Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

Title: Coates House Hotel and Coates Opera House
Description: Early view of Kansas City with the Coates Opera House on the left and the Coates House Hotel on the right. Located at 10th and Broadway.
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: 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: Midland Hotel
Description: Full frontal and side view of Midland Hotel; located on 7th between Grand and Walnut. Business fronts on the first level include J. L. Nicolai and Palace Diamond Parlor.
Date: 1880~
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

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