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Title: Old Franklin: A Frontier Town of the Twenties
Description: History of the no longer existent town of Franklin, Missouri, or "Old Franklin," from the late 1810s to the late 1820s, gradually moved away from the encroaching Missouri River to New Franklin by 1829.
Date: 1934-03-01
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Flood Scene
Description: View looking north along Walnut Street from 6th Street during a 1908 flood. The Missouri River can be seen in the distance. Several downtown buildings are in view. Signs for the New Nelson building, the Henry House hotel, and the Clay Auction Company can be seen.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Photograph

Title: River Bluffs
Description: Believed to be an early view of the topography in the area that became Kansas City. Man is seen by what looks like a cave opening in the bluff.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Boat Landing at Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing the riverboat landing site at the foot of Main Street along the Missouri River. The Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge can be seen in the background. Steamboats arriving and departing can be seen.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Kaw River, River Front
Description: Postcard of riverfront area of the Kansas River.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Missouri River, South
Description: Postcard view of the downtown and riverfront areas of Kansas City in 1855, looking South from the Missouri River.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Rounding the Stake. Blue River, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing four people rowing a canoe on the Blue River near the 15th Street Bridge.
Date: 1911
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Inter-City Viaduct, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing the Intercity Viaduct leading from the West Bottoms into Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri River can be seen.
Date: 1913
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Log Raft Passing Burnside Bridge
Description: Postcard showing a timber raft passing beneath the Burnside Bridge over the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Boats on the River at the Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Postcard showing steamboats landing and departing on the Missouri River at the foot of Main Street.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Blue River
Description: Postcard of the Blue River.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Blue River, Near 15th Street
Description: Postcard of the Blue River, near 15th Street.
Date: 1911
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Missouri River, River Scene
Description: Postcard of the Missouri River near showing Parkville, Missouri. The view was captured from Quindaro, Kansas.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Missouri River, Boat Landing
Description: Postcard of a boat landing on the banks of the Missouri River at Kansas City.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Early Kansas City Riverfront
Description: Riverfront view, looking west from near the south end of the Hannibal Bridge near Broadway.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Second Hannibal Bridge
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Second Hannibal Bridge, looking north, which opened in 1917 and carried both rail and car traffic until 1956, when car traffic switched to the Broadway Bridge. In the left side of the photo, to the west of the Second Hannibal Bridge is the Broadway Bridge, which opened in 1956, and was renamed the Buck O'Neil Bridge in 2016. Located in the Harlem neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
Description: Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Map

Title: General Plan of Distribution System
Description: Map showing the water distribution system of Kansas City, Missouri, showing distribution lines, discharge lines, and low service lines. The Turkey Creek and proposed East Bottoms pumping stations and the Holly Street and Northeast reservoirs are indicated.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Map

Title: ABANDONED SHIPWRECKS ON MISSOURI RIVER CHANNEL MAPS OF 1879 AND 1954 - LEXINGTON TO BAKERS, MILE 323.0-289.0
Description: Map shows locations of abandoned steamboat wrecks and the Missouri River's channel drawn in different colors to show how it changed course between 1879 and 1954. The section covers Lexington to Bakers, "Mile 323.0-289.0"
Object Type: Map

Title: American Hominy Flake Co.
Description: Advertising card for the American Hominy Flake Co. showing a yellow rose and a winter town scene. One of two cards with similar design. Back of card says: "Try a package of Snow Flake Hominy and Cormane And You Will Be Happy.." Address given on back of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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