Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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Title: Midland Hotel Construction
Description: Looking east at construction of Midland Hotel; located on 7th Street between Grand and Walnut.
Date: 1886
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

Title: Coates House Hotel
Description: View looking east of the Broadway Hotel, later renamed the Coates House Hotel, at 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. A house once located to the south of the hotel can be seen. The Broadway Pond, once located at the southwest corner of the intersection is in view.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sheridan Pond - 4th and Broadway
Description: View looking east from the southeast corner of 4th Street and Broadway Boulevard. An individual standing near Sheridan Pond, once located to the rear of the Sheridan and Lindell hotels, is in view. Several early downtown buildings and houses can be seen.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates Opera House and Coates House Hotel
Description: View looking northeast of the Coates Opera House and Broadway Hotel, later renamed the Coates House Hotel, at 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. The Broadway Pond, once located at the southwest corner of the intersection can be seen. Cows can be seen in the image.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking North on Main from 6th and Missouri Avenue
Description: View looking north along Main Street from 6th Street and Missouri Avenue. Handwritten on the image is Frank's Hall at the northwest corner of 5th and Main streets. Signs for Baum and Brothers Clothing, the Marble Hall, and Bullene Brothers and Emery Dry Goods can be seen. The street is crowded with pedestrians and a parade is moving down the street.
Date: 1869-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Thurman's Livery - 6th and Delaware
Description: View of Thurman's Livery, once located at the northeast corner of 6th and Delaware streets. Several early downtown buildings and houses can be seen. A sign for Excelsior Stable is in view.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residence
Description: Full, front view of an early brick home which is not identified by location or owner.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: President Grover Cleveland
Description: President Grover Cleveland and wife Frances in a horse-drawn carriage at location in Kansas City on a visit in 1887.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Skyline View
Description: Unidentified early Kansas City skyline.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Scene
Description: Unidentified early Kansas City street scene.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hannibal Bridge
Description: View from the south side of the Missouri River of the Hannibal Bridge.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Delaware Street
Description: View facing south along Delaware Street showing where 3rd Street intersects. The 4th Street intersection can be seen farther to the south. Grading of the bluffs is evident.
Date: 1865
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 9th Street
Description: Looking east along 9th from Washington. Shows cable car.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

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: 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: 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

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