People in Klan costume posing with a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad car. The railroad was one of the largest employers of KCK Klan members during the 1920s.
Image Gallery
September 8th 1938
An autochrome photograph of the Scout Statue, as seen from atop Scout Hill in Penn Valley Park, looking north. Downtown Kansas City, Missouri is picture in the background.
Circa 1928 photograph with full frontal and side view of Willys-Overland, Incorporated; located at the southeast corner of Grand Avenue and 25th Street.
Undated photograph of unidentified railroad workers in Kansas City, Kansas. Railroad jobs brought many Mexican immigrants to Kansas City, Kansas.
November 8th 1924
Clipping from the Kansas City Journal on November 8, 1924 showing the Board of Governors for the Liberty Memorial Association.
June 7th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Paul's scarlet roses around the entrance to the William C. Helmers residence. Helmers was an executive at the Helmers Manufacturing Company.
Postcard of traffic on Walnut Street looking north from just north 10th Street. The Commerce Building is picture to the far left.
August 18th 1924
Photograph looking east along the south side of 9th between Central and Wyandotte.
June 23rd 1934
An autochrome photograph of Minnie Long Sloan standing next to a coster spruce tree in her garden.
Photograph of the congregation of Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church standing on the steps in front of the church building, circa 1920.
October 15th 1928
Postcard of the Old Shawnee Mission in Fairway, Kansas. This vantage point faces northeast towards the rear of the southeast Shawnee Indian Mission building.
March 17th 1937
Photograph of Wave Tobin and a group of protestors at a demonstration on March 17, 1937 by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
Undated photograph of Mexican immigrants building a house in Kansas City, Kansas.
November 21st 1922
Postcard showing the auditorium of Newman Theater, once located on the west side of Main Street between 11th and 12th Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
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.
May 3rd 1950
Kansas City Police Department mugshot of "Johnny Mag" Mangiaracina.
Circa 1928 photograph with full frontal and side view of the Pioneer Trust Company.
1919
Photograph of St. Peter & Paul Church, once located at the southwest corner of 9th Street and McGee Street.
November 19th 1935
Postcard showing the Palisades along Kersey Coates Drive in West Terrace Park, Kansas City, Missouri.
1941
Photograph of fifteen members of the St. Aloysius Young Ladies Sodality with toys to be donated in their mission work.
Photograph with an interior view of Seven Oaks School kindergarten with children seated in chairs listenting to a story read by their teacher, Miss Gladys Wilson.
Dance event advertisement for Davy Jones the 2nd and his 9 Musical Pirates under the direction of Phil Baxter at the Submarine Ballroom.
June 1937
Photograph of the R. T. Coles Vocational School Class of 1937 posed outside of the main entrance to the school. R. T.
1915
Photograph of the Sanford B. Ladd School students attending to the school garden.
July 16th 1939
Photograph of the Paseo Baptist Church Adult Choir under the direction of Mrs. D. A. Holmes.
Photograph of the construction of a two-story, wood-framed building at the Hodges Brothers Lumber Yard on the southwest corner of Kansas and Elm in Olathe, Kansas, prior to 1921.
1923
This picture was taken in the Armour Hills neighborhood looking south-southwest, just north of 65th Street between Morningside Drive and McGee Street.
Circa 1925 photograph with full view of the second Saint Francis Seraph Catholic Church, located at the northeast corner of Martin Avenue and Wyman Avenue (currently Agnes Avenue) in the East Botto
March 17th 1937
Photograph of protestors at a demonstration on March 17, 1937 by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
Portrait of Frank P. Walsh, progressive lawyer and labor advocate. Taken around 1915.
October 30th 1932
An autochrome photograph of a large decorative Halloween pumpkin in the Country Club Plaza on Alameda Road at Central Street.
May 9th 1935
Identification on photograph reads "The Board of Governors of the South Central Business Association were entertained at the new home of Mrs.
May 9th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Marianne E. Smith (daughter of Maurice R. Smith and Emily Smith) standing amongst azalea flowers on her parent's property. Maurice R.
May 14th 1933
An autochrome photograph of M. B. Nelson's garage, taken from the north while the tulips were blossoming. Nelson was president of the Long-Bell Lumber Company.
Circa 1930 photograph with an aerial view of Southwest Boulevard looking northeast just east of the state line. Schutte Lumber Company, located at 2931 Southwest Boulevard, is pictured.