Machine Politics, Organized Crime, and Reform

Photograph portrait of Bryce B. Smith. mayor of Kansas City from 1930 to 1939.

Portrait of John B. Gage, reform mayoral candidate in 1940.

Photograph of Harry S. Truman walking with unidentified men.

Portrait of Frank P. Walsh, progressive lawyer and labor advocate. Taken between 1910 and 1925.

Portrait of Bryce B. Smith, Mayor of Kansas City MO from 1930-1940. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).

Portrait of Sam B. Strother, Mayor of Kansas City MO in 1922. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).

Photograph of Frank P. Walsh, his wife Katherine, and three of their children. Taken between 1918 and 1921.

Portrait of George H. Edwards, Mayor of Kansas City MO from 1916-1918. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).

Political cartoon criticizing Casimir Welch for his corrupt practices.

Portrait of Frank P. Walsh, progressive lawyer and labor advocate. Taken around 1915.

Soup line during the Depression; Casimir J. Welch with woman in lower inset photo, no date.

Portrait of Jean Helier posed behind glass filled with bullet holes. Photo is autographed as "To N.

Portrait of Frank Moore, Johnson County sheriff from 1935 to 1937.

Portrait of Charles S. Keith, Mayor of Kansas City MO in 1940. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).

Two sets of mugshots of Joseph "Scarface" DiGiovanni.

Head and shoulders autographed portrait of Maurice M. Milligan, U.S. attorney who prosecuted Tom Pendergast.

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