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Title
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Bus Stop on West Pershing Road
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Description
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Unidentified group of men and women waiting at bus stop in front of BMA Building at 215 West Pershing Road during snowstorm.
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Date
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1949-01
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station and Freight Area
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Description
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Partial frontal view of station looking northwest; full view of freight area on west side of building. Also shows Sweeney Auto School.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Business Men's Assurance Co. Building
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Description
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Full frontal view of BMA building on Pershing Road, the former Sweeney School for auto, tractor, and aviation. Park Hotel is visible in background.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Business Men's Assurance Co. Building
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Description
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Full frontal view of BMA building on Pershing Road with weather beacon on roof. Former Sweeney School for auto, tractor, and aviation.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station
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Description
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Aerial view, looking north, of Union Station; also shows BMA Building and a portion of Main Street.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sweeney School
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Description
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Full frontal and side view, taken from roof of Union Station.
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Date
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1922
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Washington Square Park
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Description
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Looking southwest from park grounds. Also shows Union Station, Sweeney School.
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Date
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1923~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Business District of Kansas City
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1922-06-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future Liberty Memorial Site
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Signboard Hill area at the intersection of Main and 24th streets. Construction of street railway lines headed south along Main Street can be seen on the left hand side of the image. Construction of the Sweeney Automobile School Building, late the Businessmen's Assurance Company Building at 24th and Wyandotte streets can be seen on the right. A portion of the Park Hotel Building is in view in the background.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
