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Title: ABC Cabinet and Store Fixture Works
Description: View of the A.B.C. Cabinet & Store Fixture Works building at 1707 Brooklyn Avenue. Cars and a Truck reading Karl Koch - General Contractor are parked along Brooklyn Avenue.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Livestock Exchange Building
Description: Drawing view looking southwest of the Livestock Exchange building at 1600 Genesee Street. Horses, carts, carriages, cars, and pedestrians can be seen outside of the building.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rooftop View At 3rd and Main
Description: Rooftop view across buildings located at 3rd and Main. Includes storefront of Lawrence Vinegar Works and sign on building for J.A. Cooper & Co.
Date: 1878
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Miracle Stores Building
Description: View looking easy of the Miracle Stores Building that once stood at 923-925 Main Street. Signs for Kessel, ABC Sign Works, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks can be seen. Parked cars and pedestrians outside of the store are in view.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 817-819 Wyandotte Street Building
Description: View looking east of the building that once stood at 817-819 Wyandotte Street. A car parked on the street can be seen. The building is occupied by Gate City Shade Works, the Shepard Stationery Company, and the Bowman-Meade Printing Company. A portion of the New England Building is in view to the right.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Armed Services Building
Description: Photograph of the Armed Services Building at 2420 Broadway in the early 1980s. The building served as a recruiting station and entry processing station for the U.S. Armed Forces, handling medical an aptitude exams and background checks for incoming recruits from the 1960s through 1993. The building was later converted to a residential condominium building.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bunker Building
Description: Elevated view of the Bunker Building at 9th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Street grading projects can be seen in the background. Residential structures are in view on the left hand side of the image. Four figures are standing outside of the building and a horse drawn carriage is on Baltimore Avenue. A figure is looking out from a window on the 3rd floor. Signs for the Western Newspaper Union, Olson & Covey Real Estate, and Kansas City Publishing can be seen.
Date: 1880~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Barney Allis Plaza and Municipal Auditorium
Description: Elevated view looking southwest of Barney Allis Plaza and Municipal Auditorium at 13th and Central streets. Several pedestrians using Barney Allis Plaza can be seen. Bartle Hall can be seen in the background. Signs for K.C. Works and Pepsi are in view.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Walnut Street
Description: View looking south along Walnut Street from 7th Street. Cars on pedestrians on Walnut Street are in view. Signs for Rex Spot Welders, Keystone Liquors, Bunting Hardware, D. E. Looze Hat Works, and Federal Sales Company can be seen. The Fidelity National Bank Building is in view in the background.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

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: Union Avenue Flood
Description: View looking southwest along a flooded Union Avenue near Union Depot. Horses, carts, and carriages traveling along Union Avenue can be seen. Signs for George Eyssell Drugs, Alpha Floral Company, Old Kentucky Whiskey, Dick Brothers, the Blossom House, and J. C. O'Keefe Wholesale and Retail Liquor are in view. The exterior of Union Depot can be seen on the left hand side of the image.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Future: The Newsweekly for Today
Description: Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the effusive spending of city funds on the Kansas City Zoo, comparing the luxurious living conditions of a tiger there to many thousands of Kansas Citians with very poor housing and utilities, etc., including illustrative photos. Other featured articles include: “Arson Aylor” (p. 2), about the conviction of Ben Aylor, former owner of the burned-down Rochambeau Hotel in Kansas City, for arson in its destruction by fire in 1932; “Luscious Prize—‘Compromise’” (p. 2), about the meeting of R. Emmet O'Malley, "Missouri insurance commissioner," with Tom Pendergast in New York regarding placement of "millions of dollars of Missouri insurance buyers' funds into the hands of politicians--Pendergast politicians, of course"; and “Dikes, They Said” (p. 2), about a project to sandbag the banks of the Kaw River, alleged by engineers to be ineffective against funding and simply away to funnel money to machine-allied companies; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
Date: 1935-06-14
Object Type: Newspaper

Title: The Missouri State Building
Description: Image of the Missouri State Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, or the World's Fair. The caption below the image reads: The Missouri State Building is an imposing structure of Spanish renaissance order of architecture. It was built entirely practically of Missouri material, handled by Missouri mechanics, and its rugs, carpets, curtains, and other furnishings were largely the products of that State. The interior of the building is divided into large halls for display of women's work, historical relics, etc. The cost of the building was $40,000.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Photograph

Title: American Royal Building
Description: Postcard of the American Royal building interior.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Park College, New Woodward Hall
Description: Postcard of New Woodward Hall at Park College
Date: 1908~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Board of Trade Building
Description: Postcard of Kansas City's Board of Trade Building, once located at 8th and Wyandotte streets.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Junction of Main and Delaware
Description: View looking north of the junction of Main and Delaware streets at 9th Street. Vaughn's Diamond Building and several horse drawn carts can be seen. Signs for S. D. Vaughn and Company, Security Life Insurance Company, Kansas City Business College, and H. Ganz and Brothers Clothing are in view.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Looking South from 3rd
Description: View looking south along Main Street from 3rd Street. Several pedestrians and horse drawn carts can be seen.
Date: 1870-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking east on 2nd from Delaware
Description: View looking east along 2nd Street from its intersection with Delaware Street. The Mechanics Bank building can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The J. Q. Watkins and Company building can be seen on the left. Individuals and a horse drawn cart in 2nd Street are in view.
Date: 1869-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking South on Main from 4th
Description: View looking south along Main Street from 4th Street. Several pedestrians and horse drawn carts can be seen.
Date: 1870-05
Object Type: Photograph

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