Photograph of a building on the Children's Mercy Hospital Campus in the early 1980s. Formerly the General Hospital Training School for Nurses, at the time of the photograph the building was serving as an annex of Children's Mercy.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: H&R Block Headquarters
Description: Photograph of the H&R Block headquarters on Main Street south of 44th Street circa 1980. The tile-roofed building to its south, at 4422 Main, was later demolished to create a parking lot to accomodate growth at H&R Block. St. Luke's Hospital building can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Truman Medical Center
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking south toward Little Blue Road, of two of three buildings constructed in 1930 as JacksonCounty Hospital with the public support of Harry S. Truman, a county judge at the time. After Truman died in 1972, the hospital was renamed to Truman Medical Center. The building has since expanded extensively.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Hospital
Description: Photograph of the entrance to the General Hospital building at 2315 Locust Street in the early 1980s. The inscription above the door reads "The quality of mercy is not strained / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven / Upon the place beaneath it is twice blessed / It blesses him that gives and him that takes." The hospital opened in 1908, and closed in 1976 after the opening of Truman Hospital, and was demolished in 1991-92.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Truman Medical Center
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking south toward Little Blue Road, of two of three buildings constructed in 1930 as JacksonCounty Hospital with the public support of Harry S. Truman, a county judge at the time. After Truman died in 1972, the hospital was renamed to Truman Medical Center. The building has since expanded extensively.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s. A sign points to the main entrance.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Hospital Nursing School
Description: Photograph of a building on the Children's Mercy Hospital Campus in the early 1980s. Formerly the General Hospital Training School for Nurses, at the time of the photograph the building was serving as an annex of Children's Mercy.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s. A sign on the low brick building at left reads "MEDICAL LIBRARY."
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Hospital
Description: Photograph of the entrance to the General Hospital building at 2315 Locust Street in the early 1980s. The inscription above the door reads "The quality of mercy is not strained / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven / Upon the place beaneath it is twice blessed / It blesses him that gives and him that takes." The hospital opened in 1908, and closed in 1976 after the opening of Truman Hospital, and was demolished in 1991-92.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Saint Luke's Hospital
Description: Photograph of St. Luke's Hospital, looking southwest from J. C. Nichols Parkway south of 43rd Street, during the 1980s. Mill Creek Park is in the foreground of the image. St. Luke's relocated to the site in 1923, and the building pictured was constructed in the 1960s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital Annex
Description: Photograph of Children's Mercy Hospital buildings at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s. A sign on the low brick building at left reads "MEDICAL LIBRARY."
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Embassy Suites and Westport
Description: Photograph, looking northwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward Westport circa 1987. The Embassy Suites hotel, at at 220 West 43rd Street, occupies the center of the image, with commercial buildings in Westport occupying the background of the image. J. C. Nichols Parkway curves through the upper right, and a building on the St. Luke's Hospital campus occupies the lower left.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Hospital
Description: Photograph of the entrance to the General Hospital building at 2315 Locust Street in the early 1980s. The hospital opened in 1908, and closed in 1976 after the opening of Truman Hospital, and was demolished in 1991-92.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Children's Mercy Hospital
Description: Photograph of an entrance to Children's Mercy Hospital at 24th and Locust in the early 1980s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

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