Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

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Title: Coates Opera House
Description: View looking northeast of the rear of the Coates Opera House from about 10th and Washington streets in the Quality Hill area.
Date: 1877
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad Office
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad office; located on the northwest corner of 6th and Broadway.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2nd Street
Description: Identified on photograph as: looking from Wyandotte Street east, Watkins Bank, 2nd and Main, on the right.
Date: 1869
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: Elevated Railway Tracks
Description: View from the ground of the elevated railway tracks at the Armour Packing Company; located in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

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

Title: Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad
Description: Distant view of Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad yards and shops in the West Bottoms.
Date: 1883
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 and Union Depot
Description: Looking north across railroad cars in West Bottoms towards Union Depot.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad Yards in West Bottoms
Description: Looking west across railroad yards in West Bottoms from 12th and Bluff; shows Livestock Exchange Building in the distance.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Parade
Description: Unidentified soldiers parading north along Main Street near Missouri Avenue. Included in view on right corner is Bullene Bros. & Emery Dry Goods and Marble Hall is across the street.
Date: 1872
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: View looking east on 9th Street at the junction of Main and Delaware streets. Shows the buildings in the area referred to as The Junction.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Deardorff Building
Description: Full side view of Deardorff Building covered with ice after a fire; located at 11th and Main streets. Advertisement sign on street reads Mercer's Jewelry Store. Includes two uniformed policemen or firemen in view.
Date: 1892-01-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Street Scene
Description: Early view of Kansas City identified as from north 5th Street looking south at Wyandotte Street and Broadway Boulevard.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Early view looking north of Main Street and Vaughan's Diamond Building at the junction of Main, 9th, and Delaware.
Date: 1875
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Barnum Circus Parade
Description: Looking northwest from the southeast corner of 8th and Main at the Barnum Circus parade heading south along Main. It is indicated on the photograph that the building in the forefront was the first public library location, first occupied in 1874. Other business names seen are Barse & Barber, Morton's, Mathews Dry Goods House, etc.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Junction
Description: Looking north from the west side of Main at the Junction area of 9th Street, Delaware Street, and Main Street. Cable car in view in street in front of the Vaughan's Diamond Building. Cable car says East 7th St. and Union Depot and is Number 32.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street
Description: Early view of Kansas City, looking north along Main Street from 3rd.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3rd and Main
Description: Rooftop view looking west from the corner of 3rd and Main. Good view of street grading of bluffs with Missouri River in view.
Date: 1878
Object Type: Photograph

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