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Title: Southwest Trafficway Looking Southwest from Roanoke Road
Description: View facing southwest along Southwest Trafficway or Summit Street from its intersection with Roanoke Road in the Volker Residential District. Cars traveling southwest along Southwest Trafficway can be seen. Two adult and two child pedestrians can be seen walking on the left hand side of the photograph.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport Road Looking Southwest from near Baltimore Avenue
Description: View facing southwest along Westport Road from near its intersection with Baltimore Avenue in the Old Westport Residential District. Cars parked and traveling along Westport Road can be seen. The Harris-Kearney House, a Safeway grocery store and the Launderette laundromat are in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Baltimore Avenue Looking North from South of 39th Street
Description: View facing north along Baltimore Avenue from south of 39th Street in the Old Westport Residential District. Houses, apartment buildings and cars parked along Baltimore Avenue can be seen. The Alcazar Hotel can be seen on the west side of the street. A sign for Deluxe Laundry and Cleaners and the Calvary Baptist Church are in view on the east side of the street.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Taking Steps To Record Steptoe, Westport's Vanishing African American Neighborhood
Description: The African American community of Steptoe was located in Westport, Missouri. This article explores the name of the community and its growth after the Civil War. "The tiny hamlet in Westport known as Steptoe was a collection of neat clapboard houses tucked along narrow streets between Westport Road and the Country Club Plaza. Its center was at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 43rd Terrace. The name Steptoe was spelled out in blue and white ceramic tiles set in the pavement at each corner." Various family names connected with the area are mentioned.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Magazine Article

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