An autochrome photograph of Dan W. Moser's residence, taken from the northwest. Moser was president of the Western Finance Company.
Image Gallery
A color glass plate positive photograph of four men playing golf at the second hole of the Swope Memorial Golf Course.
September 27th 1930
Photograph of Redemptorist High School students posed on the front steps of the building facing Linwood Boulevard.
An autochrome photograph of Elizabeth Helmers with her daughter Margaret J. Helmers by a cluster of Paul's scarlet roses around the entrance to their and William C. Helmers's residence.
September 27th 1933
An autochrome photograph of the Keneseth Israel Beth Sholom Synagogue. The vantage point faces west at the intersection of 34th Street and The Paseo.
1937
Photograph of the cutting room at The Donnelly Garment Company in the Corrigan Building at 1828 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri.
May 21st 1933
An autochrome photograph of Miss Sarah Rapelye sitting next to a weigela shrub on the property of Harry A. Rapelye. Rapelye was a manager at Continental Can Company.
Architect's model of the New Municipal Market which was planned to be completed in 1938 on the grounds of the demolished City Hall and Market.
Composite portraits of mobster Sam (Hog) Scola (left) and bootlegger Ferris (Kansas City Tony) Anthon. The latter was murdered by Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta, Scola and others on August 12, 1933.
Photograph of the City National Bank located at the southeast corner of 18th Street and Grand Avenue (presently Grand Boulevard). Electric lines for streetcars can be seen over the streets.
June 1941
Photograph of businesses at the northwest corner of Grand Avenue (presently Grand Boulevard) and 3rd Street.
Photograph with full frontal and side view of Kansas City Club building looking northwest from 13th Street and Baltimore Avenue. A small gas station is visible on the south side of 13th Street.
June 11th 1928
The intersection of Main Street and 12th Street decorated with patriotic banners and flags for the 1928 Republican National Convention at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri.
March 25th 1935
An autochrome photograph of forsythia on the property of John G. Madden, lawyer.
September 29th 1918
Street photograph of the Wheatley-Provident Hospital Dedication Parade at the intersection of 18th Street and The Paseo on September 29, 1918.
1920
Photograph of the Our Lady of Sorrows Music Class of 1920. Some of the students are hold lutes, violins, and classical guitars.
Photograph of jazz trumpet player Lammar Wright, who was active in Kansas City from the early 1920's until 1927.
1923
This picture was taken in the Armour Hills neighborhood looking south-southwest, just north of 65th Street between Morningside Drive and McGee Street.
May 24th 1935
An autochrome photograph of a woman and child looking at an eagle statue on Ward Parkway at 67th Street, taken looking east-northeast.
1926
Clipping with caption stating, "Tomorrow R. Crosby Kemper Will Receive in His Bank's New Home.
June 3rd 1933
Clipping entitled "Pet Rat to Holdover" from an article in Kansas City Journal-Post on June 3, 1933 documenting the kidnapping of Mary McElroy.
July 22nd 1932
An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza just east of the intersection of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Broadway.
Postcard of the Glennon Hotel at the northwest corner of 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue. The hotel operated from 1920 to 1930 when it was razed and replaced by the Phillips Hotel. Harry S.
Photograph of the Daughters of Old Westport Memorial at the intersection of Broadway, Washington Street, and 40th Street.
1934
Photograph of Johnson County Fair activities in the Shawnee Mission Rural High School gymnasium in 1934. Booths and demonstrations are set up around the gym floor and stage.
December 13th 1932
An autochrome photograph of a Santa Claus Chirstmas decoration at the corner of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Central Street in the Country Club Plaza.
Half length view of William "Count" Basie with caption typed above: "Three years ago, William Basie was organist at a small Kansas City, Mo., theater, after a conservatory training a
Portrait of Corinthian Clay Nutter circa 1940. Born in Texas, Nutter moved to Kansas City at age 16 and worked as a pianist and organist.
June 1939
Photograph of Felix Street (left) and David Samuels (right) standing on the east side of The Paseo between 19th Street and the railroad tracks.
July 2nd 1935
An autochrome photograph of Thomas L. Luzier's swimming pool, taken from the west. Luzier was founder of Luzier Personalized Cosmetics.
Circa 1940 photograph of buyers and sellers at the outdoor stalls of the Farmers' Market in the City Market.
Postcard showing the Liberty Memorial, dedicated on November 11, 1926 by President Coolidge (pictured) "in honor of those who served in the world war in defense of liberty and our country.&quo
November 23rd 1925
Photograph of pallbearers carrying the body of Monsignor James T. Walsh who erected the Our Lady of Good Counsel Church at 3934 Washington Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
October 8th 1932
This 48-page issue of the Jackson County Medical Journal focuses on the "Kansas City General Hospital: Colored Division", also known as General Hospital No. 2.
Photograph of the Hotel Olathe at 100 West Santa Fe Street in Olathe, Kansas, in the 1940s.
1932
Photograph of Holy Cross Catholic School students posed with the Reverend J. P. Prendergast, pastor of the Holy Cross Catholic Church.