Kansas City in the Jazz Age & Great Depression

Autochrome Collection


The Frank Lauder Autochromes consist of unique color images of homes, gardens, and landmarks in the Kansas City metropolitan area taken in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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Road Entrance of Martha D. Shields

August 4th 1932

Country Club Plaza Fiesta Flags

Swimming Pool of Dan W. Moser

June 20th 1933

Apple Tree on Sunset Drive

April 22nd 1933

Small Child with Easter Bunny Statue

April 7th 1934

House of J. C. Nichols

June 9th 1932

Romanelli Gardens

August 7th 1932

Inez Moore Goetz and Regal Lilies

June 26th 1935

Charles, Harriet, Rosemary, and Waldo Rickert Fillmore

July 13th 1935

West Entrance to R. A. Long's Residence

May 7th 1934

English Cherry Tree

April 22nd 1934

House of Paul Uhlmann

June 17th 1932

French Salon Mantel of R. A. Long

Brush Creek South of Lake Hiwassee

June 15th 1935

Swope Park Shelter House

September 20th 1933

E. V. Ingraham

July 20th 1935

Penn Valley Park from Scout Hill

June 15th 1932

House of Allen Logan

Cliff Drive

September 23rd 1933

Lake Hiwassee East Island

July 6th 1932

Kansas City Country Club Entrance and Brush Creek with Two Women and One Child

Woman with a Passion Flower Vine

September 12th 1934

Swope Park Lagoon

October 10th 1933

House of E. C. Winters

June 24th 1933

Garage Entrance of John E. Horn

August 14th 1934

French Garden of Fletcher Cowherd

Swimming Pool with Unidentified Man and Woman

August 3rd 1935

Garden of Arno L. Roach

June 21st 1938

Country Club Plaza Theater

September 25th 1932

Fountain on Edgevale Road at 69th Street

September 29th 1932

Church of Our Lady of Sorrows

October 3rd 1933

Margaret J. Helmers with Paul's Scarlet Roses

House of Dr. Richard L. Sutton

August 16th 1932

House of Mark J. Morrin

October 22nd 1934

Children in the Garden of James Neal Foster and Sadie Ross Foster

June 24th 1932

Margaret Ryan with Climbing Roses

June 9th 1935

House of Eugene W. Goebel

September 14th 1932

Tulips at Rose Hill Cemetery Entrance

April 29th 1934

House and Yard of Clarence E. Shepard with First Flowers of Spring

March 30th 1933

Lake Tapawingo with Two Women

June 24th 1938

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