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Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways, From the end of the Great War to the final years of the 1950s, Kansas Citians lived in a manner worthy of a place called Paris of the Plains. The title did more than nod to the perfumed ladies who shopped at Harzfeld's Parisian or the one-thousand-foot te, Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways
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  • Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways
  • Written by author Simonson, John
  • Published by History Press, The, 11/2/2010
  • From the end of the Great War to the final years of the 1950s, Kansas Citians lived in a manner worthy of a place called Paris of the Plains. The title did more than nod to the perfumed ladies who shopped at Harzfeld's Parisian or the one-thousand-foot te
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Preface 9

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction 13

1 1910s-1920s

A New Phase of Life 17

Gone West 19

Old Rose and White 21

Blackface and a Blue Chair 23

A Change of Heart 25

A Foggy Day 28

Beauty and the Billboard 30

Tonight at the Orpheum 33

A Free Man Checks In 36

Rudy's Last Layover 39

A Streetcar Named Hope 42

Washed Away 43

Independence Day 46

Here, Out West 48

Snowfall of the Ages 51

2 1930s

The Place Beneath 55

The Edge of Infinity 58

In the Valley of the Missouri 60

The Neighbors' Workday 62

No. 14,327 65

The Music of Love 67

Hard Times at Gateway Loan 69

The President Comes to Town 71

Before the Wind Shifted 73

Directed by DeMille 76

At First, the Last Time 77

3 1940s

What the Fountain Saw 81

Something Dark 83

The Day They Stopped the Presses 84

The God-Box Player 87

Eulogy on Main 90

Standing on the Corner 92

On Vacation, Out of Position 94

A Union Man Speaks Out 97

The Wisconsin "Shangri-La" 99

Fall in Petticoat Lane 102

4 1950s

Christmas 1950 105

The Last Car 108

Once Upon a Time in the Castle 111

The Bull and the Elephant 113

Waiting Near the Robert E. Lee 116

Poised Between Seasons 118

Gritty Elegance 120

Epilogue 123

About the Author 127


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