Kansas City boasts a largely unrecognized importance in the history of the advertising business. Even before 1900, advertising “agents” were emerging and gathering into a professional group, and by 1902 had organized into a club – very possibly the first Ad Club in the nation. Kansas City, through its entrepreneurial heritage, has been a bastion of independent agencies and major brands, including TWA (whose iconic building Barkley now inhabits), Guy’s Potato Chips, the Rival Crock-Pot, the McDonald’s Happy Meal (courtesy of Bernstein-Rein), and many more. Representatives from the American Advertising Federation of Kansas City offer an illustrated tour of this rich heritage. A pre-event reception is provided by LandaJob Marketing & Creative Talent.