Nineteenth-Century Kansas City

Title: The Junction
Description: Looking northwest from the southeast corner of 9th and Main at the Junction. Includes cable cars identified as Kansas City Cable Railway. The Kansas City Times building in view.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Market Square
Description: Distant view of activity in Market Square; located at 4th and Main.
Date: 1886
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: Cable Car Work
Description: Early view of Kansas City, looking west along 12th from Main at workers laying cable car tracks. First Baptist Church in the background located at 12th and Baltimore.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street at 8th
Description: Early view of Kansas City, looking northwest from the southeast corner of 8th and Main. Sign on corner building reads: Underwood Clark & Co. Loan Office.
Date: 1886
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: Early Kansas City Skyline
Description: Early Kansas City view identified as rooftop view of the 9th and Broadway area. One building in center says Theatre Comique and another has Hammerslough on the building.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates Opera House
Description: Full frontal and side view of the Coates Opera House; located on the northwest corner of 10th and Broadway.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dodge City Cowboy Band
Description: Group portrait of the uniformed Dodge City Cowboy Band posed before the Exposition Building; located at 13th and Agnes. Flag with the band reads: Dodge City Cow Boy Band Presented By Andy J. Snider & Co. $20,000,000.
Date: 1886
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: 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: Kansas City Police Officers
Description: Early group portrait of uniformed Kansas City police officers. Only one identified as Capt. Branham at right. Also identified as old City Hall.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4th and Grand
Description: View looking west at 4th and Grand; shows unidentified men atop bluffs and with equipment. Shows bluff grading.
Date: 1886
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: Burlington, Kansas
Description: Flooded business district in Burlington, Kansas.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Burlington, Kansas
Description: Flooded business district in Burlington, Kansas. Post Office in view and clothing business with M. Seelig over the door.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tornado Damage to Factory
Description: Looking along 3rd Street at damage to building identified on mount as overall factory. Street is filled with people and buggies. Handwriting on mount reads Killed 7, injured 14.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lathrop School
Description: Corner view of Lathrop School; located at 8th and May. Damage from 1886 tornado apparent. Horse-drawn fire equipment visible on street in foreground. Large crowds of people lining street and school grounds.
Date: 1886
Object Type: Photograph