Assorted Images

Title: National Water Works Company of New York at Kansas City, Missouri, Advertisement
Description: Advertisement for the National Water Works Company of New York that displays their facilities in the Kansas City area. Drawings of the Kansas City Water Works, Kaw Point, and Quindaro Baisns facilities are shown.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Central Industrial District Homes
Description: Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms which shows homes in a residential part of the area.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Twelfth Street Viaduct
Description: Black and white charcoal detailed sketch showing a portion of the Twelfth Street Viaduct and street with automobiles underneath. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Bird's-Eye View of West Terrace Showing Suggested Improvements
Description: Drawing showing the West Bottoms, West Terrace, West Bluffs, and Downtown areas of Kansas City, Missouri, created to display suggested improvements to the area that would become West Terrace Park. Item appears within the first report of the Kansas City Board of Park and Boulevard Commissioners.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Riverfront Area
Description: Untitled color drawing showing the riverfront area near what appears to be the 2nd Hannibal Bridge. View looking northwest with dock and riverboat in view. Signed: C. L. Budworth "34.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Kansas City Views and Buildings Featured in Harper's Weekly
Description: This two-page spread of engravings of views of Kansas City, Missouri, "from photographs by D. D. Thomson & Co.," was published as a supplement to Harper's Weekly, September 15, 1888, pages 702 and 703. It includes the New England Building; Board of Trade Building; Packing House District; YMCA Building; Post Office; New York Life Insurance Building; Kansas City Club House; entrance to the tunnel of the elevated railroad; The Junction at 9th and Main streets; 9th Street Cable Railway Incline; and the view "From the Tower of the Cathedral," centering on the Coates Hotel. The reverse side, pages 701 and 704 (not digitized), has the banner headline "The Gateway of Kansas" for an article written by William Willard Howard and includes engravings of the National Exposition Building; First Congregational Church; Warner Grand Opera House; head portraits of C. Ralph Evans, Manager of the National Exposition Company, Victor B. Buck, President of the National Exposition Company and Edward H. Allen [President of the Board of Trade]; and John Doggett's House.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Artwork

Title: City Market on Walnut at Fifth Street
Description: Black and white detailed charcoal sketch depicting the City Market as well as City Hall. Includes vehicles and people. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Missouri Avenue
Description: Oil on canvas painting (19.5 in. x 23.5 in.) of Missouri Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Stamped in several places on the back of the wooden stretcher frame as well as back of the painting: “Public Works of Art Project.” Written with black paint on the back of the painting: “Missouri Avenue/Kansas Cy, MO/Otto Moilan.”
Date: 1930~/1939~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Eighth Street
Description: Oil on canvas painting (23.5 in. x 27.25 in.) of Eighth Street in Kansas City, Missouri, showing entrance to tunnel. Stamped on the back of the wooden stretcher frame in several places as well as back of the painting: “Public Works of Art Project.” Written with black paint on the back of the painting: “Eighth Street/Kansas City/Otto Moilan.” The number 27 is written in black paint on the back of the frame.
Date: 1930~/1939~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Hilton Inn Rendering
Description: Design rendering of the Hilton Inn that once stood at 6th and Washington streets at the northern end of Quality Hill.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: William Volker
Description: Charcoal pencil drawing of William Volker (1859-1947) by artist Frank Goodman (1892-1944), head of The Kansas City Star art department. Note attached to back of framed drawing reads: "Mr. Goodman presented this Wm. Volker portrait to the library. I would suggest that Mr. Van Millet be consulted as to framing, PBW" (Purd Wright).
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Side Tracks in Central Industrial District
Description: Black and white detailed charcoal sketch of train tracks and railroad car in the West Bottoms. Artist: Claude L. Budworth.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Factories and Homes
Description: Untitled color drawing depicting factories, homes and street, unidentified but presumed to be in the West Bottoms area. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Central Industrial District Factories
Description: Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms. Includes in view Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company building, J. G. Peppard Seed Company building, elevated tracks, etc.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Trucks Beneath Bridge
Description: Untitled color drawing of trucks and cars beneath bridge or viaduct. Business along street identified as Admiral Hay Press Mfg. Company located at 1230 West 8th Street. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Central Industrial District Houses
Description: Black and white detailed charcoal drawing of the West Bottoms with rooftops of poorer housing in view as well as a bridge in the background.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Twelfth Street Viaduct
Description: Untitled color drawing of the West Bottoms which includes the 12th Street Viaduct. Signed: C. L. Budworth '34.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Railroad Tracks
Description: Untitled color drawing depicting railroad tracks in the West Bottoms, formerly known as the Central Industrial District. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company building is part of the view. Signed: C. L. Budworth, '34.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Achelous and Hercules
Description: Photograph of the 1947 Thomas Hart Benton mural Achelous and Hercules. The painting was once on display in Harzfeld's department store, but is now in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington D.C. A reproduction of the painting made from this photograph is on display in Kirk Hall in the Central Library at 14 W. 10th Street.
Object Type: Artwork

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