Askren Photograph Collection

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Title: American Hereford Association Building
Description: Exterior view of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association building, at 300 West 11th Street, on the northwest corner of 11th and Central streets. Looking north, northwest. Sign at corner of building advertises work being done by Dasta Construction Co. The building became the Ararat Shrine Temple in 1953 when the American Hereford Association moved to 11th and Hereford Drive.
Date: 1978-01
Object Type: Negative

Title: Unidentified Park Area
Description: View of wooded, landscaped park area, location not given.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City, Exchange Building
Description: Appears to be a photograph from a publication showing the old stockyards Exchange Building of 1871.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bess Wallace Truman Gravestone
Description: Grave marker for Bess Wallace Truman, wife of President Harry S. Truman at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. No print image; negative and digital only.
Object Type: Negative

Title: 1951 Flood Damage
Description: Exterior view of home at 813 S. 13th Street in Kansas City, Kansas, showing damage to the home and others from the 1951 Flood. Home may have belonged to Mrs. Shenkel.
Date: 1951
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Muehlebach Hotel
Description: View looking into the Presidential Suite at the Muehlebach Hotel with Presidential Seal on carpet and chair.
Date: 1979
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Description: Partial, exterior view of the south side of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. No print image, negative and digital only.
Object Type: Negative

Title: American Hereford Association Building
Description: Exterior view of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association building at 300 West 11th Street. Looking northwest; taken from southeast corner of 11th and Central streets. Sign at corner of building advertises work being done by Dasta Construction Co. The building became the Ararat Shrine Temple in 1953 when the American Hereford Association moved to 11th and Hereford Drive.
Date: 1978-01
Object Type: Negative

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: Photograph features the Coates House Hotel building, looking southeast, at the corner of 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. To the east on 10th Street, the Kansas City Custom Garment Co. building is also visible. As of 2010, the building houses the sales offices of Quality Hill Condos, with apartment dwellings on the upper levels.
Date: 1964-07-21
Object Type: Negative

Title: Municipal Auditorium
Description: Partial view of empty Municipal Auditorium arena.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park
Description: View of the grand entrance to Swope Park. Includes view of Shelter House Number 1. No print image, negative and digital only.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Central High School
Description: Exterior, partial street level view of Central High School located at 3221 Indiana Avenue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bendix Plant
Description: Aerial view of Bendix Corporation's facilities on Bannister Road (95th Street) in Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pioneer Mother Statue
Description: Full view of the Pioneer Mother sculpture located in Penn Valley Park near the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Thomas H. Swope Memorial
Description: View of the Thomas H. Swope Memorial located in Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri. No print image, negative and digital only.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Description: Frontal exterior view of the presidential library and museum for Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri, looking northwest.
Object Type: Negative

Title: American Hereford Association Building
Description: Exterior view of the American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association Building, at 300 West 11th Street. Photograph looking northeast. Sign at corner of building advertises work being done by Dasta Construction Co. The building became the Ararat Shrine Temple in 1953 when the American Hereford Association moved to 11th Street and Hereford Drive.
Date: 1978-01
Object Type: Negative

Title: Stockyards, Kansas City
Description: View of stockyards with cattle in pens. Shows Swift sign in background.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harry S. Truman with R. Crosby Kemper, Sr.
Description: Former President Harry S. Truman chats with R. Crosby Kemper, Sr., in the City National Bank cafeteria.
Date: 1964-08-26
Object Type: Negative

Title: Harry S. Truman Residence
Description: Street level view of the Harry S. Truman residence located at the southeast corner of Delaware Street and Truman Road in Independence, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

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