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Title: Mining History For Art: The Story of Wayne Wildcat's ''Solidarity''
Description: Story of the "Amazon Army", the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of striking coal miners in southeast Kansas in the 1920s. The show of force was in defiance of a new Kansas law that outlawed the right to strike. There were up to as many as 6,000 women who participated and many were recent immigrants from Europe.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Bea Johnson
Description: Interior view of Bea Johnson, Director of Women's Activities for KMBC-KFRM and KMBC-TV. She spoke at the dinner meeting of the Radio and Television Council of Greater Kansas City held November 29, 1955, at the Wishbone Restaurant located in Kansas City, Missouri at 4455 Main Street. In July of 1955 Bea took seventeen American broadcasters, writers, and telecasters from coast to coast to seven countries in Europe on the "Bea Johnson Radio and Television Tour." She also attended the "Big Four Conference" held in Geneva, Switzerland.
Date: 1955-11-29
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 9 with Women, Horses, and Country Scenes
Description: Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards. Three cards are cut to the shape of their image. One shows a yellow rose; the other two each show a woman in a blue dress. The other four cards show:1. A man riding a horse jumping over a brook.2. A man driving a horse pulling a rake over a field. Card says: “The Tiger, King of Rakes. Manufactured by J. M. Childs and Co., Utica, N.Y.”3. A steamboat on a river with men working on bank nearby.4. A man and woman looking at a painting. Lower left corner says: "Depose."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Henry Sleek, Jeweler
Description: Advertising card for Henry Sleek showing a portrait of "Blanche Bradshaw." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 534 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 63 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing 22 advertising cards of people and some animals, all cut to shape. Cards vary in size from 2.5 x 2.5 cm. to 11 x 12 cm. and show a cat, an elephant, a horse, Santa Claus, children as angels, children with flowers, women in fancy lace collars, and a woman with a parasol.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 67 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards all cut to shape showing mainly people including a man in decorated military uniform, a king, three women, two men in feathered hats, and a woman in a flowered dress. Cards also show a sailing ship and a church with mountains behind.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 51 with Women
Description: Scrapbook page containing eight small advertising cards surrounding one large central card. The central card is 15 x 24 cm. and shows a woman in a blue dress with the ocean behind her. Two of the small cards show women. The others show flowers and in some, hands.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Manning and Mann
Description: Advertising card for Manning and Mann showing woman playing a violin. Front of card says: “A Congenial Companion.” Lower left corner has number 95. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 922 Main Street.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. E. Vincent and Co.
Description: Advertising card for J. E. Vincent and Co. showing a woman wearing a hat and shawl standing among trees. Below this image is one of daisies and butterflies. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card has image of a birds flying and tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card: 701 Main St., cor. Seventh, Kansas City.
Date: 1883
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, The
Description: Advertising card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. with portrait of woman in fancy dress. Card is "signed" on front "May Anderson." Back of card has small image of "Grandmother" and lists branch houses and their locations in cities around the U.S. A small stand is glued to the back of the card. Kansas City address given on back of card: 927 Main St. Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1884
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Roxbury and Kenney
Description: Advertising card for Roxbury and Kenney showing two men and two women in fancy dress bowing to each other. One man holds flowers, both women hold fans. Front of card says: "Our Compliments. Roxbury and Kenney, Fashionable Shoe Dealers." Front lower left corner has number 10. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1010 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Sloss', Millinery, Fancy and Hair Goods
Description: Advertising card for "Sloss', Millinery, Fancy and Hair Goods" showing an artist's palette on which there is an image of a woman with feathered hat, surrounded by flowers. Card is cut in the shape of the palette. Front of card also has image of small old woman which says: "Sloss's Trade Mark." Bottom of card says: "Sackett, Wilhelms and Betzig, 145 and 147 Mulberry, N. Y." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 606 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 59 with Feathers, Flowers, and Women
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards showing the following:1. Flowers (two cards cut to shape).2. A large feather and flowers (two cards).3. Two women sewing. Card says: "Using Poor Spool Cotton."4. A woman standing at a piano. Card says: "Estey Piano Co. New York, Manufacturers...""5. Flowers and doves.6. A woman knitting with a girl hugging her from behind and a cat rubbing on her arm.7. Three tiny clowns struggling to lay a bottle on a table.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 21 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards depicting people and cut to the shape of the image. The large central card shows a woman in a straw hat with a dog. Her purse says "Buckeye" and the dog's collar says "Aultman Miller." The other six cards are smaller. Four show women, one holding a mandolin. Two show men, one a blacksmith with hammer and anvil, one an architect(." with protractor and blueprints.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 62 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing eighteen advertising cards of people, all cut to shape. Cards vary in size from 3 x 3 cm. to 8 x 14 cm. and show a woman with parasol and dog, a girl with flowers, a woman ice skating, a man watching a cat play the cello, a man with a whistle or flute, girls having a tea party, a woman singing, and two men with large beards. Six of the cards appear to be from the same set, showing children in traditional dress of some sort.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 66 with People
Description: Scrapbook page containing eight advertising cards depicting people arranged around a central card with paper lace. The eight cards each have a color border and artwork showing the following:1. A woman in ancient dress dancing.2. An elderly couple sitting for a drink of wine.3. A woman with romantic floral border.4. A man riding a horse holding a guitar.5. A girl holding a cat.6. A woman leaning against a wall.7. A woman sitting on a crescent moon in the sky. (Card is pasted upside down.)8. Children begging for food from a woman selling breads on the street.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 28 with Women
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards depicting women and girls arranged in three rows. The central image is of a girl in a feathered hat holding flowers. It is cut to shape. The corner cards each show a portrait of a woman from the waist, two with hands on hips, one seated. Four other cards are cut to shape and show shoulder portraits of women, three in fancy hats, one leaning on her hand.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 50 with People and Animals
Description: Scrapbook page containing nine advertising cards showing the following:1. A girl in boots and trousers.2. Three children with a small carriage harnessed to a large dog.3. A man on skis with a pack on his back.4. A saleswoman holding a tray of flowers around her neck.5. A woman dressed as a soldier with breastplate, sword, boots, hat, and skirt. Card says: "Army."6. A girl holding a heart made of flowers.7. Two children putting a doll on the back of a dog.8. A circus woman doing tricks while riding a horse in a ring.9. A brown dog's face.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Troy Steam Laundry
Description: Advertising card for Troy Steam Laundry showing two women riding on a cuff or collar as if it were a magic carpet over a pressed shirt with a cherub nearby. One of two cards with similar design. Front of card says: "Troy Steam Laundry, M. J. Fulkerson, Prop. Telephone 392." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1312 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 58 with Women and Children
Description: Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards showing the following:1. A couple looking into each other's eyes as the woman plays a mandolin.2. A winter scene of a house in snow.3. A woman in fancy dress and large hat holding a fan.4. Flowers and a banner that says: "Knowledge is Power."5. Three children posing for a studio style portrait.6. A woman in fancy dress with fan. Card is cut to shape and says: "Fiametta."7. A baby with spoons and a can of preserved milk that says: "Gail Borden Eagle Brand."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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