Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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

Title: Wyandotte Street
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as Wyandotte Street looking north from the levee. Shows the cut and grading through the bluffs for the street.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Kansas City from Bluff
Description: View looking west into the West Bottoms from the Quality Hill area.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Bottoms and Union Depot
Description: Looking north across railroad cars in West Bottoms towards Union Depot.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Bottoms
Description: Early view of the West Bottoms area identified as south of 10th Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Bottoms
Description: Looking northwest across the north end of the West Bottoms from 10th and Summit. Includes train tracks in view.
Date: 1878
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Bottoms
Description: Looking northwest across West Bottoms with river in view.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Bottoms
Description: Looking southwest from Gaston (later Observation) Park across trains in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Bottoms
Description: View looking down the 9th Street Incline into the West Bottoms. Union Depot visible.
Date: 1888-08-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West 4th Street
Description: View looking south from toward the Quality Hill area from W. 4th Street. Several early downtown buildings and houses are in view.
Date: 1868
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street Storefronts
Description: view of storefronts along the east side of Walnut between 10th and 11th streets. Stores shown include: Wakefield Mantel and Tile Company and Rood Bros.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street
Description: Identified as Walnut Street cutting between 7th and 8th Street. Shows street grading of bluffs.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street
Description: Early view identified as Walnut Street just south of 2nd Street. Road grading of bluffs in view.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street
Description: View of street grading in Kansas City. Identified as Walnut Street looking north from 3rd Street with 2nd Street in view.
Date: 1868-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Levee from North Side of the River
Description: View looking south of the levee between Walnut and Wyandotte streets from the north bank of the Missouri River. Several early downtown buildings, including the Gillis House Hotel, can be seen.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut between 6th and 8th
Description: View of Walnut Street between 6th and 8th streets during construction Several individuals and a horse drawn cart around the site can be seen.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

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

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