Photograph of policemen arresting protestors at a demonstration on March 17, 1937 by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
Image Gallery
Collage assembled in 1925 of the Presidents of The Commercial Club of Kansas City and it's successor The Chamber of Commerce. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).
January 23rd 1929
Advertisement in the Kansas City Times for the American Beauty Macaroni Products featuring Enid J. Kemper (wife of R. Crosby Kemper, Sr.) with her children Sarah Ann (Sally), R.
Photograph, which appears to be taken between 1930 and 1940, taken from inside a vehicle driving on the Inter-City Viaduct, looking east with the Kansas City, Missouri skyline in view in the backgr
Circa 1940 photograph with aerial view looking down onto the City Market and the neighborhood directly to the northeast.
An autochrome photograph of four people dressed up for the Country Club Plaza Fiesta. They are standing at the entrance to the Balcony Building in the Country Club Plaza.
Circa 1925 photograph looking south on Winchester Avenue from just north of the intersection of Winchester and 10th Street.
Postcard of the Swope Park Swimming Pool, constructed with WPA funds in 1941 and located north of The Lagoon and west of Blue River in Swope Park.
Circa 1930 photograph with an aerial view looking northeast at the intersection of Ward Parkway and State Line Road, showing the campus of Pembroke Country Day School and Brush Creek.
1938
Individulal portrait photographs of the 35 students comprising the Holy Cross School Class of 1938 with lettering by Merritt Powles. Also included is a photograph of Reverend J. P. Prendergast.
1928
Photograph with full frontal and side view of the Sharp Building, located on the northwest corner of 11th and Walnut streets.
Postcard showing Winnwood Beach in Kansas City, Missouri, describing it as the "Atlantic City of the West".
August 4th 1931
Postcard showing the Verona Columns in the Country Club District in Mission Hills, Kansas. This vantage point faces south at the intersection of Mission Drive, Overhill Road, and Ensley Lane.
Circa 1935 black, three-piece beach pajama with multicolor floral pattern created by Nelly Don Inc.
Circa 1940 photograph with an interior view of kindergarten age children on a jungle gym at Gladstone School. Includes a sheet which identifies each child and provides their address.
July 20th 1932
An autochrome photograph of Harry E. Clark's garden and office building at 6140 Ward Parkway. Clark was a Kansas City lawyer.
September 23rd 1933
An autochrome photograph of Cliff Drive near the home of R. A. Long.
Early 1940s photograph of Macedonia Baptist Church congregation members as they depart on a trolley ride to Fairyland (7501 Prospect Avenue) for an annual church picnic there.
July 22nd 1936
An autochrome photograph of the gardens at The Walnuts, taken looking northeast from inside the apartment building.
July 13th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Harriet and Waldo Rickert Fillmore with their children Charles and Rosemary at their home at Unity Farm (Unity Village).
June 14th 1935
An autochrome photograph of an unidentified woman standing next to roses growing on the upper terrace at Unity Farm (Unity Village).
Photograph of the reception room at Major Clinic. The clinic, owned and operated by Dr. Hermon S. Major, was a private facility devoted to the treatment of alcoholism.
March 30th 1922
Photograph looking east along Armour Boulevard from the west side of Gillham Road.
Circa 1940 photograph with a rooftop view of the northwest corner of 3rd Street and Main Street in the City Market.
March 9th 1935
An autochrome photograph of an arch with winter covering at the Municipal Rose Garden (Loose Park Rose Garden).
1939
Dancers at the Pla-Mor Ballroom, taken by Tynen & Murphy Photographers, Kansas City, Missouri, ca. 1939. The Pla-Mor was located at 3142 Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
January 24th 1924
Mugshot of William E. Clifford, Inmate #20546. Clifford was sentenced to time in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth on drug charges.
Photograph of the Metropolitan Hotel located at 5th Street and May Street, southeast corner. Also known as The City hotel according to the scrapbook newspaper clipping.
August 26th 1922
Photograph with a full frontal and corner view of the Brailey Building, once located on northwest corner of 11th Street and McGee Street.
October 1928
Photograph of the St. Peter's Church Choir posed outside of the entrance to the original corrugated iron church building, known by the congregation as the "Tin Cathedral".
1930
Photograph of the Castle Apartments, once located on the west side of Troost Avenue between 26th Street and 27th Street.
Photograph with full, street level, corner view of the Irving School located on the south side of 24th Street between Wabash Avenue and Prospect Avenue. The school was later named for Booker T.
December 5th 1920
Photograph of the Norris Grain Company Grain Elevator at the northeast corner of Gardner Avenue and Topping Avenue in the East Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri.
June 6th 1934
An autochrome photograph of the French salon from the grand hall in R. A. Long's residence. Long was co-founder of Long-Bell Lumber Company.
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
Photograph of the receiving department at The Donnelly Garment Company in the Corrigan Building at 1828 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri.