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Title: Quality Hill and Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view looking toward the southeast with the Quality Hill area and portions of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, in view. The 8th Street Tunnel is visible in the lower right side. Other buildings in view include the Quality Hill Apartments, Municipal Auditorium, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Kansas City Power and Light building, and many other structures.
Date: 1956
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quality Hill Area
Description: Aerial view of Quality Hill area located just west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Included in the view is the 12th Street Viaduct as well as the Quality Hill Apartments. Looking toward the southwest.
Date: 1956
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quality Hill Area
Description: Aerial view of Quality Hill area located just west of downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Included in the view is the 12th Street Viaduct as well as the Quality Hill Apartments. Looking toward the southwest. Major streets in view from left to right include Broadway Boulevard, Washington Street, and Pennsylvania Avenue. The 8th Street Tunnel is in view on the far mid-right side.
Date: 1956
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bendix Plant
Description: Aerial view of Bendix Corporation's facilities on Bannister Road (95th Street) in Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Southwest Boulevard Area
Description: Aerial view of Southwest Boulevard in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood, showing smoke rising from a fire.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rosedale Area after 1951 Flood
Description: Aerial view of the Rosedale area in the aftermath of the 1951 Flood.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Big Blue Industrial District
Description: Aluminum Company, Vendo; Black, Sivalls, & Bryson; Olympic Stadium Midget Auto Racetrack, and Blue River, looking south showing E. 12th Street and Truman Road.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

Title: P32 Richard Corliss Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: Richard Corliss was born in Springfield, Massachussetts, in 1915 and moved to Kansas City in 1944. He worked as a freelance photographer, capturing scenes for sale to local news agencies. His collection consists of 46 photographs of varying sizes. Most are black and white. The photographs, shot between approximately 1945 and 1960, are of local personalities and visiting celebrities, accidents, disasters, and other news events. Notable are several photographs of the Truman family after their return to Independence.
Date: 1945~/1960~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: P30 Kansas City (Mo.) Aviation Department Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: This group of 17 black and white and 12 color photographs are duplicates of those at the Aviation Department of Kansas City, Missouri. These photographic copies were processed in the summer of 1999. The collection centers on Municipal, Kansas City International, and Richards-Gebaur airports, and also includes photographs of the downtown skyline from the mid-1970s.
Date: 1945-1980~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Kansas City International Airport
Description: Aerial view of KCI airport looking toward the southwest. View includes the control tower and the three terminals. Includes partial view of the public parking lot as well as the lake and hotel beside it.
Date: 1970~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport, Aerial View
Description: Aerial view of the Municipal Airport showing runways and terminal. Missouri River travels from the north at the top of the frame and bends to the right, and the Kansas (Kaw) River meets up with the Missouri in the lower left corner. The Broadway Bridge crosses the river just south of the airport, and to the east is the ASB (Armour-Swift-Burlington) Bridge which then carried rail and automobile traffic. The Harlem neighborhood runs along the north bank of the Missouri to the east of the airport, and the city of North Kansas City, Missouri, runs along the length of the left side of the image north of Harlem. Kansas City, Kansas, can be seen to the west of the Missouri River.
Date: 1971-11-07
Object Type: Negative

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