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Title: Troost Lake
Description: Distant view of boating activities at pavillion on Troost Lake.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scene From Movie Two Girls and One Bonnet
Description: Movie scene from local production Two Girls and One Bonnet with actress Ethel Quinn (identified as Sallie Wilcox on film envelope) seated at entrance to a log cabin. Identified as log cabin located at 61st Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Film made by Pageant Film Corporation in cooperation with the Missouri Valley Historical Society. Photograph made from a frame of an original fragment found in SC7.
Date: 1916
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club District Fountain
Description: A Venetian fountain in the Country Club District, 61st Street and State Line Road, Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Downtown
Description: Main Street looking south between 8th and 9th street in downtown Kansas City. View includes the Muse of the Missouri fountain/statue as well as part of Commerce Towers. Back of photograph reads: "old 'Junction' famous center of K.C. in early days. 9th & Main, looking south, M.R."
Date: 1964
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City
Description: Looking northwest from West Bluffs at 20th Street over West Bottoms. Shows stockyards, Livestock Exchange Building, railroad yards, etc.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Livestock Exchange Building
Description: View looking west on 16th Street toward the Livestock Exchange Building. Taken at the intersection of Wyoming and 16th streets with a streetcar in view and a large Budweiser Beer sign on the corner.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Water Works
Description: View looking south across Kansas City Water Works; located in North Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1913
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Exhibit At R. A. Long Building
Description: Identified on back of photograph as "Mrs. Toney Spinning, R. A. Long Exhibit - 1914". Exhibit sponsored by the Missouri Valley Historical Society. Good example of a spinning wheel.
Date: 1914
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James M. Kemper
Description: Portrait of Commerce Bank chairman James M. Kemper, Sr.
Date: 1952
Object Type: Photograph

Title: George Kessler
Description: Portrait of George Kessler published following his death in 1923. The image appears within Resolution of the Board on the Death of George Edward Kessler, by the Kansas City Board of Park Commissioners.
Date: 1923
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John C. Egner
Description: Fire Chief John C. Egner seated behind the wheel of a vehicle.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Firemen and Equipment
Description: An exterior view of a group of 14 identified firemen standing by fire equipment in front of Fire Department headquarters building and Hook & Ladder No.1. Photo also includes dog on equipment. Includes both George Hale and John Egner. Found on page four of the scrapbook.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Firemen Laying Floor
Description: Identified as laying of a concrete floor by the members of Headquarters, Kansas City Fire Department.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: North Terrace Park
Description: Looking along the east wing of the Concourse; located in North Terrace Park.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Man Posing
Description: Unidentified man in plaid suit posing for photographer.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City
Description: View of Berkshire hogs in an enclosure at the Kansas City Stockyards.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Wesley Speas
Description: Photograph of John Wesley Speas sitting at desk with unidentified man.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Battle of Westport Commemoration
Description: Exterior view of three individuals holding hands, two men and one woman in historical period costume. None of the people are identified nor is the exact location known. The back of the photo says "Battle of Westport" and it appears that in the photograph a former Confederate soldier and a former Union man are extending the hand of friendship. May have been a ceremony held at one of the anniversaries of the Battle of Westport, perhaps the 50th (1914).
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Unveiling Ceremony
Description: Identified on photograph as "Mr. Woodard speaking at Westport unveiling ceremony, at the parkway at Broadway and Westport Road, June 5, 1950." The ceremony was held in conjunction with the Kansas City Centennial celebration. The historical marker in the photograph was erected by the Westport Historical Society.
Date: 1950-06-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James M. Greenwood
Description: Portrait of Kansas City School Superintendent James M. Greenwood.
Object Type: Photograph

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