Photographs (General Collection)

Title: Kansas City Public Library Film Department
Description: Unidentified staff member and user at service desk in the Film Department, located in southwest corner of 3rd floor of the Main branch of the Kansas City Public Library at 12th and Oak streets.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - Film Department
Description: Unidentified staff member working in the Film Department of the Main Branch Library at 12th and Oak streets, located in southwest corner of 3rd floor.
Date: 1960
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library
Description: Interior view of the first floor reference desk at the Kansas City Public Library's former 9th and Locust streets location.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - 9th & Locust
Description: Interior view of the former Kansas City Public Library location at 9th and Locust streets. A figure reading at a table can be seen. Library shelves and cabinets are in view.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Gallery of Art
Description: Interior view with sculpture and paintings on display in the Western Galley of Art at the Kansas City Public Library - 9th and Locust streets.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: West Library Branch
Description: View of the West Library Branch at 902 Southwest Boulevard. A truck, van, and a van with a Reyna's sign on the side can be seen parked along Southwest Boulevard. A sign for the Hartman Hardware Store is in view.
Date: 1990
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library
Description: Interior view, taken in the Main branch of the Kansas City Public Library located at 9th and Locust street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View includes two unidentified adults using microfilm readers. Exact location in building not given, perhaps the periodical section of the library.
Date: 1955~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - 9th & Locust Entrance
Description: View looking north at the entrance to the former Kansas City Public Library location at 9th and Locust streets. Patrons entering and exiting the library can be seen.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - 9th & Locust Room
Description: Interior view of a room inside of the Main Kansas City Public Library at 9th and Locust streets.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Gallery of Art
Description: Interior view of the Western Galley of Art area of the Main Kansas City Public Library at 9th and Locust streets. Several paintings can be seen.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Gallery of Art
Description: Interior view of the Western Gallery of Art at the former Kansas City Public Library location at 9th and Locust streets. A gallery filled with sculptures can be seen.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - 9th & Locust Reading Room
Description: Interior view of a reading room at the former Kansas City Public Library location at 9th and Locust streets. Bookshelves, reading tables, and a desk are in view.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library Bookshelf
Description: Book case and volumes of American Encyclopedia which constituted the beginnings of the Library in 1873.
Date: 1897
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - 9th & Locust Room
Description: Interior view of a room in the Main Kansas City Public Library at 9th and Locust streets.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Public Library - 9th & Locust Room
Description: Interior view of a room inside the Main Kansas City Public Library at 9th and Locust streets. A desk and bookshelves are in view.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lucile Bluford
Description: Interior view, which incudes Lucile Bluford in the center, Kansas City Library Board member Olivia Dorsey on the left and Stacy Daniels on the right. Includes bust of Miss Bluford behind the women. Taken at the Bluford branch of the Kansas City Public Library.
Date: 1995-04-08
Object Type: Photograph