Askren Photograph Collection

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Title: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Smokestack
Description: Limestone smokestack just northwest of the museum. As of 2002, it is near the parking garage entrance and part of the renovated sculpture park and pool on the north side of the building.
Object Type: Negative

Title: American Legion Memorial
Description: View of the American Legion Memorial located near the Meyer Boulevard entrance to Swope Park.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Auditorium
Description: View of main foyer, empty
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rafiner Elevator Works
Description: Group portrait of "employees of Rafiner Elevator Works, Kansas City, MO." Company was at 636 Prospect Avenue.
Date: 1943-09-20
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Juvenile Court Building
Description: View of Jackson County Juvenile Court Building, also known as Jackson County Parental School, at 1305 Locust Street.
Date: 1936
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Loose Park
Description: View of the Rose garden area located in Loose Park in Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Description: Partial view of the south side of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Includes sidewalk and landscaping near the building.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Wildwood Lake
Description: Identified as one of the lakes at Wildwood Lakes, an entertainment facility located in the Raytown, Missouri, area of Jackson County. It was situated on Woodson Road between what was then Highway 40 and 50. The area was developed in the late 1920s. This view shows the swimming and picnic area.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
Description: Aerial view looking north from approximately 27th Street. Union Station, Liberty Memorial, and Crown Center Buildings are visible as well as downtown Kansas City.
Date: 1977-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bryant Building
Description: View of the Bryant Building at the corner of Grand and 11th looking southwest. Corners of the Emery, Bird, Thayer Building and the Lathrop Building are also visible. Corner of roof and sign of Browning, King and Co. shows in the foreground.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Airplane and Pilot Ben Gregory
Description: Pilot identified as Ben Gregory in cockpit of plane that says "Passenger Service, Gregory Front D[rive] Motor Cars & Tr[ucks]."
Date: 1923
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport
Description: View from west side of runway looking at terminal building and Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. hangar with two planes. Kansas City downtown skyline in background.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Airport Airplane Christening Ceremony
Description: Three individuals stand on a platform to christen a tri-motor airplane, "The Kansas City," at a Municipal Airport terminal building groundbreaking. The individuals include Eleanor Beach, daughter of Kansas City Mayor Albert I. Beach, and City Manager Henry McElroy.
Date: 1929-06-26
Object Type: Negative

Title: Liberty Memorial
Description: View of Liberty Memorial looking south from Pershing Road.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Description: Partial exterior view of the south side of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Shows gardens on the grounds.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scout Statue
Description: Full view of the Scout Statue looking toward the east. Statue is located in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Missouri. The Indian has the head feather and the bow in this view.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Description: Exterior view of an urn located on the south portico at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
Object Type: Negative

Title: Harry S Truman with Senator Harry Darby
Description: Former President Harry S. Truman sits with Kansas Senator Harry Darby and a number of unidentified men.
Date: 1964-08-26
Object Type: Negative

Title: Eddy's Restaurant
Description: Interior view identified as Eddy's Restaurant located in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1964-01-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Auditorium
Description: View of Music Hall, empty
Object Type: Photograph

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