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Title: Loose Park
Description: Photograph of people picnicking near a parking area in Loose Park, circa 1980. Archways in the park's Rose Garden are visible in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City, Missouri School District
Description: Blue-line street map of Kansas City, Missouri, showing the boundaries of the Kansas City School District. Map also depicts public schools, parochial schools, hospitals, police stations, parks, cemeteries, golf courses, bodies of water, railroads, and significant buildings.
Date: 1958
Object Type: Map

Title: Park & Boulevard System: Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Street map of Kansas City showing parks, cemeteries, industrial districts, and park district boundaries.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Map

Title: Proposed Master Plan
Description: Proposed master plan for Kansas City, Missouri development, including highways, thoroughfares, neighborhood boundaries, residential areas, business & commercial areas, railroad and industrial areas, public spaces, and public schools and recreation areas. Map covers Kansas City, Missouri city limits south of the Missouri River, with connections shown to surrounding communities, including North Kansas City, Missouri, Johnson County, Kansas, and Raytown, Missouri.
Date: 1946
Object Type: Map

Title: William Volker Memorial Fountain
Description: Photograph, looking northwest, of a section of the William Volker Memorial Fountain, located on the south end of Volker (later Theis) Park near the intersection of Oak Street and Volker Boulevard, in the late 1970s. The fountain, dedicated in 1958, was moved further south toward Volker in the late 1990s as part of a redesign of Brush Creek and Theis Park. The Midwest Research Institute building, south of Volker, can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Loose Park
Description: Photograph, looking north, of people gathered near a parking area adjacent to the Loose Park tennis courts in the late 1970s. The courts stand just east of Summit Street, south of its intersection with 52nd Terrace. The park's rose gardens can be seen beyond the tennis court fencing, at right.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Map Showing the Park and Boulevard System of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Map showing Kansas City's system of parks and boulevards. The city is divided into five parks districts: West Park, North Park, South Park, East Park, and Westport Park. Lists of parks with their areas in acres, boulevards with their distances in miles, and park drives with their distances in miles is included.
Date: 1906
Object Type: Map

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 44th Street on the north to 52nd Street on the south, and Liberty Street on the west to Harrison Street on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park, Southmoreland Park, and Gillham Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The BMA Tower
Description: Aerial view of the Business Men's Assurance (BMA) Tower at 700 W. 31st street. Cars can be seen traveling on 31st Street along the bottom of the image and on Southwest Trafficway along the left hand side. Penn Valley Park and downtown Kansas City can be seen in the background.
Date: 1963~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Willows Nurses at West Terrace Park
Description: Three snapshots of Willows Maternity Home nurses visiting West Terrace Park. Florence Beal Bolter can be seen in all three images: middle right in the top image, middle left in the middle image, and middle in the bottom image. A note recorded beneath the middle photograph reads: Just resting.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Willows Nurses at West Terrace Park
Description: Two snapshots of Willows Maternity Home nurses visiting West Terrace Park. Florence Beal Bolte can be seen in both images: left on the left image, and middle left on the right image. An illegible note is recorded beneath the left photograph. A note recorded beneath the right photograph reads: Bushwhackers.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Willows Nurses at Penn Valley Park
Description: Two snapshots of Willows Maternity Home nurses visiting Penn Valley Park. In each photograph, the three are standing near Penn Valley Lake. Florence Beal Bolte is in both images: middle on the left image, and left on the right image. A note recorded above the photograph reads: Out at the park. From left to right, names recorded beneath the left photograph read: Schonewald, Beal, and Hess. From left to right, names recorded beneath the right photograph read: Beal, Schonewald, and Snyder.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Penn Valley Park, Drive
Description: Postcard of the main drive of Penn Valley Park
Date: 1913~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 48th Street on the south, and Genessee Street on the west to McGee Street on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park and Southmoreland Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Suspension Bridge in Swope Park
Description: Unidentified people standing near the Swope Park suspension bridge over the Blue River.
Date: 1908~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William Volker Memorial Fountain
Description: Photograph of the William Volker Memorial Fountain, looking north from the south end of Theis Park near the intersection of Oak Street and Volker Boulevard, in the early 1980s. The fountain, dedicated in 1958, was moved further south toward Volker in the 1990s as part of a redesign of Brush Creek and Theis Park. The Nelson Art Gallery building, at 4425 Oak Street, can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Willows Nurses at West Terrace Park
Description: Snapshot of Willows Maternity Home nurses visiting West Terrace Park. The group is posed standing in and near one of the park's stone towers. Florence Beal Bolte can be seen on the right.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rodeo at Swope Park
Description: A crowd viewing a rodeo east of the Swope Park entrance building.
Date: 1922-06-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway at 47th Street
Description: Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th Street with J. C. Nichols Parkway (at right) and Main Street (at left). Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, southeast diagonally across Main Street. Nichols Fountain, in Mill Creek Park, is visible at the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s. South Plaza apartment and office buildings are visible in the background of the image, with Country Club Plaza commercial and residential buildings in the foreground right.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City, Missouri - Zone Map
Description: Map of Kansas City, Missouri, showing zoning districts. A key to the districts is provided.
Date: 1942-04-01
Object Type: Map

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