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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Tulips and House of T. H. Mastin

April 24th 1934

House of Lawrence H. Fox

June 4th 1935

Mission Hills Country Club, Hole #9

Garden of Arno L. Roach

June 21st 1938

Four People at the Entrance to the Country Club Balcony Building

Hawthorne Tree by Troost Lake

April 23rd 1933

Louise Schulte with Regal Lilies

June 18th 1934

House of Frank E. Jones

September 1st 1933

Eagle Statue on Ward Parkway at 67th Street

May 24th 1935

Municipal Rose Garden Arch

March 9th 1935

Pergola in Memory of the Ernest E. Smiths

May 31st 1934

Small Child with Easter Bunny Statue

April 7th 1934

Tulip Garden of Lucian Rosenwald

May 2nd 1936

Window and Tulips of Robert Sutherland

May 2nd 1933

Road to Joseph F. Porter's House with Merle Smith

November 1st 1933

Nelson Gallery of Art

April 11th 1933

Fountain on Central Street at 47th Street

September 30th 1932

B'nai Jehudah Temple

October 4th 1933

Lake Quivira

August 3rd 1941

Tennis Courts in Gillham Park

House Portal of Clifford B. Smith

May 24th 1934

Iris of Inghram D. Hook

House of Hugh J. Mathews, Jr.

September 20th 1932

Japanese Maple and House of Neil G. Lilley

May 19th 1933

Kansas City Country Club Entrance and Brush Creek

May 10th 1935

House of Albert R. Jones

September 24th 1932

Laura C. Lauder with Spirea Flowers

May 6th 1933

Nelson Gallery of Art

Julia L. Clark and Janet K. Clark Playing with Tulips

May 10th 1935

Romanelli Gardens

August 7th 1932

Crowd at Hillcrest Country Club

May 1941

Bechtel's Crab Tree

May 2nd 1934

House of J. C. Nichols

June 9th 1932

"Rainbow" Garden of Peonies, Iris, and Poppies

May 22nd 1933

The Walnuts Gardens

July 2nd 1936

House of Eugene W. Goebel

August 27th 1932

House of H. B. Thompson

Louis XIV & Afterglow Tulips

Harry West with an Eremurus Flower

"Rockledge", House of Horace R. Graham

July 11th 1932

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