An autochrome photograph of Siegmund Harzfeld's residence, taken from the northeast. Harzfeld was founder and president of Harzfeld's women's clothing store.
Image Gallery
1920's photograph of a portion of the cattle pens at the Kansas City Stockyards in Kansas City, Missouri.
1919
The J. C. Nichols Company sales office at the southeast corner of 59th Street and Ward Parkway in 1919.
Circa 1928 photograph with full frontal and side view of the New England National Bank, located at the southeast corner of 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue.
Photograph of a road under construction in the Countryside area, later Mission, Kansas, circa 1940.
1934
An oil on canvas painting by Fred Bergere of downtown Kansas City in the winter.
Photograph of James A. Reed and Nell Donnelly Reed's sunroom in their home at 5236 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The caption reads, "#8 Sunroom.
1938
Wide view of Oak Meyer Gardens housing development. This vantage point faces northwest from 69th Street and Holmes Road.
July 18th 1938
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.
1940's photograph of the Holy Rosary Church (left) and the parochial school (right). This vantage point faces southeast from the northwest corner of Campbell Street and Missouri Avenue.
May 1926
Lou Holland standing by a seated Ike Morrell at Kansas City's air mail dedication at Richards Field, May 1926.
July 8th 1932
An autochrome photograph of Lillie A. Jones standing in her Tudor garden. Her husband Ellis R. Jones was vice-president of the Kansas City Paper House.
Photograph of activity centered on railroad tracks, circa 1920s. A train is in operation at the background of the image, with tracks running to the foreground.
May 1919
Soldiers returning from Europe at the end of World War I march down Grand Avenue (now Grand Boulevard) in Kansas City, Missouri, as people toss flowers into the street. From: Mrs. D. S.
Snapshot of Lester Young with three unidentified women, no date. Source: Elmer Orrie.
Photograph of a newly constructed shelter house with a picnic oven at Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri, ca. 1930s.
Chauncey Downs' band with Woody Walder (sax) and Ernie Williams at Chauncey Downs Hall (known later as the Casa Loma Ballroom) in the Downs Building at the southeast corner of 18th Street and
September 15th 1934
An autochrome photograph of the Nelson Gallery of Art (now known as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), taken from the south.
Circa 1920 photograph with interior view of Carleton Coon seated with his drum set in front of a sign: "The Original Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra."
Photograph of a nature class with caged animals and children at the Minute Circle Friendly House. This vantage point faces northeast towards the west side of the building.
July 13th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Waldo Rickert Fillmore at his home at Unity Farm (Unity Village).
Photograph of Edward "Eddie Spitz" Ochadsey behind his bar at the College Inn and presenting Himm Walker's De Luxe Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
1940
The Generalite, 1940 is a yearbook for the General Hospital Number Two, Class of 1940. Included are portraits of Dr. Edwin Henry Schorer, director of Health for Kansas City, Missouri; Dr. Percy C.
February 28th 1932
Clipping from an article on Tom Pendergast entitled "Portrait of 'The Boss'" in the Kansas City Star on February 28, 1932.
Photograph looking north up Baltimore Avenue from near 16th Street. The Kansas City Power and Light Building is in full view in the center of the photograph.
August 30th 1931
Photograph of Jack Day and Joe Lembke, two members of Boy Scouts Troop 80.
May 10th 1927
Photograph looking north-northwest on McGee Street from just north of 22nd Street. The Coca-Cola Building is pictured to the left.
Circa 1940 photograph of buyers and sellers at the outdoor stalls of the Farmers' Market in the City Market.
January 24th 1923
Photograph looking south on the east side of Bennington Avenue between Lee Street (15th Terrace) and 16th Street.
October 27th 1922
Postcard of the Scottish Rite Temple at the northwest corner of Troost Avenue and 15th Street (now Truman Road) in Kansas City, Missouri.
Photograph of the Elsmere Apartments, once located at the southeast corner of Troost Avenue and Linwood Boulevard
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.
June 26th 1939
Photograph of Felix Street standing with a pipe near the Crown Drugstore at the northeast corner of 18th Street and The Paseo.
Photograph of St. Peter & Paul Church, once located at the southwest corner of 9th Street and McGee Street.
1938
A lithograph on paper by Thomas Hart Benton depicting a sedentary poet. This representational print was created while Benton taught at the Kansas City Art Institute.