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Title: J.C. Nichols School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the building at 6903 Oak Street, from Oak Street, looking south. The building originally housed the J.C. Nichols School, constructed in 1926 and added to in 1930 and 1931; Académie Lafayette (a French immersion charter public school) purchased the building and moved in in 2003. Located in the Holmes Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the building which originally housed the J.C. Nichols School, at 6903 Oak Street, constructed in 1926 and added to in 1930 and 1931; Académie Lafayette (a French immersion charter public school) purchased the building and moved in in 2003. Located in the Holmes Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 10 Northwest Richards Road
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the building at 10 Northwest Richards Road, on the east side of the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, built in 1931 as the TWA corporate headquarters. At the time of the photo, Executive Beechcraft had offices in this building; Executive Beechcraft was sold to BBA Aviation in 2007. The TWA Museum opened in this building in 2013. As of 2018, it also houses an airplane equipment maintenance and repair company and a chauffeur company.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 10 Northwest Richards Road
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the building at 10 Northwest Richards Road, on the east side of the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, built in 1931 as the TWA corporate headquarters. At the time of the photo, Executive Beechcraft had offices in this building; Executive Beechcraft was sold to BBA Aviation in 2007. The TWA Museum opened in this building in 2013. As of 2018, it also houses an airplane equipment maintenance and repair company and a chauffeur company.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. C. Nichols School
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the front door (engraved with the name "JC Nichols") of the building which originally housed the J. C. Nichols School, at 6903 Oak Street, constructed in 1926 and added to in 1930 and 1931; Académie Lafayette, a French immersion public charter school, purchased the building in in 2003. Located in the Holmes Park neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Description: First issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes a statement on the newspaper's objective, maintaining that the newspaper is not against any certain political party or vice, but that it is simply for "good government." Featured articles include: “Council Passes Cab Ordinance” (pp. 2 & 4) discussing councilman Frank H. Backstrom’s reaction to the ordinance and detailing other ordinances appropriating bond funds.; "Adult Education--A Fine Work" (pp. 2 & 6) concerning "the program of adult education going forward under the FERA, with the hearty co-operation of the city's Board of Education" and supervised by Roy Gallemore. It describes courses offered at Lincoln High School and its "sixty-three colored teachers employed, a goodly number as compared with the hundred and sixteen white teachers."; “Trivia” (pp. 2 & 6) and "Borderline Businesses Pay Most Sugar" (pp. 3 & 8) on the bombing of the Harlem Nightclub as an example of the vulnerability of semi-legitimate ("borderline") nightclubs and other businesses in Kansas City to its strong-arm tactics of organized crime through the police department. A photo of the Harlem Nightclub bombing is included.; "What, Precisely, Is a Machine?" (pp. 3 & 5) on the definition of political machines and the Pendergast machine in Kansas City fitting this definition through unofficial financing, voting fraud, etc.; "A New Administration for the County" (pp. 3-5) detailing the new administrative officials, new budget laws, and efforts to reduce the city deficit. A picture of J. W. Hostetter, Eugene I. Purcell, and Battle McCardle is included.; “NYM” (p. 4) on the National Youth Movement began in Kansas City in May 1932 with a portrait of Joseph C. Fennelly.; "May We Present Mrs. Charles N. Seidlitz" (p. 5) on Alice Richards Seidlitz "one of the founders of the Junior League of Kansas City," wife of Charles Seidlitz ("president of the Seidlitz Paint and Varnish Company"), and daughter of George Richards ("son of the founder of Richards and Conover Hardware Company"). A photo of Alice is included.; "Be Proud, Citizens!" (pp. 5 & 8) on the ironic description of Kansas City by Judge Brown Harris "as 'probably the most law-abiding city in the United States.'" Irony due to the judge's association with the Pendergast machine and "federal indictments" in relation to the Union Station massacre of Eugene Reppert ("former director of police"), Thomas Higgins ("chief of detectives"), George Rayen ("of the police motor theft bureau"), Tom Bash (sheriff), etc.; Book review (p. 7) of "Heaven's My Destination" by Thornton Wilder (author of "Our Town" and "The Bridge of San Luis Rey"), describing a scene in the book with the main character (a devoutly religious man) unknowingly eating at one of Kansas City's "bawdy houses" and experiencing other misadventures.; Also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
Date: 1935-01-11
Object Type: Newspaper

Title: Dickerton House
Description: View looking southwest of Pennsylvania Avenue from its intersection with 11th Street. Cars parked along Pennsylvania Avenue are in view. The Dickerton House Apartments are in view on the right hand side of the image.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a church at 934 Norton Avenue. The church building has housed several church congregations over several years including the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. It was built in 1926. Located in the Lykins neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza Time Building
Description: Photograph of the Plaza Time Building on Broadway Boulevard between Nichols Road and Ward Parkway in the early 1980s. Williams-Sonoma and Jack Henry's Club Shop are among the ground floor retail tenants of this building, constructed in 1946.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3916 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of Astaur Gulaian ; Son Oriental Rugs store at 3916 Broadway Boulevard. Gulaian moved into this building ca. 1930; the business closed in 1989. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James B. Nutter and Company Building
Description: View looking northeast of the James B. Nutter and Company Mortgage Bankers Building on Broadway Boulevard north of its intersection with 41st Street in Westport. Cars parked in the adjacent lot can be seen.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gene's Garage
Description: View looking northwest of Gene's Garage at 1226 Jefferson Street. Cars parked along Jefferson Street can be seen. The American Hereford Association Building and bull is in view in the background.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3135-43 Troost Avenue
Description: Photograph of a commercial building at 3135-43 Troost Avenue in the early 1980s. The structure was built in 1926, and had Econo Tax Service, Midtown Office Supply, and other businesses as tenants at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4134-36 Broadway Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s, looking west, of an apartment building at 4134-36 Broadway Boulevard. At some point after 1986, the building was demolished and a parking lot replaced that space in 1989. Located in the Westport neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: View looking northwest of the front exterior of Union Station at 30 W Pershing Road. A sign for Science City is in view. Cars parked in the lot can be seen.
Date: 2002~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Melbourne Apartments
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 303 Brush Creek Boulevard (renamed Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard in 1999) built in 1929. The building was designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 218-220 Brush Creek Boulevard
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of an apartment-condominium building at 218-220 Brush Creek Boulevard (called Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard since 1999). It was built in 1922 and is located in the Southmoreland neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3101 Peery Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a building at 3101 Peery Avenue, built in 1906. This was an industrial building used for warehouse space, but since 2006, is available for conversion to condominiums. Located in the Independence Plaza neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station and Skyline
Description: View looking north from the grounds of the Liberty Memorial of Union Station with the Kansas City skyline in the background. Several cars in the stations lot can be seen.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scout Statue
Description: An autochrome photograph of the Scout Statue, as seen from atop Scout Hill in Penn Valley Park, looking north. Downtown Kansas City, Missouri is picture in the background.
Date: 1938-09-08
Object Type: Photograph

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