Journal-Post Photographs

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Title: Winter Sledding Scene
Description: Winter scene showing a skier and sledder on a snow covered hill.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Equestrian Rider Standing on a Scale
Description: Man in equestrian attire standing on a scale in front of a viewing stand. He presumably is being weighed for a horseback riding competition. Nearby are a couple spectators.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Boy Next to Flood Marker
Description: Young boy standing next to a high water marker; the area behind him is flooded.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Ed Wynn Outside Union Station
Description: Ed Wynn, comedian and actor, with unidentified child posed outside Union Station.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City Aerial View
Description: View from an airplane of buildings, railroad cars, and traffic in the Kansas City Stockyards district. One of the buildings is The Steel Manufacturing and Warehouse Company at 1149 Genesee Street.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Sam Scola and Ferris Anthon
Description: Composite portraits of mobster Sam (Hog) Scola (left) and bootlegger Ferris (Kansas City Tony) Anthon. The latter was murdered by Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta, Scola and others on August 12, 1933. Scola was killed in the exchange by Sheriff Tom Bash.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Aviator Roscoe Turner
Description: Aviator Roscoe Turner sitting in the cockpit of a plane, posing with an unidentified man.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Racing Contestant
Description: Unidentified man wearing a hat, goggles, and Contestant ribbon. An automobile is visible in the background.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Snow Covered Home
Description: Winter scene with unidentified two-story tudor residence. A wreath above the door has "Happy New Year" lettering.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Mother with Infant
Description: Unidentified woman seated next to a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket. The baby is lying on a scale which reads apprxomately 4.5 pounds.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Flooded Homes
Description: Evening flood scene shows three homes partially under water. A family of four is on the porch of the middle house.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Kansas State Penitentiary Prisoner
Description: Three men standing in front of a Kansas State Penitentiary sign. The man in the center is likely a prisoner.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Two Men Beside a Plane
Description: Two men, one wearing a pilot's uniform and goggles, standing beside an airplane. A sign on the side of the plane reads "Universal Aviation Schools." There is another airplane in the background parked in a hanger.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Outdoor Event
Description: Spectators watching an outdoor event amongst parked cars. The license plate of one of the cars reads "Kansas-1930." A stand with an American flag is in the background.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Performer in Costume
Description: Unidentified woman dressed in costume and wearing a fake fur headdress. She appears to be squatting on a stage.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Older Man Seated in Chair
Description: Unidentified older man in a suit and bow-tie seated in a chair.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Man Walking Dogs
Description: Unidentifed man walking four Irish Setter dogs along a sidewalk.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Journal-Post Old Car Run
Description: Man and woman sitting in an early-model automobile and dressed in early twentieth-century clothes. The man appears to be wearing a fake mustache. A sign on the cars reads "Journal-Post Old Car Run 83."
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Youth Gathered Around Airplane
Description: Group of young people gathered around an airplane identified as a "112E Curtiss Falcon Mail Plane." They appear to watching a mechanic who is standing on the airplane wing looking at the engine.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Journal-Post Employees
Description: Three men, thought to be Kansas City Journal-Post journalists, gathered around another man who is typing on a typesetting machine.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

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