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Title: False Works for Pier No. 4
Description: Photograph showing the temporary structure used to build the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge. Workers and the northern bank of the Missouri River can also be seen.
Date: 1868-10-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Bridge, False Works for Pier No. 4
Description: Drawing showing the temporary structure used to build the fourth pier of the Hannibal Bridge. The southern bank of the Missouri River can be seen in the background.
Date: 1869-03-22
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
Description: Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Map

Title: Armour Swift Bridge, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard of the Armour Swift Burlington (ASB) Bridge that connects Kansas City to Clay County to the north.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Bridge on Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing the stone Rockhill Road Bridge that once spanned Brush Creek. The bridge had previously been known as the Nelson Bridge.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1867-12-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 23rd Street Viaduct - Looking South
Description: View facing south along the 23rd Street Viaduct during construction in the West Bottoms. A small portion of the American Royal Livestock and Horse Show Exhibit Building can be seen on the right side of the photograph. Workers for the Clarkson Construction Company are pouring concrete on the road. Road construction equipment is in view.
Date: 1961-07-26
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Independence, Missouri, Blue Ridge Boulevard Arch Over Van Horn Road
Description: Looking down Van Horn Road through the stone arch bridge on Blue Ridge Boulevard in Independence, Missouri. A horse and buggie is traveling under the arch.
Date: 1916-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on the first pier of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1867-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River can be seen in the background.
Date: 1868-09-11
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing work being done on piers of the Hannibal Bridge. Several workers can be seen standing atop the first section of the bridge. The northern bank of the Missouri River and the steamboat Gipsey can be seen in the background.
Date: 1868-05-15
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General View from South Side, Showing Progress of Work
Description: Photograph showing progress on the first section of the Hannibal Bridge extending from the southern bank of the Missouri River. The northern bank of the river can be seen in the background.
Date: 1869-03-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Inter-City Viaduct, Kansas City, Mo.
Description: Postcard showing the Intercity Viaduct leading from the West Bottoms into Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri River can be seen.
Date: 1913
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Glasgow Steel Bridge
Description: Photo of the Glasgow Bridge spanning the Missouri River at Glasgow, Missouri. People can been seen standing on the bridge, as well as along the railroad tracks below.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wornall Road Bridge over Brush Creek
Description: Postcard of the old Wornall Road Bridge over Brush Creek in the Country Club Plaza.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: The falls, Lake Forest, Bonner Springs, KS
Description: Postcard of the falls at the Lake of the Forest in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
Date: 1910-07-29
Object Type: Postcard

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