Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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Title: Smelter in Argentine, Kansas
Description: Interior view of unidentified workers around a smelter; located in Argentine, Kansas.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Studio Building
Description: View of the Studio Building; located on the northwest corner of 9th and Locust streets.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Exposition Building Under Construction
Description: Distant view of the Exposition Building during construction; located at 13th and Kansas. Also referred to as the Crystal Palace.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Full frontal and side view of Vaughan's Diamond Building; located at the intersection of 9th, Main, and Delaware at the Junction.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wyandotte Street
Description: Early view identified as Wyandotte Street near 2nd Street looking north across the Missouri River.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad Collision
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as a railroad collision in cut west of Broadway. Shows grading of bluffs.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Construction Project
Description: Distant view of spectators observing unidentified construction project in unidentified location; appears to be reconstruction of elevated railway.
Date: 1885
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residence
Description: Exterior view of unidentified residence, no location given. Wooden sidewalk in view by house.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: Construction view of the Board of Trade building tower; located on the northwest corner of 8th and Wyandotte.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residence On the Bank
Description: View of a small unidentified residence situated up the bank from what is believed to be the Missouri River.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Police Officers and Chief Thomas Speers
Description: Group portrait of Police Chief Thomas Speers (on far right) and uniformed night force police officers near gatling gun positioned outside of Assembly Hall. Billy West is identified on far right.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Riverfront View
Description: Early Kansas City riverfront view identified as view of Hannibal Bridge from hill east of Wyandotte Street near 3rd Street.
Date: 1869-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wyandotte Street
Description: Early view identified as looking up Wyandotte Street from the levee. Lindell Hotel shows in the distance on right at 5th Street.
Date: 1869-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Residence
Description: Street level view of an early unidentified residence, now in dis-repair. Exact location not given.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Exposition Building
Description: Interior view of the Exposition Building; located at 13th and Agnes. Also called the Crystal Palace.
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Standard Oil Company
Description: Identified as damage to barrels located at the Standard Oil Company from the 1903 flood.
Date: 1903
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Scene
Description: Early Kansas City unidentified street scene. Buildings appear to have been damaged with roofs and walls down.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Bridge
Description: Construction view from middle of Missouri River of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad bridge; later renamed the Chouteau Bridge.
Date: 1889
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Flooded Residential Area
Description: Unidentified flooded residential area.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wyandotte Street
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as Wyandotte Street looking north from 3rd Street. Shows the grading of the street through the bluffs.
Date: 1869-04
Object Type: Photograph

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