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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House of Frank E. Jones

September 1st 1933

House and Tulips of Robert Sutherland

May 8th 1933

The Walnuts Gardens

July 22nd 1936

House of N. W. Dible

June 5th 1933

Kansas City Country Club and Brush Creek

June 17th 1932

House of George S. Allee

September 11th 1933

House of Anne D. Paxton

May 23rd 1934

Thomas Hart Benton Memorial Tablet

July 1st 1934

Spruce Tree, Hyacinths, and Tulips

April 19th 1933

Miss Jean Love at Swimming Pool

August 8th 1932

Woman and Child at 59th and Belleview Avenue

July 24th 1932

Japanese Maple and House of Neil G. Lilley

May 19th 1933

Forsythia

March 25th 1935

West Entrance to R. A. Long's Residence

May 7th 1934

Richard Lynch

July 25th 1935

House of Charles S. Keith

June 9th 1933

Four People at the Entrance to the Country Club Balcony Building

House of Herbert F. Hall

August 2nd 1932

Swimming Pool of Thomas L. Luzier

July 2nd 1935

House of Fred Wolferman

1932

Unity Farm from the Cloister

June 29th 1935

House and Motor Entrance of Fred Wolferman

September 8th 1932

"Else Paulson" Roses at the Nelson Gallery of Art

September 24th 1934

Fountain at Alameda Road and Central Street

June 17th 1934

Kansas City Country Club Entrance and Brush Creek

May 10th 1935

House of H. B. Thompson

Rose Pergola of A. E. Mosier

June 8th 1932

The Walnuts Gardens

May 4th 1937

Northeast Corner Pool of Unity Farm

June 14th 1935

Apple Tree on Sunset Drive

April 22nd 1933

Ruby M. Robinson with Rare Poppies

May 20th 1933

House of Michael J. Healey

August 10th 1933

House of A. B. Eisenhower and Willow Lake

Bob Busler and Bob Willits at Mission Hills Country Club

July 20th 1940

The Walnuts Gardens

July 24th 1936

House of Bryce B. Smith

May 2nd 1933

House of Sid J. Hare

May 1940

Unity Tower and Administrative Building

June 21st 1935

House of R. A. Long

May 7th 1934

Tennis Courts in Gillham Park

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