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Title: Tenth Census of the United States: Social Statistics of Cities
Description: Description of public buildings in 1880 Kansas City.
Date: 1880
Object Type: Report

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: United Missouri Bank Construction Site
Description: Photograph circa early 1980s of the construction site of the United Missouri Bank building at the northwest corner of 10th Street and Grand Boulevard, looking northeast from 11th ;amp; Walnut Streets. The Lathrop Building, at 1005 Grand, can be seen at the center of the image.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: U.S. Post Office
Description: Photograph of the United States Post Office building at 315 West Pershing Road in the early 1980s. In 2004, the building became part of a large Internal Revenue Service complex at the southeast corner of Pershing and West Pennway.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 1801-11 Broadway
Description: Photograph of a former post office garages on Broadway between 18th and 19th Streets circa 1980. A real estate sign can be seen in the photograph, and the buildings appear vacant. The building became the headquarters for Holmes Drywall Company in 1980, and the building was demolished in 2008. Liberty Memorial can be seen in the background of the image.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Faultless Starch Company Building
Description: Photograph of the buildings along 8th Street, west of Santa Fe. The Faultless Starch Company Building is at 1027 W. 8th St, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Richard Bolling Federal Building
Description: Photograph of the courtyard and garden on the northwest corner of the Richard Bolling Federal Building property circa 1986. The building, located at 601 East 12th Street, was completed in 1965.
Date: 1986~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: United Way Building
Description: View of the Heart of America United Way Building at 11th and Washington streets. The building was previously the Old Virginia Hotel.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westport United Methodist Church
Description: Postcard of the Westport United Methodist Church at 40th and Washington streets.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: United Way Building
Description: View looking northwest of the United Way Building at 11th and Washington streets. The building was previously known as the Old Virginia Hotel. Cars parked along 11th Street can be seen.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Scarritt Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Scarritt building at 9th Street and Grand Avenue. The photograph was captured from the parking lot east of the Grand Avenue Temple Building at 9th and McGee streets. Cars in the lot and traveling along 9th Street and Grand Avenue can be seen. The east side of the Grand Avenue Temple Building is on the left hand side of the image. A portion of the United States Courthouse Building can be seen on the right.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: River Market and North Kansas City
Description: Photograph taken from a elevated location of the River Market neighborhood, North Kansas City, the Missouri River, and the Downtown Airport circa 1990. The image appears to be taken from a building on the site currently occupied by Ilus W. Davis Park, which was cleared in 1994 and developed into a park and civic mall shortly thereafter. The United States Courthouse building, at 9th and Grand, can be seen in the lower left of the image. The Broadway Bridge is visible at far left, and the Heart of America Bridge, which opened in 1986, at right.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph, Cityscapes

Title: 1601 Admiral Boulevard
Description: Photograph of the Boys Hotel building at 1601 Admiral Boulevard in the 1980s. The Boys Hotel served as a group residence for homeless, orphaned, and troubled young men in this facility built in 1911 (with a 1922 addition), until it was closed during the Depression. It reopened as Boys Club, a youth recreation center operated by the Community Chest, which operated from 1935 to 1960, when the facility became the headquarters of City Union Mission. City Union missing relocated in 1977, and the building was demolished in 1989.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: United Methodist Church and Office Building
Description: View looking southeast of the United Methodist Church and office building at 903 Grand Avenue and the Grand Avenue Temple immediately to the east. Pedestrians and cars traveling along Grand Avenue can be seen.
Date: 1984
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bird's Eye View of Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Sepia-toned aerial view from the northeast, showing the Missouri River, Hannibal Bridge, and the city of Kansas City with streets and buildings marked. Points of interest (churches, etc.) numbered; key on back of map. Also on the back is handwritten, "Star, Sept. 30, 1928."
Date: 1869
Object Type: Map

Title: The Kansas City Schools
Description: Description of new Kansas City public school buildings.
Date: 1915-10-09
Object Type: Magazine

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: Board of Trade Building
Description: Photograph of the Board of Trade building, looking northwest from the intersection of 49th and Main Streets, circa 1987. The Kansas City Board of trade moved to this building in 1966. The 4900 Main building, which includes United Missouri Bank as a tenant and also served as a Board of Trade annex, is pictured at the left edge of the image.
Date: 1987~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Werby Building
Description: Photograph of the Werby Building at the southeast corner of 39th and Main Streets in 1979. The building was designed by Greenebaum, Hardy and Schumacher, opened in 1924, and consisted of office spaces on the second floor and storefronts on the ground level. Efforts to save the building from demolition led to Mayor Richard Berkley named a week in April 1979 "Werby Week," but it was razed not long after. Signs on plywood boards across the storefronts advertise a "Take Back the Night" event, an anti-nuclear energy rally to take place in Burlington, Kansas, at the Wolf Creek Generating Station, and upcoming concerts. The Hyde Park Building, on the northeast corner of 39th and Main, can be seen at the left of the photo, with the Hotel Netherlands to its north.
Date: 1979
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 10th and Locust Garage and Storage - 924 Locust Street
Description: View looking west of the 10th and Locust Garage and Storage building that once stood at 924 Locust Street. A portion of the Locust Street Chili House building that once stood at 930 Locust Street can be seen on the left hand side of the image. A portion of the Densmore Hotel that once stood at 908-916 Locust Street is in view on the right hand side of the image.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

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