It did not take long for some entrepreneurs to try and cash in on the phenomenon that was KING KONG
(King Kong’s Lair, Kansas City, November 4th, 1934)
King Kong’s Lair
Tag: Kansas City
New Union Station, Kansas City
New Union Station, Kansas City, Mo.
Cost of Building $6,000,000.00.
Cost of Terminal $44,000,000.00.
From Drawing by Teachener-Bartberger Eng. Co. Kansas City, Mo.
Union Station made headlines on June 17, 1933, as four lawmen were gunned down by gang members attempting to free captured fugitive Frank Nash. Nash was also killed in the gun battle. The “Kansas City Massacre” highlighted the lawlessness of Kansas City under the Pendergast Machine and resulted in the arming of all FBI agents. (Wikipedia)
Streamliners, 1934
Streamliners, Union Pacific M1000 CB&Q & Burlington Zephyr, meet at the Kansas City Union Depot in 1934
