Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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Title: Primrose Hill
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as looking northeast across Primrose Hill with the Missouri River in view. Good view of bluffs and street grading. Can also see railroad tracks and train along side of river.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 16th and Genesee
Description: Early view looking southwest from 14th and Bluff towards 16th and Genesee. Primarily a residential area showing uneven bluff terrain.
Date: 1878
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tippecanoe Cabin Republican Headquarters
Description: Group portrait of unidentified men before Tippecanoe Cabin Republican Headquarters, located at 1110 Walnut; Colonel Robert T. Van Horn is seated in the 8th chair to the right of the pole.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: YMCA Building Cornerstone Ceremony
Description: Crowd scene at the laying of the cornerstone of the YMCA by President Grover Cleveland; located at 9th and Locust.
Date: 1887-10-13
Object Type: Photograph

Title: President Grover Cleveland
Description: Crowd scene at the speech given by President Grover Cleveland at the Federal Building located on the southeast corner of 9th and Walnut. Included in view is a sign advertising the Battle of Gettysburg which showed at the Cyclorama.
Date: 1887-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates Opera House
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Coates Opera House; located on the northwest corner of 10th and Broadway.
Date: 1886
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: Early Kansas City Scene
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as looking southwest from 6th Street.
Date: 1869-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Riverfront View
Description: View looking south across the Missouri River to the Kansas City. Taken from Harlem area. Bluff in view across the river.
Date: 1871-03
Object Type: Photograph

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: Dodge City Cowboy Band
Description: Group portrait of the uniformed Dodge City Cowboy Band posed before the Exposition Building; located at 13th and Agnes. Flag with the band reads: Dodge City Cow Boy Band Presented By Andy J. Snider & Co. $20,000,000.
Date: 1886
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

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