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Title
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Rowdy Times: Kansas City in the 19th Century
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Description
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Fifth in a monthly series of special sections of the Star on Kansas City in the 19th century. Focus on the late 1800s "Old West" era, including gunfighters, saloons, brothels, and the like. Several famous locals and visitors of the late 1800s described, such as Jesse James, Annie Chambers, Wyatt Earp, Oscar Wilde, Susan B. Anthony, Police Chief Tom Speers, Horace Greeley, Ulysses S. Grant, George Washington Carver, Carry Nation, Wild Bill Hickok, and General Tom Thumb.
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Date
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1997-11-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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How It All Began
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Description
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Comprehensive history of Kansas City's arts and entertainment, contrasting its "broader and higher form[s]," with photos and descriptions of various entertainers and entertainment venues. Description of the changes in live entertainment in the city from the times of the Chouteaus, especially through the 1800s, to the post-World War II era, including motion pictures and the shutting down of the 1920s-1930s jazz and night clubs.
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Date
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1983-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Enigma of a Painting
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Description
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Article about the portrait believed to be of Leannah Kearns, commonly known as brothel madam Annie Chambers (1843-1935), describing her life, entering Kansas City and the prostitution business in about 1870.
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Date
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1973-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Description of Kansas City in 1880
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Description
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Chapter of the book about "Old West" Kansas City, complete with gunfighters, shady saloons, muddy streets, and sightings of Wild Bill Hickok. Includes a list of bordellos and saloons and their occupants, including Annie Chambers (p. 29-30) and a description of the early newspapers like the Enterprise and Journal. One paragraph describes origin of the term Kansas "red legs" (p. 33).
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Annie Chambers' High-Toned Brothel
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Description
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Article about the brothels or bordellos in Kansas City and similar frontier towns in the middle to late 19th century, describing them in general as well as Kansas City brothels and the practice of prostitution in particular, including the "resort houses" of Annie Chambers "(nee Leanna or Leannah Loveall)," Eva Prince, and Madam Lovejoy, with a photo and an 1896 map of Annie Chambers's resort at 3rd and Wyandotte Streets. Description of the movement of the brothels with the southward direction of growth of the city from 1870 to 1905, with photos of madams and their ads and calling cards.
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Date
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1997
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Past Lives: Inside Annie's Chambers
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Description
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Article about the large house serving as a residence and place of business for Annie Chambers, a prominent Kansas City madam, at 3rd and Wyandotte Streets. Photo and description of the house, later demolished, and her life, struck with a "triple tragedy" as a young woman, with the deaths of two infants followed by her husband's death, all in a short span of time in Lexington, Kentucky, before her career in prostitution.
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Date
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1979-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A Lady Revealed
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Description
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Article about the secret identities and hidden pasts of former mistresses and real estate women Louise Heorath (born in 1866 as Cora Totty) and Annie Chambers (born in 1843 as Leannah Kearns), around 1900.
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Date
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1998
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
