Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

Title: River Bluffs
Description: Believed to be an early view of the topography in the area that became Kansas City. Man is seen by what looks like a cave opening in the bluff.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillis House Hotel and Missouri River
Description: View looking northeast from a hill southwest of the Gillis House Hotel. An individual seated among rocks at the top of the hill and buildings across the river in Harlem can be seen.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ferguson and Slavens Packing House and Deamon Mills - West Kansas City
Description: View looking west into the West Bottoms from about 6th and Bluff streets showing the Ferguson, Slavens and Company packing house and Deamon Mills. The Missouri River can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1870
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: First Elevator in Kansas City
Description: View looking northeast of the Latshaw and Glade grain elevator, once located near 8th and Mill streets in the West Bottoms. The Missouri River can be seen in the background. Other early West Bottoms buildings are in view.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking North on Wyandotte from 2nd
Description: View looking north along Wyandotte Street from 2nd Street. A portion of the Gillis House Hotel is in view. Houses in Harlem, Missouri, can be seen across the Missouri River.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking West from Hannibal Bridge
Description: View looking west from the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River. The West Bottoms can be seen in the background.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hannibal Bridge
Description: View of two individuals standing on the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Submarine Divers at Hannibal Bridge
Description: Crew of submarine divers at the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge during construction.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking Northwest from Payne's Addition
Description: View looking northwest into the West Bottoms from Payne's Addition, now 12th Street, from south of Ottawa Street atop the West Bluffs in the Quality Hill area. Several early West Bottoms buildings are in view. The Missouri River can be seen in the background.
Date: 1870-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Riverfront View
Description: View identified as the Missouri River riverfront west from the Hannibal Bridge at foot of Broadway.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillis House Hotel and Missouri River
Description: View looking southeast along the Missouri River showing the Gillis House Hotel and early riverfront area.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking East from Union Elevator
Description: View looking east along the Missouri River from the Union Elevator site once located near 8th and Hopkins streets in the West Bottoms. Railroad tracks and an individual standing near the river can be seen. The Hannibal Bridge is in view in the background.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Steamboats near the Hannibal Bridge
Description: Looking northwest at unidentified paddle wheel steamboats passing through the open Hannibal Bridge.
Object Type: Photograph