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Title: Western Sash and Door Company Building
Description: View of the Western Sash and Door Company building, once located on the northwest corner of Grand Avenue and 23rd Street, adjacent to the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks east of Union Station. Photograph was captured from the north side of the tracks facing southeast and displays the rear of the building and lumber yard to the west.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Future Liberty Memorial Site
Description: Looking southwest from Main Street and the future Pershing Road, toward the area across from Union Station and the future site of the Liberty Memorial. Sweeney School is in view on the right and a Sunshine Biscuits sign is visible on the left. Possible date on the front of the photograph, 10-4-20.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Trafficway
Description: View of Southwest Trafficway looking toward the south and taken just south of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Union Station is in view on the left and the Liberty Memorial and Main post office can be seen in the middle of the picture.
Date: 1951-08-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue Restaurant
Description: Evening view of Fiorella' Jack Stack Barbecue located in a building at 101 West 22nd Street in the Freighthouse/Crossroads Arts District south of downtown Kansas City and north of Union Station.
Date: 2001
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Business District of Kansas City
Description: Panoramic photograph showing the downtown area. The photograph is labeled: The Business District of Kansas City, June 7, 1922. Panoramic photograph from the General Hospital, showing the new Union Station and the city's growing skyline. Labels written on the photograph include: General Hospital, Entrance to Penn Valley Park, Overland Building, Memorial Park, Indications of Approximate Location of Pershing Road, Union Station, J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, D. A. Moor Building, Coca-Cola, Film Exchange, Kansas City Club, K. C. A. C. Bldg., Kansas City Star, Waldheim Bldg., Commerce Bldg., R. A. Ling Bldg., Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., Telephone Bldg., Densmore Hotel, Locust, Oak, Hospital Hill, proposed Oak St. Viaduct and Approach, Gillham Road, McGee St. Viaduct, Proposed Cut in Grade 21 Feet, and 23rd. Several buildings are in view, including: Schutte Lumber, the Sweeney Automobile School (later BMA) Building, Union Station, the Rahe Auto & Tractor School (also the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) Building, the Firestone Building, and General Hospital No. 2. In view are signs for: Racine Tires, Camel cigarettes, Kelly Tires, Carey Roofing, and Franklin Ice Cream. The Signboard Hill area can be seen to the southwest of Union Station.
Date: 1922-06-07
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View South from atop Coca-Cola Building
Description: Panoramic view looking south from the roof of the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) building at 2107 Grand Avenue. Neighborhoods and business districts south of downtown can be seen. Several buildings are in view, including: General Hospital, General Hospital No. 2, Rahe's Automobile and Tractor (also known as the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, Schutte Lumber Company, Union Station, and the Sweeney Automobile School (later the BMA Building). In view are signs for: Oldsmobile, Holsum Bread, Melton Tire & Battery, Norwalk Tires, Kelly Tires, Racine Tires, White Rose Butter, Sunshine Biscuits, Merit Bread, Camel cigarettes, National Biscuit Company, and Folger's Coffee Company. Signboard Hill can be seen to the northwest of Union Station. The view spans the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks, which are in view on the right hand side of the photograph.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad Yard
Description: Panoramic view looking north of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad yard at the future Union Station site. The D. A. Morr Storage and Warehouse Building can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The Belt Line Storage and Warehouse Company Building is in view on the right hand side of the image. Wyandotte Street heading north toward downtown is in the center of the image.
Date: 1905~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 88 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 88 Janssen Place. It was built in 1913 Mr. Lynn S. Banks, General Ticket Agent for Union Station Ticket Office by architect Roger Gilman. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 88 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 88 Janssen Place. It was built in 1913 Mr. Lynn S. Banks, General Ticket Agent for Union Station Ticket Office by architect Roger Gilman. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980. Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad Yard
Description: View looking west from about Main Street showing the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad yard. The future site of Union Station can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The B. A. Morr Transfer & Storage Company Building at 22nd and Central streets can be seen in the background. The Belt Line Storage & Warehouse Company Building is in view on the right hand side of the image. A sign for Beeman's Pepsin Gum can be seen. Several trains and railroad cars are in view.
Date: 1905~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hannibal and Saint Joseph Depot
Description: Distant view of Hannibal and Saint Joseph depot; located on the same site as Union Depot in West Bottoms.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3013 Main Street
Description: Photograph of commercial buildings on the 3000 block of Main Street in the early 1980s. The building at 3013 Main was occupied by Kansas City Stationery and Office Furniture at the time of the photograph, and the Eagle Buffet occupies the space at 3017 Main. The low brick building at the left of the image was later demolished to create a parking lot for a new hotel built to its north. The KCTV station tower can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Unidentified Building under Pennsylvania Avenue Interlocking Viaduct
Description: View of unidentified building located beneath the Pennsylvania Avenue Interlocking Viaduct.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #04
Description: Architectural detail of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. This detail depicts the sculpture of an imposing female figure, engraved with SPQR and a variety of scenes, set into the proposed central tower - the figure would not be visible to viewers at Union Station.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #21
Description: Three views of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. The views depict the imposing female figure set into the proposed central tower and how the figure would not be visible to viewers at Union Station.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #30
Description: Architectural rendering of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Henry F. Hoit, Edwin M. Price and Alfred E. Barnes. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury. "Hoit, Price and Barnes presented plans for a giant, ornamented obelisk that sat atop a large building ringed with columns. Their design was unique in that it set the monument at the extreme south edge of the cultural center's campus, instead of positioning it on the imposing hill opposite Union Station."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #31
Description: Site layout included in the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Henry F. Hoit, Edwin M. Price and Alfred E. Barnes. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury. "Hoit, Price and Barnes presented plans for a giant, ornamented obelisk that sat atop a large building ringed with columns. Their design was unique in that it set the monument at the extreme south edge of the cultural center's campus, instead of positioning it on the imposing hill opposite Union Station."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #32
Description: Obelisk detail included in the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Henry F. Hoit, Edwin M. Price and Alfred E. Barnes. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury. "Hoit, Price and Barnes presented plans for a giant, ornamented obelisk that sat atop a large building ringed with columns. Their design was unique in that it set the monument at the extreme south edge of the cultural center's campus, instead of positioning it on the imposing hill opposite Union Station."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

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