Historic Kansas City Foundation Images

Title: Gibraltar Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Gibraltar Building that once stood at 816-820 Wyandotte Street. Cars parked along Wyandotte Can be seen. The southwest corner of the New England Building is in view.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Photograph

Title: United Methodist Church and Office Building
Description: View looking southeast of the United Methodist Church and office building at 903 Grand Avenue and the Grand Avenue Temple immediately to the east. Pedestrians and cars traveling along Grand Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1984
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ozark National Life Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Ozark National Life Building (formerly old Kansas City Public Library building) at 9th and Locust streets. Prior to the Ozark National Life Insurance Company purchasing the building in the mid-1980s, the building also housed U.S. Trade Schools. Several cars parked in the lot east of the building can be seen.
Date: 1991-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ozark National Life Building
Description: View looking north of the Ozark National Life Building (formerly old Kansas City Public Library building) at 9th and Locust streets. Prior to the Ozark National Life Insurance Company purchasing the building in the mid-1980s, the building also housed U.S. Trade Schools. Several cars can be seen parked on the opposite side of 9th Street.
Date: 1991-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Building
Description: View looking east of the Scarritt building at 9th Street and Grand Avenue. A man working near a truck parked on 9th Street can be seen. The Waltower Building is in view on the left hand side of the image.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New York Life Building
Description: Elevated view looking south of the New York Life Building at 20 W. 9th Street. A truck can be seen on 9th Street.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Scarritt building at 9th Street and Grand Avenue. Cars and pedestrians in the intersection can be seen.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Abernathy Furniture Company Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Abernathy Furniture Company Building at 1501-1525 West 9th Street. A truck parked on 9th Street can be seen. A sign for All Packaging Company is in view.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Scarritt building at 9th Street and Grand Avenue. The photograph was captured from the parking lot east of the Grand Avenue Temple Building at 9th and McGee streets. Cars in the lot and traveling along 9th Street and Grand Avenue can be seen. The east side of the Grand Avenue Temple Building is on the left hand side of the image. A portion of the United States Courthouse Building can be seen on the right.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bunker Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Bunker Building at 9th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Cars parked along Baltimore Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Scarritt Building at 9th Street and Grand Avenue. Pedestrians on Grand Avenue can be seen. Signs for the Scarritt Management & Leasing Company and KC Alterations are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New York Life Building
Description: View looking south of the New York Life Building at 20 W. 9th Street. A group of pedestrians standing on Baltimore Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: View looking northeast of the New England Building at 112 W. 9th Street. A car parked along Wyandotte Street can be seen. Pedestrians on 9th Street are in view.
Date: 1975~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ozark National Life Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Ozark National Life Building (formerly old Kansas City Public Library building) at 9th and Locust streets. Prior to the Ozark National Life Insurance Company purchasing the building in the mid-1980s, the building also housed U.S. Trade Schools.
Date: 1962~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lyceum Hall Building
Description: View looking north of the Lyceum Building, also called Lyceum Hall, at 102-106 W. 9th Street. When this image was captured, the building served as the city ticket office of the Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bunker Building
Description: Elevated view of the Bunker Building at 9th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Street grading projects can be seen in the background. Residential structures are in view on the left hand side of the image. Four figures are standing outside of the building and a horse drawn carriage is on Baltimore Avenue. A figure is looking out from a window on the 3rd floor. Signs for the Western Newspaper Union, Olson & Covey Real Estate, and Kansas City Publishing can be seen.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flora Avenue between 9th and 10th
Description: View looking northeast showing the east side of Flora Avenue between 9th and 10th streets. Several houses can be seen. The Mumford Court Apartments and the greenhouses of the Humfeld Floral Company are in view on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1897-06-13
Object Type: Photograph

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