Nineteenth-Century Kansas City
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Title
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Gillis House Hotel and Missouri River
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Description
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View looking northeast from a hill southwest of the Gillis House Hotel. An individual seated among rocks at the top of the hill and buildings across the river in Harlem can be seen.
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Walnut Levee from North Side of the River
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Description
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View looking south of the levee between Walnut and Wyandotte streets from the north bank of the Missouri River. Several early downtown buildings, including the Gillis House Hotel, can be seen.
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Date
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1870~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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First Elevator in Kansas City
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Description
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View looking northeast of the Latshaw and Glade grain elevator, once located near 8th and Mill streets in the West Bottoms. The Missouri River can be seen in the background. Other early West Bottoms buildings are in view.
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Date
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1870~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Delaware Street Looking Toward the River
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Description
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View looking north along Delaware Street toward the Missouri River. Two individuals, one seated and one standing, can be seen. A building and sign for reading Liquors can are in view.
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Date
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1870~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Looking North on Wyandotte from 2nd
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Description
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View looking north along Wyandotte Street from 2nd Street. A portion of the Gillis House Hotel is in view. Houses in Harlem, Missouri, can be seen across the Missouri River.
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Looking West from Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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View looking west from the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River. The West Bottoms can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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View of two individuals standing on the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Riverfront View
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Description
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Early view of Kansas City identified as looking east from 7th and Walnut streets. The Missouri River is visible in the background.
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Date
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1871
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flooded Harlem, Missouri
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Description
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Identified as Harlem, Missouri during the flood of 1881.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Looking Northwest from Payne's Addition
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Description
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View looking northwest into the West Bottoms from Payne's Addition, now 12th Street, from south of Ottawa Street atop the West Bluffs in the Quality Hill area. Several early West Bottoms buildings are in view. The Missouri River can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1870-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Riverfront View
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Description
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Early view of the riverfront at Kansas City identified as looking down Missouri River at Bluff Street. Railroad track in view and Hannibal Bridge work seen in the distance.
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Date
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1869-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Flooded Missouri River
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Description
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Looking north across the Missouri River towards Harlem during flood; Blatz Brewery building in foreground.
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Date
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1881
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Riverfront View
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Description
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View identified as the Missouri River riverfront west from the Hannibal Bridge at foot of Broadway.
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Date
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1870
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gillis House Hotel and Missouri River
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Description
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View looking southeast along the Missouri River showing the Gillis House Hotel and early riverfront area.
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Looking East from Union Elevator
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Description
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View looking east along the Missouri River from the Union Elevator site once located near 8th and Hopkins streets in the West Bottoms. Railroad tracks and an individual standing near the river can be seen. The Hannibal Bridge is in view in the background.
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Date
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1869
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Steamboats near the Hannibal Bridge
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Description
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Looking northwest at unidentified paddle wheel steamboats passing through the open Hannibal Bridge.
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Object Type
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Photograph