Assorted Images

Title: Downtown Looking West from near 10th and Walnut Streets
Description: Panoramic view of downtown buildings facing west from Walnut between 9th and 10th streets. The photograph may have been taken from the roof of the Ridge Arcade Building at 916 Walnut Street. Several downtown buildings can be seen, including: the Victor Building, the New England National Bank Building, the Dwight Building, the Board of Trade Building, the First National Bank Building (current location of the KCPL Central Library), The Elmhurst Building, the Shubert Theater Building, the Huntzinger Building, the Graphic Arts Building, the Western Newspaper Union Building, the Baker-Vawter Building, the University Club Building, the Kansas City School of Law Building, the Cosby Hotel Building, the Savoy Hotel Building, the Gibraltar Building, the New England Life Building, the Bunker Building, the New York Life Building, the Dunlap Building, the Westgate Hotel Building, the Poindexter & Sons Building, the Barton Hat Company Building, and the U.S. Rubber Company Building. The Quality Hill neighborhood and Garment District can be seen in the distance.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Missouri State Building
Description: Image of the Missouri State Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, or the World's Fair. The caption below the image reads: The Missouri State Building is an imposing structure of Spanish renaissance order of architecture. It was built entirely practically of Missouri material, handled by Missouri mechanics, and its rugs, carpets, curtains, and other furnishings were largely the products of that State. The interior of the building is divided into large halls for display of women's work, historical relics, etc. The cost of the building was $40,000.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: View facing northwest that shows the New England Building at 9th and Wyandotte streets shortly after its construction was completed. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts on the street can be seen.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View of Downtown
Description: Aerial view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, looking southeast. The double-towered building at center is the Fidelity National Bank building at southeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets. 6th Street Trafficway is under construction. City Market is in the left foreground. Alternate version with handwritten notes - barcode: 10023265
Date: 1957~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Paths of Industry West Bottoms and 8th Street Tunnel Tracks
Description: View looking west into the West Bottoms from West Terrace Park in Quality Hill. The Bluff Street Bridge, buildings of the J. G. Peppard Seed Company, Kersey Coates Drive, and tracks leading to the Eighth Street Tunnel can be seen.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: View facing northwest that shows the New England Building at 9th and Wyandotte streets shortly after its construction was completed. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts on the street can be seen.
Date: 1887~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: View facing northwest that shows the New England Building at 9th and Wyandotte streets. Pedestrians and a parked car can be seen.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coca-Cola Building and Vicinity
Description: Promotional drawing produced by the Ennis-Edwards Realty Company and included within a booklet promoting the advantages of the Coca-Cola Building. The illustration highlights the building's close proximity to the Liberty Memorial, Union Station, rail lines, major streets, the downtown hotel district, the retail district, the office building district, and the headquarters of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Artwork

Title: 12th Street
Description: Photograph of 12th Street, looking west from Grand Avenue. Signs for the Regent Theater, the State Hotel, the Katz Drugstore, the Hotel Phillips, Kresge's department store, and the Jones Store can be seen. The Street is crowded with pedestrians.
Date: 1961~
Object Type: Photograph

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