Askren Photograph Collection

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of entrance to bridge, empty seats, and empty podium.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of back of seated spectators looking at speakers on podium.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of crowd, standing, and speakers podium from the side.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of back of seated spectators looking at speakers on podium.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Patricia Wilkinson, Broadway Bridge Queen, christens the bridge with a bottle of Missouri River water.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of entrance to bridge before opening, shows toll booths.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of back of standing spectators looking at speakers on podium.
Date: 1956-09-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of speakers on podium with unidentified speaker at lectern.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of R. N. (Ruben Nathaniel) Bergendoff at lectern during ceremony.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: View of R. N. (Ruben Nathaniel) Bergendoff at lectern during ceremony.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Close view of dignitaries on podium including H. Roe Bartle on right. Speaker at lectern is Missouri Lieutenant Governor James T. Blair.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway Bridge Dedication
Description: Photo shows convertibles that carried dignitaries in parade with crowd and entrance to bridge in background.
Date: 1956-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport, Aerial View
Description: Aerial view of the Municipal Airport showing runways and terminal. Missouri River travels from the north at the top of the frame and bends to the right, and the Kansas (Kaw) River meets up with the Missouri in the lower left corner. The Broadway Bridge crosses the river just south of the airport, and to the east is the ASB (Armour-Swift-Burlington) Bridge which then carried rail and automobile traffic. The Harlem neighborhood runs along the north bank of the Missouri to the east of the airport, and the city of North Kansas City, Missouri, runs along the length of the left side of the image north of Harlem. Kansas City, Kansas, can be seen to the west of the Missouri River.
Date: 1971-11-07
Object Type: Negative

Title: Broadway Bridge
Description: View from bridge looking southeast, shows tollbooths and Kansas City skyline with view of Richards and Conover, Fidelity building, Commerce Trust building, and Continental Hotel.
Date: 1956-10-15
Object Type: Photograph