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Title: 4026 Central Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 4026 Central Street in the Westport neighborhood. It was demolished in 1986. James B. Nutter & Company built an office building in that location.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aerial View Southeast from 11th and Central Streets
Description: Aerial view looking southeast from 11th and Central streets. Several houses and other buildings that once stood in the downtown area can be seen.
Date: 1866
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Builders and Traders Exchange Building
Description: View looking west of the Builders and Traders Exchange Building at 612-620 Central Street. Cars parked in a lot and along Central Street can be seen.
Date: 1986
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Builders and Traders Exchange Building
Description: View of the Builders and Traders Exchange Building at 612-620 Central Street. Cars parked along Central and 7th streets can be seen. The building at 600-602 Central Street can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1986
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montrose Building
Description: View looking north of the Montrose building at the corner of Main and 40th streets. The road on the right hand side of the image is Central Street.The building was built in 1923, was also known as the Ten-Forty Apartments, and was demolished in early 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. Cars parked along Central Street can be seen. A pedestrian walking on 40th Street is in view.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Montrose Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Montrose Building, once located at the intersection of 40th and Main streets. The vantage point of this image is from Central Street and shows the building's northeast side. The building was built in 1923, was also known as the Ten-Forty Apartments, and was demolished in 1998 and the site used for a parking lot. A truck parked on Central Street can be seen. The rear, northeast side of the Thriftway grocery store is in view on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Katz Drugstore
Description: View of the Katz drugstore and the Central Business College, once located on northeast corner of 8th Street and Grand Avenue.
Date: 1920
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: Cars Parked in Country Club Plaza
Description: An autochrome photograph of two automobiles parked next to a bed of flowers in the Country Club Plaza at the southeast corner of Alameda Road (now Nichols Road) and Central Street. This vantage point faces north-northwest towards the building at the northeast corner of Alameda and Central.
Date: 1935-07-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Downtown Kansas City Skyline
Description: View of skyline looking southwest from Chase Hotel. Central High School building, City Hall, Jackson County Courthouse, Telephone Building and Drake, and Schuyler hotels are clearly visible.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: First National Bank
Description: Postcard of the interior of the First National Bank Building at 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue. The building now houses the Central Kansas City Public Library.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: 1928 Republican National Convention
Description: Exterior view looking west along 13th Street from between Wyandotte and Central streets showing crowds assembled for the 1928 Republican National Convention held at Convention Hall. A sign for the event spanning 13th Street is in view. The Kennilworth Flats, once located on the southwest corner of 13th and Central streets, are in view in the left background. The Lathrop Trade School, once located on the northwest corner of the same intersection can be seen in the right background.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Auditorium
Description: View looking southeast of the entrance to Municipal Auditorium located along 13th Street between Wyandotte and Central streets. Cars parked along 13th Street can be seen. A sign for the Municipal Auditorium Music Hall is also in view. The Kansas City Power and Light Building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1928 Republican National Convention
Description: Exterior looking east along 13th Street from between Central and Wyandotte streets showing crowds assembled for the 1928 Republican National Convention held at Convention Hall. Signs for the Robert E. Lee Hotel and the Ritz Hotel can be seen.
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fountain on Broadway in Country Club Plaza
Description: An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza on Broadway between 47th Street and Alameda Road (now Nichols Road). This vantage point faces east towards the dome at the northeast corner of Central Street and Alameda.
Date: 1932-09-20
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Downtown Looking West from near 10th and Walnut Streets
Description: Panoramic view of downtown buildings facing west from Walnut between 9th and 10th streets. The photograph may have been taken from the roof of the Ridge Arcade Building at 916 Walnut Street. Several downtown buildings can be seen, including: the Victor Building, the New England National Bank Building, the Dwight Building, the Board of Trade Building, the First National Bank Building (current location of the KCPL Central Library), The Elmhurst Building, the Shubert Theater Building, the Huntzinger Building, the Graphic Arts Building, the Western Newspaper Union Building, the Baker-Vawter Building, the University Club Building, the Kansas City School of Law Building, the Cosby Hotel Building, the Savoy Hotel Building, the Gibraltar Building, the New England Life Building, the Bunker Building, the New York Life Building, the Dunlap Building, the Westgate Hotel Building, the Poindexter & Sons Building, the Barton Hat Company Building, and the U.S. Rubber Company Building. The Quality Hill neighborhood and Garment District can be seen in the distance.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Long U.S. Army Reserve Center
Description: Photograph of the Long U.S. Army Reserve Center at 1528 Central circa 1980. The facility, opened circa 1951, closed in the early 1980s and was demolished to make way for the Bartle Hall Convention Center expansion project.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Superlatives
Description: Photograph of Superlatives store at 234 Nichols Road in the 1980s. The building, originally built as a bank in 1929, is on the northeast corner of Central St. and Nichols. Giralda Tower can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Arcade Building
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Scarritt Arcade Building which is ajoined to the Scarritt Building. The Scarritt Building, 818 Grand Blvd, sits at the corner of 9th and Grand Streets and the Scarritt Arcade Building is at 819 Walnut Street. Built in 1907 by Root ;amp; Siemens architectural firm, the buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1987.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad Yard
Description: View looking west from about Main Street showing the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul Railroad yard. The future site of Union Station can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The B. A. Morr Transfer & Storage Company Building at 22nd and Central streets can be seen in the background. The Belt Line Storage & Warehouse Company Building is in view on the right hand side of the image. A sign for Beeman's Pepsin Gum can be seen. Several trains and railroad cars are in view.
Date: 1905~
Object Type: Photograph

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