Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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Title: Walnut Street
Description: Identified as Walnut Street cutting between 7th and 8th Street. Shows street grading of bluffs.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residence on Graded Street
Description: Street level view of unidentified residence. Example of street grading as bluff areas were lowered. Location not given. Signs visible in the photograph read Tappan & Co's Real Estate Office and St. Louis Life Insurance Company.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City Scene
Description: Identified on photograph as looking southwest from 3rd and Wyandotte Streets.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Riverfront View
Description: Early view of the Kansas City riverfront identified as west Kansas City from bluff near 5th Street.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad Bridge
Description: Train crossing the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad bridge (later the Chouteau Bridge).
Date: 1896
Object Type: Photograph

Title: River Bluffs
Description: Believed to be an early view of the topography in the area that became Kansas City. Man is seen by what looks like a cave opening in the bluff.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Police Officers
Description: Early group portrait of uniformed Kansas City police officers. Only one identified as Capt. Branham at right. Also identified as old City Hall.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Delaware Street
Description: Early view of Delaware Street looking north from 3rd Street. The Missouri River is in view and shows street grading through bluffs.
Date: 1869-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4th and Grand
Description: View looking west at 4th and Grand; shows unidentified men atop bluffs and with equipment. Shows bluff grading.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4th and Grand
Description: Rooftop view looking south near 4th and Grand. Theatre Comique is on the far left center and St. Patrick's Catholic Church is on top left.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Delaware Street
Description: Distant view believed to be Delaware near 6th Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street
Description: Early view identified as Walnut Street just south of 2nd Street. Road grading of bluffs in view.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Damage
Description: Unidentified building covered with ice after fire; sign before building reads What's the Use Going North for an Ice Palace! This Ought To Satisfy Every-Body.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gaston Park (later Observation Park)
Description: Early, distant view of Gaston Park (later Observation Park) taken from Reservoir Hill. River seen in background.
Date: 1878
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Smelter in Argentine, Kansas
Description: Interior view of unidentified workers around a smelter; located in Argentine, Kansas.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Studio Building
Description: View of the Studio Building; located on the northwest corner of 9th and Locust streets.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Exposition Building Under Construction
Description: Distant view of the Exposition Building during construction; located at 13th and Kansas. Also referred to as the Crystal Palace.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wyandotte Street
Description: Early view identified as Wyandotte Street near 2nd Street looking north across the Missouri River.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad Collision
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as a railroad collision in cut west of Broadway. Shows grading of bluffs.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Construction Project
Description: Distant view of spectators observing unidentified construction project in unidentified location; appears to be reconstruction of elevated railway.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Photograph

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