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Title: Elevated view of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Elevated view looking south of the Country Club Plaza district taken from above the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and 47th Street. Several Plaza buildings, houses and automobile service stations are in view. The Raphael Hotel and the Locarno Apartments buildings can be seen.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gayety Theater
Description: View looking southeast of the Gayety Theater, once located at 12th and Wyandotte streets. Cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and street railway tracks can be seen. The Hotel Muehlebach (left) and the Aladdin Hotel (right) are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gayety Theater
Description: View looking southeast of the Gayety Theater, once located at 12th and Wyandotte streets. A car, pedestrians, and street railway tracks can be seen. The Hotel Muehlebach (left) and the Aladdin Hotel (right) are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station - Tower 6
Description: View looking southwest of Interlocking Tower 6, once located to the east of Union Station along the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks. Buildings once located at the intersection of Pershing Road and Main Street, the Liberty Memorial, and Union Station can be seen. Signs for the Upjohn Company, the Hotel Plaza, and Sherwin-Williams are in view.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Athenaeum Club
Description: Photograph of the Kansas City Athenaeum building at the corner of Campbell St. and Linwood Boulevard circa 1981. The building, designed by architect Samuel Tarbet and opened in 1914, serves was the home for the Kansas City Women's Athenaeum Club, which was founded in 1894 and focused on cultural programming for local women. With club membership dwindling, the building was sold to the Kansas City alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority in 2015. The LaSalle apartment building, a 14-story building which served as apartments, a hotel, and senior housing and was demolished in 2001, can be seen to the east of the Athenaeum.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3800 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the west side of the 3800 block of Main Street, circa 1982. At the left of the image is Republic Bank, 3838 Main, with Toedman Cabs to it's north. Grand Emporium Hotel and Saloon stands at 3832 Main, and opened in May 1982 as a bar, restaurant, and live music venue with plans for hostel-style rooms to rent on the second floor. It changed ownership several times before closing in 2007. Belman Garage, at 3822 Main, was designed by the Hoit, Price, ; Barnes architectural firm and opened in 1925, and after renovations in 1986, became the home to the Unicorn Theater. The Madrid Theater is also visible further south on the street.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3800 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the west side of the 3800 block of Main Street, circa 1982. At the left of the image is Republic Bank, 3838 Main, with Toedman Cabs to it's north. Grand Emporium Hotel and Saloon stands at 3832 Main, and opened in May 1982 as a bar, restaurant, and live music venue with plans for hostel-style rooms to rent on the second floor. It changed ownership several times before closing in 2007. Belman Garage, at 3822 Main, was designed by the Hoit, Price, ; Barnes architectural firm and opened in 1925, and after renovations in 1986, became the home to the Unicorn Theater. The Madrid Theater is also visible at the right of the photograph.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Paseo Stoplight
Description: Crowd gathered around stoplight at Linwood and Paseo boulevards. The St. Regis Hotel can be seen in the background.
Date: 1932
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ice Storm Damage
Description: Electrical lines downed by ice storm at unidentified location. View looking south along Main Street from its intersection with 7th Street. The Commercial House, once located at 705-707 Main Street is in view.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments building at 3560 Broadway Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters and built in 1924 as the Ambassador Hotel. The building was renovated into apartments circa 1982, at the time the building and several of its neighbors were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District in 1994. At the time of the photograph, Home Savings Bank also occupied the building. Located in the Valentine neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Chamber of Commerce First Spring Goodwill Tour
Description: Group portrait of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce posed in front of four Pickwick Greyhound buses at the Pickwick Hotel and Union Bus Terminal at 913-915 McGee Street. The group is wearing white hats.
Date: 1932-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments building at 3560 Broadway Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters and built in 1924 as the Ambassador Hotel. The building was renovated into apartments circa 1982, at the time the building and several of its neighbors were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District in 1994. At the time of the photograph, Home Savings Bank also occupied the building. Located in the Valentine neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments building at 3560 Broadway Boulevard in the early 1980s. The building was designed by local architect Nelle E. Peters and built in 1924 as the Ambassador Hotel. The building was renovated into apartments circa 1982, at the time the building and several of its neighbors were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as part of the Ambassador Hotel Historic District in 1994. At the time of the photograph, Home Savings Bank and Haley's Jewelry Store also occupied the building. Located in the Valentine neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of architectural detailing on the upper levels of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador A, and its twin neighbor to the west, Ambassador B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the front porch of Ambassador Apartments at 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador B, and its twin neighbor to the east, Ambassador A, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of architectural detailing on the upper levels of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador A, and its twin neighbor to the west, Ambassador B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments at 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The building, called Ambassador B, and its twin neighbor to the east, Ambassador A, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Ambassador Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Ambassador Apartments at 435 and 441 Knickerbocker Place, circa 1981. The two buildings, called Ambassador A and B, were designed by local architect Nelle Peters and were built by the Ambassador Hotel to serve as overflow guest rooms in 1927 and were later used as apartments. Both buildings were razed in 2012.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Neptune Apartments
Description: Photograph of the Neptune Apartments building, looking north east from Broadway Boulevard, at 333 West 46th Terrace circa 1987. The Neptune was built and opened in 1987. The commercial Balcony Building stands to its south on 47th Street, with additional Plaza retail buildings and parking lots photographed on the 4700 block of Broadway. The Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) office building and Marriott Hotel can be seen in the background at right.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

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