Circa 1920s photograph looking northeast with full frontal and partial side view of the J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Co. located at 1013-15 Walnut.
Image Gallery
August 27th 1932
An autochrome photograph of Eugene W. Goebel's south terrace and house entrance. Goebel was a Kansas City oil producer.
1940
A young boy with his bike and dog photographed in front of a Slow - Children street sign erected by the Westwood Homes Association at Westwood Road and Mercier.
Photograph of the Country Club Methodist Episcopal Church located at the northwest corner of 57th Street and Wornall Road.
Photograph of children watching a young girl perform an imitation organ in the Scarritt School kindergarten class.
Photograph looking north along Kersey Coates Drive near the end of 10th Street. The palisades or cliffs of West Terrace Park are in view.
1935
Photograph of the integrated, semi-professional Bismarck National Championship Team of 1935.
Photograph of Bennie Moten, standing in second row at right, and his band pose with their tour bus in front of a music shop.
Circa 1928 photograph with frontal and side view of Butler Motor Company; located on 26th Street between Walnut Street and Grand Avenue. Sign on building reads Dodge Brothers Motor Car.
June 1941
Photograph of businesses at the southwest corner of Grand Avenue (presently Grand Boulevard) and 3rd Street.
1948
Kansas City Police Department mugshot of Walt Rainey, an ally of numerous Kansas City organized crime figures.
Soup line during the Depression; Casimir J. Welch with woman in lower inset photo, no date.
1935
Seated, autographed portrait of Conrad Mann. Reads: "To N. Emerson Paton, With every good wish to a faithful civic worker, Conrad Mann, KC 5/17/35."
June 1941
Photograph of businesses at the northeast corner of Walnut Street and 4th Street. Pictured establishments include Walnut Buffet and New Market Cafe.
1932
Full length group photograph of three of the Blue Devils, taken by Bert Studios, Kansas City, (left to right): Ernie Williams, George Hudson, Lester Young, ca. 1932. Source: Jimmy Jewel.
Circa 1930's photograph of the Electric Theater, 546 Minnesota Avenue, in Kansas City, Kansas. It was opened in 1922, closed in 1969, and demolished in 1976.
1926
Photograph with caption, "Main Street looking north toward 40th Street showing the depressed street grade that should be raised to meet existing yard levels and the new new curb lines fixed by
September 8th 1938
An autochrome photograph of the Scout Statue, as seen from atop Scout Hill in Penn Valley Park, looking north. Downtown Kansas City, Missouri is picture in the background.
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.
December 12th 1941
Photograph of the Friars' choir at Kirkwood Hall at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The choir is comprised of members of the local diocese and directed by Reverend Albert Q. Senn, O.F.M.
Photograph of boys attending a night school at the Boys Hotel at the southeast corner of Admiral Boulevard and Flora Avenue.
This photograph was taken looking north on McGee Trafficway just south of 26th Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Most buildings pictured were demolished for the construction of Crown Center.
June 20th 1928
Exhibit used in evidence for Case No. 30588: State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Maurice W. Nagle, Appellant.
May 21st 1933
An autochrome photograph of Miss Sarah Rapelye sitting next to a weigela shrub on the property of Harry A. Rapelye. Rapelye was a manager at Continental Can Company.
Photograph of the residence of J. H. Bryant, once located at 2316 Highland Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces west on Highland Avenue between 23rd Street and 24th Street.
December 11th 1927
Exterior of the Convention Hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. This hall was once located on the north side of 13th Street between Wyandotte Street and Central Street.
September 20th 1933
An autochrome photograph of the croton flowers outside of the Swope Park Shelter House, taken from the east.
March 17th 1937
Photograph of police restraining a protestor at a demonstration on March 17, 1937 by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
July 11th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Bill McCurry, the lifeguard at the Unity Farm (Unity Village) Pool. This vantage point faces north-northeast towards the wider end of the swimming pool.
1938
Circa 1938 photograph of the Black Elks parade crowd on south side of 18th Street, between The Paseo and Vine Street, Kansas City, MO. Source: Black Economic Union.
May 29th 1933
An autochrome photograph of George Harvey Davis's house, taken from the west. Davis was president of the Davis-Noland-Merrill Grain Company.
December 23rd 1933
Photograph with an interior, classroom scene from Woodland School identified as "Room 14 entertains the second grade of H. H. Cook with a puppet show and party".
Photograph of the 1921 Merriam High School girls basketball team. Eight student/players pose on steps in front of a school building door with a teacher.
September 20th 1940
A color glass plate positive photograph of two unidentified women seated on a bench in the garden of Harry D. Seavey, head of the Seavey & Flarsheim Brokerage Company.