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Title: Aerial View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Aerial photograph of one square mile of Kansas City, Missouri showing Swope Parkway, Meyer Boulevard, Southeast High School, and the edge of Swope Park. Map identified from set as Section 3, Township 48N, Range 33W, S-105.
Date: 1964-04
Object Type: Map

Title: West Bottoms
Description: Street level view of the southeast corner of 13th Street and Union Avenue located in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City, Missouri. Building in view on corner is a former post office.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 39th Street
Description: Street level view of the southeast corner of 39th Street and Wyoming. A business called Boomerang at the Garage located at 1415 W. 39th Street is in view.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joseph Karl Guinotte--Early Kansas City Architect
Description: Mention of the Woodworth Block, designed by architect Joseph Karl Guinotte for combined apartments and store usage, in 1888 "at the southeast corner of 23rd and Belleview" Avenue.
Date: 1978-08
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Grand Avenue at 13th Street
Description: Street level view of the southeast corner of Grand Avenue at 13th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View is looking toward the south. Included in the view is the Justrite Rubber Stamp and Seal Company store.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Metropolitan Kansas City
Description: Blue-line map of the metropolitan Kansas City area, specifically Cass, Jackson, Clay, and Platte Counties in Missouri, and Wyandotte, Johnson, and a portion of Leavenworth Counties in Kansas. Map depicts area municipalities and major highways, including the proposals for Interstate 635, Interstate 470, and the southeast corner of Interstate 435.
Date: 1966
Object Type: Map

Title: Scene of Triple Killing
Description: Looking west toward Troost Avenue from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
Date: 1933-08-12
Object Type: Negative

Title: Scene of Triple Killing
Description: View looking northwest from the southeast corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue. The scene is part of investigation that took place following the August 12, 1933, murder of bootlegger Ferris Anthon by mobster Charles (Mad Dog) Gargotta and others. Sheriff Tom Bash killed to gangsters during the exchange.
Date: 1933-08-12
Object Type: Negative

Title: Locust Street
Description: Street level view looking toward the north/northeast of Locust Street between 9th and 10th streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Federal Department of Transportation building is shown under construction at the southeast corner of 9th and Locust streets. The former Kansas City Public Library main branch, now the Ozark National Life Insurance Company building located at the northeast corner of 9th and Locust streets is also partially in view.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Centropolis Hotel
Description: Street level view looking northwest at the southeast corner of 5th and Grand. The Centropolis, built in 1880, was the first hotel in Kansas City to install electric lighting. "As Kansas City moved southward and new hotels were built, the old Centropolis gradually faded. In later years only part of the imposing structure was used as a hotel" as shown in this photograph. For more about the hotel see this postcard and accompanying historical article http://www.kchistory.org/u?/Mrs,1292.
Date: 1940
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 10th & Baltimore Streets, Looking South
Description: Postcard of the intersection of 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue, looking south along Baltimore.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Ward Parkway
Description: Postcard showing images of the Ward Parkway area in Sunset Hill prior to development.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

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