Long ago on independence square (pictures, economy, dealer)

[SilverDoc]

These are a bit more affordable:

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

You've just crossed over into.... the Independence Square Zone.

Looks like that was at 813 W. Lexington . . . another building RIP

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

These are a bit more affordable:

What a contrast to have driven down W. Lexington at night versus today.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

These are a bit more affordable:

That first little car to the left of the photo is the Metropolitan. A quite small two door car introduced by Nash around 1952 as an economy car.

When Nash merged with Hudson to create American Motors--if you bought a Metropolitan at a Hudson dealer it had a Hudson medallion emblem on the car. If you bought one at a Nash dealer, it had a Nash medallion emblem on the front.

Later when Rambler displaced both Nash and Hudson cars, the Metropolitan had its own medallion emblem.

The Metropolitan's had no trunk opening.You got into the trunk through the back seat.

Some older folks might remember that American Motors sponsored Disneyland, an hour long program on ABC every week beginning in the mid fifties.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by SilverDoc

You've just crossed over into.... the Independence Square Zone.

Prior to Clippard, was Egner-Rodekopf Packard, same address.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by MRG Dallas

There was the basement corridor that I think connected with Jones Store and housed Mall offices and a radio station. The station had a big picture window where passers-by could view the DJ

In 1963 Cactus Jack Call was a well-known C&W DJ who worked at the station. Presumably on his way to or from work, he was killed in a collision with a transport truck at Sterling & 40 Hiway, leaving a wife and
and child(ren).

Someone decided to do a benefit show for his family and Patsy Cline and others agreed to perform (including George Jones and Dottie West). Bad weather was messing with schedules and the plane trip to Nashville eventually included not just her, her manager, but also Opry stars Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas The plane crashed in Camden, TN killing all aboard.

Ironically, a third accident followed. Another Opry star, Jack Anglin, died in a car wreck on the way to Patsy's funeral.

Cactus Jack Call is buried in Mt Washington Cemetery.

Time for some clarifying research results! A trip to the library allowed me to view the newspaper article about his death. He did indeed die as a result of injuries received when he was thrown from his car due to impact with a transport truck. He was taken to the San, then transferred to St. Joseph Hospital where he died the next day.

At the time he was employed by KCMK-FM. Polk's showed that station at 922 E Linwood Blvd in KC. Cactus Jack had worked at KANS a short time before his death. He died January 25, 1963. On November 12, 1962 KANS was changed by its new owner from C & W to religious music and programming and changed its callsign to KCCV. That probably explains why Jack moved on to another station. A 1960 radio station directory showed him as program director for KANS. The KANS and then KCCV studio was listed by Polk's in the Blue Ridge Mall.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Time for some clarifying research results! A trip to the library allowed me to view the newspaper article about his death. He did indeed die as a result of injuries received when he was thrown from his car due to impact with a transport truck. He was taken to the San, then transferred to St. Joseph Hospital where he died the next day.

At the time he was employed by KCMK-FM. Polk's showed that station at 922 E Linwood Blvd in KC. Cactus Jack had worked at KANS a short time before his death. He died January 25, 1963. On November 12, 1962 KANS was changed by its new owner from C & W to religious music and programming and changed its callsign to KCCV. That probably explains why Jack moved on to another station. A 1960 radio station directory showed him as program director for KANS. The KANS and then KCCV studio was listed by Polk's in the Blue Ridge Mall.

Good research. I did subsequently noticed after posting that he had moved on by January 25, so it begs the question why he was at that intersection. I checked Polk's 1960 and saw this entry, so he likely still lived nearby in early 1963:

Call, Jack W (Anna B) announcer KCKN, h 3413 S. Vermont which is ten blocks or less from Sterling/40. Amazing how an incident like this triggered subsequent historical events

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Time for some clarifying research results! A trip to the library allowed me to view the newspaper article about his death. He did indeed die as a result of injuries received when he was thrown from his car due to impact with a transport truck. He was taken to the San, then transferred to St. Joseph Hospital where he died the next day.

At the time he was employed by KCMK-FM. Polk's showed that station at 922 E Linwood Blvd in KC. Cactus Jack had worked at KANS a short time before his death. He died January 25, 1963. On November 12, 1962 KANS was changed by its new owner from C & W to religious music and programming and changed its callsign to KCCV. That probably explains why Jack moved on to another station. A 1960 radio station directory showed him as program director for KANS. The KANS and then KCCV studio was listed by Polk's in the Blue Ridge Mall.

So, your Monday night research ended up being useful after all!

[WCHS'59]

At one time the name Independence Square was officially changed to Jackson Square. I never did like that name but cannot recall when it was changed back to Independence Square.

[SilverDoc]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

That first little car to the left of the photo is the Metropolitan. A quite small two door car introduced by Nash around 1952 as an economy car.

When Nash merged with Hudson to create American Motors--if you bought a Metropolitan at a Hudson dealer it had a Hudson medallion emblem on the car. If you bought one at a Nash dealer, it had a Nash medallion emblem on the front.

Later when Rambler displaced both Nash and Hudson cars, the Metropolitan had its own medallion emblem.

The Metropolitan's had no trunk opening.You got into the trunk through the back seat.

Some older folks might remember that American Motors sponsored Disneyland, an hour long program on ABC every week beginning in the mid fifties.

Clark Kent drove a Metropolitan for a short time in the old "The Adventures of Superman" tv series starring George Reeves.