Historic Kansas City Foundation Images

Title: Central Junior High School
Description: View looking northeast of the construction of Central Junior High. Construction equipment can be seen. The building was completed in 1924. Houses in the background are in view.
Date: 1924~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Commonwealth Hotel
Description: View looking west of the Commonwealth Hotel that once stood at 1216 Broadway Boulevard under construction. Construction workers can be seen on the sidewalk and posed in some of the building's windows. The building was completed in 1925. Several cars parked along Broadway Boulevard can be seen. Sings for the Burnerator Brown Bed Company, Haydite Concrete, Quality Builders, the Weatherproof Products Company, the Thomas L. Dawson Company, Millwork Complete Sowers-Taylor Company, and Star Tobacco are in view. The building that once stood at 1224-1226 Broadway Boulevard can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The building that once stood at 1210-1212 Broadway Boulevard is in view on the right.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Star Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Kansas City Star building at 18th Street and Grand Avenue. Cars parked along Grand Avenue can be seen. The caption on the photograph reads: Exterior View Kansas City Star. Jarvies Hunt - Architect, Peter Larson - Builder, Haydite Concrete in Addition.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aladdin Hotel Construction
Description: View looking northeast of the construction of the Aladdin Hotel at 1215 Wyandotte Street. Cars parked along Wyandotte Street can be seen. Signs for parking lots and the Down-Town Garage are in view. a portion of the Down-Town Garage Building can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Star
Description: Interior view of the Kansas City Star press room addition. Newspaper production equipment can be seen. The caption on the photograph reads: Press Room Addition - Haydite Concrete, Kansas City Star, Jarvies Hunt - Architect, Peter Larson - Builder.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Israel Motor Transfer Trucks Loaded with Haydite Concrete
Description: View of trucks loaded with blocks of Haydite Concrete for Memorial Building in Independence, Missouri, taken from Grand Avenue just south of its intersection with 19th Street. A sign for C&D Auto Salvage can be seen. Workers are posed on Grand Avenue standing outside their trucks. The buildings at 1916-1924 Grand Avenue can be seen on the left hand side of the image. Buildings that once stood on Grand Avenue south of 19th Street are in view on the right. The Thomas Corrigan Building at the corner of 19th and Walnut streets can be seen in the background.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Down-town Garage
Description: Elevated view looking northeast of the construction of a Down-Town Garage at 1219 Wyandotte Street. The building was completed in 1922. Signs for the Gayety Theater and the Fogel Construction Company are in view. Three figures are standing atop the structure. A small portion of the Kansas City Club Building can be seen on the right hand side of the image. The image caption reads: Down Town Garage. Hans Von Unwerth, Engineers - Fogel Construction Company Contractors - Haydite Aggregate sold by the Haydite Company.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Deaner Dental Institute Building Construction
Description: View looking southeast of the construction of the Deaner Dental Institute Building at 101 Linwood Boulevard. Construction equipment and three individuals posing in front of the structure can be seen. The caption on the photograph reads: The Deaner Dental Institute. Artur Frederick Adams - Architect. Collins Brothers Construction Company - Contractors, Haydite Concrete Throughout. Kansas City, MO. Aug. 3. 1923.
Date: 1923-08-03
Object Type: Photograph

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