69th Street, Prairie Village

Description: 

Photograph of a row of houses, one a furnished exhibition house, situated along 69th Street in Prairie Village, Kansas, in September 1941. Cars are parked on the street and visitors to the exhibition house can be seen gathered near the front door and driveway. The exhibition house was built and furnished by J. C. Nichols Companies to showcase similar houses built in the surrounding neighborhood, and was featured in the February 1952 issue of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. Listed at the time as 2609 West 69th Street, the address later was changed to 4117 West 69th Street. The house was later purchased by Clarence O. Settles, a trust officer for Mercantile Bank & Trust Co. 

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Kansas City Star
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Date: 
September 1941
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Modern Location: 
4117 West 69th Street
Prairie Village, KS
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Rights Statement: 
http://www.jocogov.org/sites/default/files/documents/MUS/PhotographFeeSchedule.pdf
Digital Object Identifier: 
JCM1991-42-31
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