Roberts Motor Co. Advertisement, 19th & Vine Kansas City, MO

ID: 504 ~ Source: Kansas City Call newspaper special issue. July 27, 1928. Missouri Valley Special Collections. ~ Creator: University of Central Missouri Department of History, Stuart Hoy ~ Date: July 27, 1928

This file appears in: Kansas City Missouri 18th & Vine Roberts Building

Roberts Motor Co. Advertisement, 19th & Vine Kansas City, MO — Kansas City Call newspaper special issue. July 27, 1928. Missouri Valley Special Collections.

Roberts Motor Co. Advertisement from a Kansas City Call newspaper special issue. The automobile business was located at 19th & Vine Kansas City, MO

This file appears in: Kansas City Missouri 18th & Vine Roberts Building

Kansas City Missouri 18th & Vine Roberts Building

By University of Central Missouri Department of History, Stuart Hoy, Glyne Gee

The black business community was very prosperous between 1910 and 1930. Second to the Lincoln Building, the Roberts Building was the site of the first black-owned automobile dealership in America. It was constructed in 1923 by businessman Homer…