Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

Title: Cyclorama and the Midland Hotel
Description: Rooftop view looking northwest from near 8th and McGee at the Cyclorama theater and the Midland Hotel under construction. The cyclorama is advertising the showing of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

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: 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