Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

Title: Gillis House and Missouri River
Description: View taken from the south bank of the Missouri River looking toward the river with the back of the Gillis House in view. Identified as rock for the Missouri River Bridge on bluff east of Broadway.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillis House Hotel and Missouri River
Description: 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.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Levee from North Side of the River
Description: 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.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Riverfront View
Description: Early view of the riverfront at Kansas City. Identified as showing the bluffs on the south side of the Missouri River, the streets of Delaware, Wyandotte, and Broadway area in view. Gillis House is partially in view behind the steamboat Gipsey. Also shows early work on the Hannibal Bridge.
Date: 1867~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillis House
Description: Early view of the Gillis House hotel situated on the south side of the Missouri River. Also spelled Gilliss House.
Date: 1867~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillis House Hotel and Missouri River
Description: View looking southeast along the Missouri River showing the Gillis House Hotel and early riverfront area.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

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