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Title: Wornall House
Description: View looking southeast of the John Wornall House at 146 W. 61st Terrace. Architectural details of the home are outlined in black.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Inaugural Day Scene: Home of President Harry S. Truman
Description: Postcard of the Independence, Missouri, home of President Harry S. Truman on his inauguration day.
Date: 1949
Object Type: Postcard

Title: John B. Wornall Residence
Description: Postcard of the John B. Wornall Residence at Wornall Road and 61st Terrace.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Clyde Manor Apartments
Description: Photograph from about 1980 of Clyde Manor Apartments, at the corner of Gillham Road and Armour Boulevard, designed sometime between 1930 and 1944 by Architect Philip T. Drotts. The building was listed in 1982 in the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Armour/Gillham Historic Apartment Hotel District.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Goldstandt-Powell Hat Company Building
Description: View facing northwest of the Goldstandt-Powell Hat Company Building at 812 Broadway Boulevard in the Wholesale Garment Historic District. When this image was captured, a sign advertising its occupant, the S&R Sale Company can be seen. A portion of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad Company Building at 816 Broadway Boulevard can be seen on the left hand side of the image, and a portion of the Butler Brothers Company Building at 804 Broadway Boulevard can be seen on the right. A car parked on Broadway Boulevard is in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Butler Brothers Company Building
Description: View facing northwest of the Butler Brothers Company Building at 804 Broadway Boulevard in the Wholesale Garment Historic District. When this image was captured, a sign advertising its occupant Kitco International can be seen. A portion of the Goldstandt-Powell Hat Company Building at 804 Broadway Boulevard can be seen on the left hand side of the image, and a portion of the Harvey-Dutton Dry Goods Company Building, or Issacs Building, at 800 Broadway Boulevard can be seen.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alexander Majors Home
Description: View looking east of the Alexander Majors Home at 8201 State Line Road. Restoration work is being performed on the house.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Historic Old Westport
Description: Map showing historic Westport, Missouri. Includes current and original street names, location of homes and businesses (including original and modern site, if relocated).
Object Type: Map

Title: Scarritt Building
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the lobby of The Scarritt Building which adjoins to the Scarritt Arcade Building. The Scarritt Building, 818 Grand Blvd., sits at the corner of 9th and Grand Streets and the Scarritt Arcade Building is at 819 Walnut Street. Built in 1907 by Root ;amp; Siemens architectural firm, the buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1827 Vine Street
Description: Photograph from the early 1980s of what was then an empty building in the Historic Jazz District at 18th Street & Vine. Built in 1928, it became part of a block of buildings placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1983 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ozark National Life Building
Description: Photograph, circa early 1980s, of the former Kansas City Public Library at 500 East 9th Street. Built in 1895‐97, the library represented a substantial expansion from its original location at 311 E. 12th St. In 1917, significant renovations were made to the building to increase the floor space and then again in 1933, when the art gallery - originally bequeathed by William Rockhill Nelson - was removed for creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. At the time of its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, the former library building housed U.S. Trade Schools. In the mid-1980s, the Ozark National Life Insurance Company purchased the building and as of 2018, was still located there. It was added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Date: 1980~/1989~
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: Vaile Mansion
Description: View looking east of the Vaile Mansion at 1500 N. Liberty Street in Independence, Missouri.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Summer White House - Harry Truman Home
Description: View looking east of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site at 219 N. Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC224 Historic Kansas City Foundation Collection Finding Aid
Description: The Historic Kansas City Foundation is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic buildings, landscapes, and neighborhoods in Kansas City. This collection contains photographs and supporting documents, publications about preservation, and building and neighborhood pamphlets documenting the preservation efforts of the organization.
Date: 1886~/2009~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Woodneath Estate
Description: Photograph from the 1980s of the Woodneath Estate. This house was occupied by the Arnold, Moore and Crouch families between 1855 and the late 1970s. The house is one of the oldest antebellum structures in Kansas City and remains an important surviving example of a brick, Greek Revival style farmhouse. Crouch descendants owned Woodneath until they sold it, and 33 acres surrounding the home. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ebenezer Building
Description: Detail photograph of the top cornices on the Ebenezer Building at 309 Delaware Street circa late 1980s. The building was constructed in 1890.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Progress Club Building
Description: Photograph of the Progress Club, built in 1893, designed by Kansas City architects Louis Curtiss and Frederick Gunn. It housed Kansas City's first Jewish social group, the Progress Club, formed in 1881. Later, circa 1915, it housed the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). The building was added to the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Date: 1975~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid
Description: Open since 1900, the Folly Theater has assumed several names and identities over the decades, from a vaudeville, burlesque, and Shakespearean playhouse to an X-rated movie theater. Today, it serves as Kansas City’s oldest performing arts venue. The Folly Theater Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, posters, administrative and financial records, building blueprints, and various artifacts that document the theater’s diverse history.
Date: 1877/2014
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Little Dixie and the Mystic Land of Poosey
Description: Article about the history and characteristics of the geographical area of Missouri known as "Little Dixie," along the Missouri River and the "Land of Poosey," in Grundy County. Description of the area's association with former slave-holding communities from the south and east, with map and several photos of homes.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Magazine

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