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Title: SC159 Kansas City Prints and Images Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection consists of images relating to Kansas City buildings, infrastructure, and historical events. Included are four prints from the Siegrist Engraving Company as well as various magazine-published materials.
Date: 1887/1957
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: 10th and Baltimore
Description: View of the southeast corner of 10th and Baltimore showing the old New England Bank building (H. O. Peet & Co.), Land Bank building, and First National Bank building.
Date: 1940~/1959~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: View looking northeast of the New England Building at 112 W. 9th Street. A car parked along Wyandotte Street can be seen. Pedestrians on 9th Street are in view.
Date: 1975~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Central College of Shorthand
Description: Advertising card for the Central College of Shorthand with image of pansies. Front lower left corner has number C-855. Back of card says: "Central College of Shorthand, Largest and Best Shorthand School in Kansas City. Call or write for information." and "The presentation of this card secures a reduction of $1.00 on tuition." The back also has an image of the building where the college is located. Signs on the building say: "New England Building,.""New England Mutual Life Ins Co." and "New England Safe Deposit & Trust Co." Address given on back of card:
New England Bldg. (2d Floor),
112 W. Ninth Street.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Central College of Shorthand
Description: Advertising card for the Central College of Shorthand showing a ship with sails up. One of two cards with similar design. Front lower left corner has number C-788. Back of card says: "Central College of Shorthand, Largest and Best Shorthand School in Kansas City. Call or write for information." and "The presentation of this card secures a reduction of $1.00 on tuition." The back also has an image of the building where the college is located. Signs on the building say: "New England Building,.""New England Mutual Life Ins Co." and "New England Safe Deposit & Trust Co." Address given on back of card:
.."" New England Bldg. (2d Floor),
112 W. Ninth Street.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

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: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p006
Description: Northern part of early Kansas City from W. 6th Street south to W. 9th Street and from Central east to Main Street, showing buildings, businesses and streets. Large numbers at edges of page lead to page showing adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Central College of Shorthand
Description: Advertising card for the Central College of Shorthand showing a steamship. One of two cards with similar design and theme. Lower left corner has number C-788. Back of card says: "Central College of Shorthand, Largest and Best Shorthand School in Kansas City. Call or write for information." and "The presentation of this card secures a reduction of $1.00 on tuition." The back also has an image of the building where the college is located. Signs on the building say: "New England Building,.""New England Mutual Life Ins Co." and "New England Safe Deposit & Trust Co." Address given on back of card:
New England Bldg. (2d Floor),
112 W. Ninth Street.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: New England Building
Description: View facing northwest that shows the New England Building at 9th and Wyandotte streets shortly after its construction was completed. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carts on the street can be seen.
Date: 1887~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: New England Building
Description: View facing northwest that shows the New England Building at 9th and Wyandotte streets. Pedestrians and a parked car can be seen.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City: Published by Lonas & Boedtker
Description: Description of the sandstone and marble building at 9th and Wyandotte Streets.
Date: 1900~/1909~
Object Type: Book

Title: A Model Institution
Description: Illustrations and ad or article about the "New England Safe Deposit and Trust Company" on the "Ninth Street floor of the New England Building, on the corner of [9th Street] and Wyandotte streets, in the heart of the business center of Kansas [City]."
Date: 1888-11
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: New England Building
Description: Full frontal and side view of the New England Building; located on the northeast corner of 9th and Wyandotte streets.
Date: 1928~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Views and Buildings Featured in Harper's Weekly
Description: This two-page spread of engravings of views of Kansas City, Missouri, "from photographs by D. D. Thomson & Co.," was published as a supplement to Harper's Weekly, September 15, 1888, pages 702 and 703. It includes the New England Building; Board of Trade Building; Packing House District; YMCA Building; Post Office; New York Life Insurance Building; Kansas City Club House; entrance to the tunnel of the elevated railroad; The Junction at 9th and Main streets; 9th Street Cable Railway Incline; and the view "From the Tower of the Cathedral," centering on the Coates Hotel. The reverse side, pages 701 and 704 (not digitized), has the banner headline "The Gateway of Kansas" for an article written by William Willard Howard and includes engravings of the National Exposition Building; First Congregational Church; Warner Grand Opera House; head portraits of C. Ralph Evans, Manager of the National Exposition Company, Victor B. Buck, President of the National Exposition Company and Edward H. Allen [President of the Board of Trade]; and John Doggett's House.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Local Company Restoring New England Building
Description: Photos and description of the New England Building's renovation.
Date: 1978-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: SC99 Philip A. Gambone Papers Finding Aid
Description: Two boxes contain the Phil Gambone architecture research papers of notes, correspondence, photographs, photocopied articles, etc., and note cards for work on a book on Kansas City architecture. The book was to have been published in the 1970s, but the research and publication were never completed. Includes photographs of the New England Building (folder 25), a list of log cabins in Kansas City (folder 20) and a list of 1922 Kansas City landmarks (folder 19).
Date: 1972/1975
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: The Gateway of Kansas: A Supplement to Harper's Weekly
Description: Illustrations of the New England, New York Life, and Board of Trade Buildings.
Date: 1888-09-15
Object Type: Magazine Article

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