Photograph of civic leader Conrad Mann and others seated in a room.
Machine Politics, Organized Crime, and Reform
Image Gallery
Photograph of Kansas City organized crime figure Giovanni "John" Blando.
Photograph of City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri, which opened on October 25, 1937.
Photograph of the Boyle-Pryor Construction Company Building near the southeastern city limits at that time.
Henry F. McElroy, Kansas City's first city manager and proponent of the Ten Year Plan.
Photograph of the exterior of the Wyandotte County Jail in Kansas City, Kansas, circa 1930, located at the southeast corner of 7th Street and State
Photograph of the old Jackson County Courthouse in Independence, Missouri, prior to renovations in 1933. Later known as the Truman Courthouse.
Photograph of the Boyle-Pryor Construction Company Building near the southeastern city limits at that time.
Editorial cartoon by S. J. Ray entitled "It Sometimes Looks Like We Hadn't Come Very Far", no date.
Photograph of Mary McElroy who was kidnapped in 1933 at 25 years old and held for ransom.
Photograph of James Balestrere, Kansas City organized crime figure who was involved in bootleg efforts during Prohibition and later owner of the Wh
Clipping with a cartoon depicting a group of rabbits forcing a goat to run away.
Portrait of Bryce B. Smith, Mayor of Kansas City MO from 1930-1940. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).
