Studio portrait of George E. Kessler. Kessler was instrumental in developing Kansas City's unique park and boulevard system.
Image Gallery
Photograph of the Altoona Apartments (later renamed the Concord Apartments), once located on the south side of 8th Street between Troost Avenue and Forest Avenue.
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.
1937
An employee of The Donnelly Garment Company creating embroidery on a Singer embroidery machine in the Corrigan Building at 1828 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri.
August 11th 1926
Postcard showing the Thomas H. Swope Memorial in Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces northeast towards the memorial.
Photograph of Kindergarten students at Lincoln School, known after 1918 as W. W. Yates School. Once located at the northwest corner of Campbell Street and 11th Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
May 10th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Maurice R. Smith's house, taken from the south with tulips in the foreground. Smith was an officer of the Kansas City Life Insurance Company.
1925
Photograph looking north on the east side of Forest Avenue between 9th Street and 10th Street. The First Church of Christ Scientist is pictured to the left.
A color glass plate positive photograph of four men playing golf at the second hole of the Swope Memorial Golf Course.
December 1939
Motorized snowplows are called into action to clear the sidewalks of J. C. Nichols Companies homes in the Oak Meyer Gardens subdivision.
September 20th 1933
An autochrome photograph of the croton flowers outside of the Swope Park Shelter House, taken from the east.
August 23rd 1919
Postcard of the west end of Cliff Drive in Kansas City, Missouri.
October 9th 1928
Antique well-head originally from Barcelona, standing in the lounge. It concealed a drinking fountain.
June 7th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Margaret J. Helmers with "Mary Wallace" roses on the property of William C. Helmers, Executive, Helmers Manufacturing Company.
July 4th 1934
Photograph of the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team at Natatorium Park in Spokane, Washington. The franchise was organized in 1920 and located in Kansas City, Missouri.
Circa 1930 photograph with an aerial view of the municipal wharf on the east side of state line in Missouri, opposite the airport.
Circa 1940 photograph of the Park Central Hotel located at 300-02 E. Armour Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. Entrance to the building is in view from street level.
1920's photograph of the Grund Hotel at the northwest corner of 6th and Ann Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
Autographed head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Russell (Clara) Stover of Russell Stover Candies.
1942
Photograph of a lily pond on the grounds of the St. Agnes Convent. This vantage point faces south-southeast with the auditorium and gym of St. Agnes Academy in the background.
Circa 1925 photograph of the Unity School of Christianity at 917 Tracy Avenue. This vantage point faces east-southeast from the west side of Tracy Avenue just south of 9th Street.
Photograph of Brauer School, a one-room school in the Piper area of Wyandotte County, Kansas.
1936
Photograph of the board of trustees for the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation. The members are Rev. John Vasiliades, President Elias S.
May 8th 1934
Portrait of Sally Rand with full body feather fan. Rand inscribes on the photo, "To The South Central Business Association, My friends and boosters, all happiness and prosperity.
Photograph of Overland Park School teachers circa 1930. The group of ten women and one man stand outside the school, located near 82nd and Lowell in Overland Park, Kansas.
1941
Photograph of the back and backyard of house at 5528 Glenwood Street in Mission, Kansas, in 1941.
February 16th 1937
Clipping from the Kansas City Times on February 16, 1937 showing drawings and photographs from the 1936 Election Vote Fraud Trial.
1934
J. C. Nichols Companies Field Construction Department trucks paving the middle of the street in the Armour Hills Gardens housing development.
Circa 1940 photograph with a rooftop view of the northwest corner of 3rd Street and Main Street in the City Market.
Photograph of two men posing outside a Kansas City and Olathe Electric Railway car in the 1910s.
February 14th 1923
Postcard of St. Mary's Hospital, located at the southwest corner of 28th Street and Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
Circa 1940 photograph with aerial view looking down onto the City Market and the neighborhood directly to the northeast.
1935
Photograph of the swimming pool at the rear of the Kittle family home at in Westwood Hills, Kansas, in 1935.
June 20th 1932
An autochrome photograph of the Verona Columns in the evening. This vantage point faces south from just south of the intersection of Ensley Lane, Overhill Road, and Mission Drive.
May 24th 1927
Postcard of the Hospital Hill on 23rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces southeast from near the intersection of Gillham Road and 22nd Street.