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Title
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Pratt and Whitney Complex
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Description
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Aerial view looking southeast of the Pratt and Whitney complex at 9307-9447 Troost Avenue near its intersection with Bannister Road.
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Date
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1945
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Walnuts Gardens
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of the gardens at The Walnuts, taken from the southeast outside of a window in the apartment building.
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Date
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1936-07-24
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Walnuts Gardens
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Description
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An autochrome photograph of the gardens at The Walnuts, taken from the southeast outside of a window in the apartment building.
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Date
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1936-07-24
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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View from Swope Park Shelter House Tower
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Description
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A color glass plate positive photograph of the view looking southeast across the Swope Park gardens near the Shelter House (now the Battle of Westport Visitor Center).
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Southmoreland and Plaza Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking southeast from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), across 47th Street toward the UMKC campus circa 1987. The Hilton Plaza Inn, at 1 West 45th, occupies the bottom left corner of the image, and numerous residential buildings are pictured lining 47th Street. Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, south diagonally across Main Street, before running alongside Brookside Boulevard south of Brush Creek. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Main Street and J. C. Nichols Parkway at 47th Street
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Description
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Photograph, looking south from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower), toward the intersection of 47th Street with J. C. Nichols Parkway (at right) and Main Street (at left). Streetcar tracks can be seen running behind commercial buildings in the foreground, southeast diagonally across Main Street. Nichols Fountain, in Mill Creek Park, is visible at the center of the image. Main Street and Brookside Boulevard were later realigned as part of a Brush Creek beautification and flood control project in the 1990s. South Plaza apartment and office buildings are visible in the background of the image, with Country Club Plaza commercial and residential buildings in the foreground right.
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Date
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1980~/1989~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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46th and 47th Street Apartment Buildings
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Description
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Photograph, looking southeast from the top of the Fountain View building (later American Century north tower) of apartment buildings on the north and south sides of 47th Street circa 1987. The Sophian Plaza building, at 4618 Warwick, is seen at the left side of the image, with apartment buildings lining 46th Street, and behind them 47th Street, in the center of the image. Behind them, office buildings on Volker Boulevard, and further south, buildings on the UMKC campus, are pictured.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Alameda Plaza Hotel
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Description
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Photograph, looking southwest from the top of the Fountain View (later American Century Investments north tower) building, of the Alameda Plaza Hotel at 401 Ward Parkway circa 1987. The Raphael Hotel is also visible at the left side of the image, on the southeast corner of Ward Parkway and Wornall Road. North of Brush Creek, the Plaza Time and Plaza Medical commercial and office buildings are pictured in the foreground.
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Date
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1987~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1935-01-11
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, discussing aspects of democracy and good government, and suggesting problems and solutions for clean elections. Other featured articles include: "Health and Politics" (pp. 2 & 3), a report on the recommendations of the 'Health and Hospital Survey' of 1930 for Kansas City, with various information about health care deficiencies and statistics, including "a wing for Negroes" left uncompleted "at the tuberculosis hospital at Leeds" and a death rate of Kansas City being higher (12.25) than New York City (10.23); "FERA's Education for All Ages"(p. 2) about an adult education program with subjects including bookkeeping and public speaking, and with young mothers and students still learning English among its students; "Glenn Did Not Choose to Run" (p. 2), about Glenn Cunningham, a University of Kansas track star and Olympic athlete, meeting a group of men leaving Union Station for Civilian Conservation Corps jobs; "Piecemeal Changes" (p. 3), about state management of federal relief funds and a potential consolidation of social welfare and penal boards; "Within the Beautiful State House" (pp. 3 & 4), about the new speaker of the state house and committee nominations and Governor Guy Park’s and Pendergast’s influence in the decision, including a portrait sketch of Governor Parks; "To You Who Would Make Changes" (p. 4), encouraging readers to work against the Pendergast machine rather than just complain about it; “20,000 Men and Women” (p. 4), discussing the large youth vote “not bound to either of the old political parties”; and "May We Present Edwin Terry Brigham" (p. 5), a photograph and biographical article about the superintendent of the Helping Hand Institute; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on sports, fashion, finance, cooking, music, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-01-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper
