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Title
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Union Avenue Flood
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Description
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View looking southwest along a flooded Union Avenue near Union Depot. Horses, carts, and carriages traveling along Union Avenue can be seen. Signs for George Eyssell Drugs, Alpha Floral Company, Old Kentucky Whiskey, Dick Brothers, the Blossom House, and J. C. O'Keefe Wholesale and Retail Liquor are in view. The exterior of Union Depot can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
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Date
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1900~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad Yard
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1905~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad Yard
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1905~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the apartments on the Country Club Plaza and Armour Boulevard managed by the Assured Rental Company (led by George Goldman and Herman Shapiro), in the city's "South Side," voting against the Pendergast ticket City Council nominees. Apartment buildings involved including "the White Hall apartments, 323 Brush Creek boulevard; the Alcazar, 101 West [39th Street]," and "the Armour Plaza apartments, 1216 East Armour boulevard, and the Ricardo, 811 East Armour boulevard." Other featured articles include: “Ah! Union!” (p. 3), about the 1936 election for Missouri state senator, with Bennett Clark winning over Pendergast candidate Charles Howell despite being "robbed of 20,000 votes in Kansas City"; and “May We Present Bryson Ayres” (p. 5), a photo and profile of Bryson Ayres, an Independence florist and anti-Pendergast activist born in Missouri and growing up in the Pacific Northwest before coming to Kansas City; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-06-07
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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3013 Main Street
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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First issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a statement on the newspaper's objective, maintaining that the newspaper is not against any certain political party or vice, but that it is simply for "good government." Featured articles include: “Council Passes Cab Ordinance” (pp. 2 & 4) discussing councilman Frank H. Backstrom’s reaction to the ordinance and detailing other ordinances appropriating bond funds.; "Adult Education--A Fine Work" (pp. 2 & 6) concerning "the program of adult education going forward under the FERA, with the hearty co-operation of the city's Board of Education" and supervised by Roy Gallemore. It describes courses offered at Lincoln High School and its "sixty-three colored teachers employed, a goodly number as compared with the hundred and sixteen white teachers."; “Trivia” (pp. 2 & 6) and "Borderline Businesses Pay Most Sugar" (pp. 3 & 8) on the bombing of the Harlem Nightclub as an example of the vulnerability of semi-legitimate ("borderline") nightclubs and other businesses in Kansas City to its strong-arm tactics of organized crime through the police department. A photo of the Harlem Nightclub bombing is included.; "What, Precisely, Is a Machine?" (pp. 3 & 5) on the definition of political machines and the Pendergast machine in Kansas City fitting this definition through unofficial financing, voting fraud, etc.; "A New Administration for the County" (pp. 3-5) detailing the new administrative officials, new budget laws, and efforts to reduce the city deficit. A picture of J. W. Hostetter, Eugene I. Purcell, and Battle McCardle is included.; “NYM” (p. 4) on the National Youth Movement began in Kansas City in May 1932 with a portrait of Joseph C. Fennelly.; "May We Present Mrs. Charles N. Seidlitz" (p. 5) on Alice Richards Seidlitz "one of the founders of the Junior League of Kansas City," wife of Charles Seidlitz ("president of the Seidlitz Paint and Varnish Company"), and daughter of George Richards ("son of the founder of Richards and Conover Hardware Company"). A photo of Alice is included.; "Be Proud, Citizens!" (pp. 5 & 8) on the ironic description of Kansas City by Judge Brown Harris "as 'probably the most law-abiding city in the United States.'" Irony due to the judge's association with the Pendergast machine and "federal indictments" in relation to the Union Station massacre of Eugene Reppert ("former director of police"), Thomas Higgins ("chief of detectives"), George Rayen ("of the police motor theft bureau"), Tom Bash (sheriff), etc.; Book review (p. 7) of "Heaven's My Destination" by Thornton Wilder (author of "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"), describing a scene in the book with the main character (a devoutly religious man) unknowingly eating at one of Kansas City's "bawdy houses" and experiencing other misadventures.; Also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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General Post Office
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Description
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Postcard of the main post office at 315 W. Pershing
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Object Type
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Postcard
