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Title
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Westport, Missouri
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Description
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Looking west along Westport Road from Wyandotte Street.
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Date
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1890
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Westport Intersection
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Description
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View of the intersection of Southwest Trafficway, Madison Avenue, Westport Road, 43rd Street and Belleview Avenue in Westport facing southwest. A building housing Frank's Brake & Clutch Service on the south side of 43rd Street is in view. Billboards for the First National Bank and Holsum Bread can be seen. The First National Bank billboard shows their main location at 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue where the Central Library is located.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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H&R Block Headquarters
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Description
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Photograph, taken from the top of the Marriott Hotel at 45th and Main, looking northwest circa 1987. The H&R Block headquarters building is seen at the center of the image, on the west side of Main, with the Embassy Suites Hotel visible to the northwest. Broadway Boulevard can be seen bending west through Westport in the background. The One Main Plaza office building can be seen at the right edge of the image.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Plaza Area Plan Existing Circulation
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Description
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Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road and 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates existing traffic circulation, including problem intersections such as the intersection of Southwest Trafficway and 39th Street. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Plaza Area Plan Parks and Boulevards
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Description
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Map created by the Kansas City Landmarks Commission as part of a 1980s Plaza Plan presentation, encompassing an area from State Line Road east to The Paseo, and from Westport Road and 39th Street south to 55th Street. The map illustrates parks and boulevards within the area boundaries, including Westwood, Southmoreland, and Loose Parks, as well as the dates each park was established. Area plans, dealing with transportation, development, and zoning, among other factors, were developed over time for a number of Kansas City areas and are intended to provide guidance for their growth and design.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Apple Tree on Sunset Drive
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of an automobile parked next to an apple tree on Sunset Drive. Lauder notes with the picture: "Don't Mutilate".
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Date
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1933-04-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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B'nai Jehudah Temple
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of the B'nai Jehudah Temple, a Jewish synagogue at the southeast corner of Flora Avenue and Linwood Boulevard. This vantage point faces south on Linwood Boulevard just east of Flora.
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Date
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1933-10-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fountain at Alameda Road and Broadway
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza just east of the intersection of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Broadway. This vantage point faces north-northeast towards a gasoline filling station, a parking lot, and the Country Club Plaza Balcony Building in the background.
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Date
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1932-07-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Fountain at Alameda Road and Broadway
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza just east of the intersection of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Broadway. This vantage point faces north towards a gasoline filling station, a parking lot, and the Country Club Plaza Balcony Building in the background.
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Date
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1932-07-22
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Park Drive
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Description
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Postcard of an automobile and a carriage traveling through Roanoke Park.
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Date
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1909
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Object Type
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Postcard