Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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Title: Public Square
Description: View of Kansas City in the River Market area, identified as the public square.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Covered Wagons at 2nd and Delaware
Description: View of 2nd and Delaware streets with covered wagons, a buggy and figures in view. Shows the bluffs and road grading.
Date: 1869-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City View
Description: Sun rising or setting over early unidentified buildings.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City View
Description: Sun rising or setting over unidentified area.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City View
Description: Sun rising or setting over unidentified area with houses.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Damaged Building
Description: Unidentified men posed near unidentified building covered with ice after a fire.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas Rolling Mill in Rosedale, Kansas
Description: Distant view of Kansas Rolling Mill; located in Rosedale, Kansas.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City Scene
Description: View of an unidentified bluff area.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bluff Street
Description: Early view of Bluff Street, looking south to 6th Street.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Early Kansas City Scene
Description: View of pond and bluffs with house on top, unidentified as to exact location.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Buffalo Herd
Description: Herd of buffalo in pen at unidentified location. Written beside photograph: Last Buffalo in KC. From 1870 to 78 buffalo meat sold at 2-5 [cents] a # and stacks 10ft high were piled up at the end of the old state line depot, hides & robes sold from 2-6 dollars a piece.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View Along Creek
Description: Early scene which is not identified. Includes small stream, trees, and hillside.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 9th Street
Description: Early Kansas City view identified as 9th Street from Broadway, looking east. Good view of street grading.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Hotel
Description: Unidentified men posted near the Midland Hotel after the collapse of the dining room ceiling, in which Frank Edison was killed.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Scene
Description: View of an early Kansas City unidentified street scene. View includes homes.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Neuchatel, Switzerland
Description: Skyline of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Levee at Walnut
Description: Early view of riverfront area identified as levee at the foot of Walnut Street. Shows the bluffs and grading.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Third Regiment
Description: Unidentified members of the Third Regiment with cannons at their encampment near Excelsior Springs. Includes African Americans in photograph.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking Southwest from 4th
Description: View looking southwest from 4th Street west of Wyandotte Street. The Coates House Hotel and the Coates Opera House can be seen in the distance. Early downtown buildings and houses are in view.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Christian Church - 12th and Main
Description: View looking northwest of the Christian Church building that once stood at 12th and Main Streets. A building on the southwest corner of the intersection can be seen. Another church building is in view in the background. An individual standing outside of the church can be seen.
Date: 1870-05
Object Type: Photograph

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