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Title: Wards Kansas City: A Half-Mile around the Outside, with 47,000 Panes of Glass--The Largest Building West of the Mississippi. ..
Description: Photos, illustrations, and article about the "Montgomery Ward building at St. John and Belmont" Avenues (or 6200 Saint John Avenue) in the Northeast residential district, built in 1914 as "[t]he largest building west of the Mississippi" River at the time. Owned by Aaron Montgomery Ward of Chicago as a "mail order house" and designed by architect John McKecknie. Also photos and descriptions of McKecknie's other Kansas City structures, including "the Calvert Hunt residence, and the Seigrist [sic] Engraving building on Oak Street."
Date: 1999-04-07
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Montgomery Ward
Description: Distant rear view of Montgomery Ward plant/warehouse; located at 6220 Saint John Avenue.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward Building
Description: Photo of the Montgomery Ward Building in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1915-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward Building
Description: Partial view of the Montgomery Ward building in Kansas City, Missouri, showing people walking along the pathway in front.
Date: 1915-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward Building
Description: The Montgomery Ward Building in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1915-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward & Company
Description: Postcard of the Montgomery Ward & Company building at St. John Avenue and Belmont Boulevard.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Montgomery Ward
Description: Full frontal and partial side view; located at 6220 Saint John.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward
Description: Partial frontal and side view; located at 1901 Baltimore.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward
Description: Aerial view of entire building.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward
Description: Photograph of drawing of building.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward
Description: Frontal and side view of the Montgomery Ward's building; located on the northeast corner of Belmont and Saint John avenues. Company's letterhead and logo are located on the back of photograph #21.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montgomery Ward & Company
Description: Street level, corner view looking toward the northeast of Montgomery Ward building/warehouse located at 6220 St. John Avenue in the Northeast area of Kansas City, Missouri. The building is situated at the corner of St. John and Belmont avenues.
Date: 1952-03
Object Type: Negative

Title: Sheffield Steel Company
Description: Aerial view, looking northwest, of company and grounds; also shows Montgomery Wards building and Big Blue River.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Salvage Baron Sleyster Dies
Description: Photo and obituary for Duren "Skip" Sleyster "who once dubbed himself the Donald Trump of the Blue Valley" died at the age of 85 on April 30, 2009. Sleyster became a mulit-millionaire "by salvaging everything from rusty wire cutters to the huge Montgomery Ward warehouse on St. John Avenue."
Date: 2009-05-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article