Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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Title: Buffalo Herd
Description: Herd of buffalo in pen at unidentified location. Written beside photograph: Last Buffalo in KC. From 1870 to 78 buffalo meat sold at 2-5 [cents] a # and stacks 10ft high were piled up at the end of the old state line depot, hides & robes sold from 2-6 dollars a piece.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View Along Creek
Description: Early scene which is not identified. Includes small stream, trees, and hillside.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 9th Street
Description: Early Kansas City view identified as 9th Street from Broadway, looking east. Good view of street grading.
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: Kansas City Police Officers
Description: Group portrait of uniformed day force police officers posed at unidentified location.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Scene
Description: View of an early Kansas City unidentified street scene. View includes homes.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Neuchatel, Switzerland
Description: Skyline of Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Levee at Walnut
Description: Early view of riverfront area identified as levee at the foot of Walnut Street. Shows the bluffs and grading.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Third Regiment
Description: Unidentified members of the Third Regiment with cannons at their encampment near Excelsior Springs. Includes African Americans in photograph.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

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: Looking east on 2nd from Delaware
Description: View looking east along 2nd Street from its intersection with Delaware Street. The Mechanics Bank building can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The J. Q. Watkins and Company building can be seen on the left. Individuals and a horse drawn cart in 2nd Street are in view.
Date: 1869-12
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

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