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Title: Kansas City and Surrounding Towns
Description: Map of Kansas City vicinity and many outlying towns. The city limits indicated for Kansas City, Missouri were inaugurated in 1885. Towns and townships are named and given distinctive colors; railroad lines as well as township section numbers are indicated. Includes Wyandotte County, Kansas, and Clay and Jackson Counties, Missouri.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Map

Title: Wall Street
Description: Street level view identified in the book as "View on Wall Street." Business name at the building's 809 address is ?, Birkhart & Co., Abstracters. A horse and buggy are parked by the building. Photograph made from book "Picturesque and Descriptive Kansas City, Mo.", 1890, MVSC Q 090.8 A78, p. 21.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, Cavalry Soldiers
Description: Two rows of soldiers on horseback, and two riders out front surveying the landscape.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, View of Army Camp
Description: Distant view of an army camp. Groups of soldiers can be seen standing in formation and a church and other buildings are in view in the distance.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, Indian Camp
Description: Encampment scene showing a group of Indians sitting and two soldiers on horseback.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Excelsior Springs, Missouri, The Elms Hotel
Description: Front view of one of the earlier Elms Hotel building with horses and buggies in front. This building later burned.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2502-2512 Forest Avenue Houses
Description: View looking northwest of three houses that once stood at 2502-2512 Forest Avenue (southwest corner of Forest Avenue and 25th Street).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Annunciation Hall
Description: View of Annunciation Hall, once located near the southeast corner of 14th and Wyoming streets. Children and a dog are posed outside of the building. The building was the first home of the Annunciation Catholic Church and later served as the parish school.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Independence Avenue
Description: View of Independence Avenue intersecting Garfield Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Residences along the street as well as a horse and buggy can be seen. Photograph made from book Picturesque and Descriptive Kansas City, Mo., 1890, MVSC Q 090.8 A78, p. 73.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Asian Display
Description: Interior view of display of Asian dishes, pictures, and other knick-knacks. Location not identified.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Warder Grand Opera House
Description: Full, street level view of the front of the Warder Grand Opera House, later becoming the Auditorium Theater. Located at the northeast corner of 9th and Holmes in Kansas City, Missouri. Photograph made from book "Picturesque and Descriptive Kansas City, Mo.", 1890, MVSC Q 090.8 A78, p. 58.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Mark's Episcopal Church Service
Description: Interior view of a service at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, once located on the southeast corner of 7th Street and Prospect Avenue.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Father George C. Betts
Description: Portrait of the Rev. George C. Betts, the fourth rector of St. Luke's, later St. Mary's, Episcopal Church.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Carl Betz
Description: Portrait of Carl Betz. Identification on back of photograph reads: "Carl Betz Sr., My Father" and "Carl Betz (1854-1898), this is the way he looked during the years that he was in Kansas City. (1885-1898)"
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quinlan Flats
Description: View looking northeast of the Quinlan Flats that once stood at E. 8th Street and Highland Avenue.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, Two Strike and Crow Dog Camp
Description: Distant view of the camps of Sioux Chiefs, Two Strike and Crow Dog at the Pine Ridge Agency. A photographer can be seen in the foreground (right-hand side).
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, Group Portrait of Soldiers
Description: A group portrait of 30 soldiers posing in front of a tent. Three other men can be seen standing in the background.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, Leaders of the Hostile Indians
Description: A photograph of three Sioux Chiefs, Two Strike, Crow Dog and High Hawk. A white man and two Sioux children are also pictured.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, Women, Children and Soldiers
Description: A group Indian women and children and soldiers posing in front of an unidentified building.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wounded Knee, Soldier Camp
Description: A group of soldiers relaxing in camp. Several tents and buildings can be in see in the background.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

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