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Title: South Central Business Association First Week End Vacation - Good Will Trade Trip
Description: Group portrait of participants of the South Central Business Association's first weekend vacation and Good Will Trade Trip. The group is posed in front of a Pullman car of a Kansas City Southern train. The listed cities on the group's route are: Siloam Springs, Arkansas; Sulphur Springs, Texas; Noel, Missouri; and Ginger Blue, Missouri. Garret L. Smalley is listed as the club's general chairman. A band is standing along the front of the group.
Date: 1949-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Western Sash and Door Company Building
Description: View of the Western Sash and Door Company building, once located on the northwest corner of Grand Avenue and 23rd Street, adjacent to the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks east of Union Station. Photograph was captured from the north side of the tracks facing southeast and displays the rear of the building and lumber yard to the west.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Train Station and Tracks - Spring Hill, Kansas
Description: View of a train station and railroad tracks in Spring Hill, Kansas.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Train Station and Tracks - Spring Hill, Kansas
Description: View of a train station and railroad tracks in Spring Hill, Kansas.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking East from Foot of Grand and Levee
Description: View looking east along 1st Street or Front Street from the foot of Grand Avenue at the Missouri River levee. Wilhite's Mill can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The Sherman Hotel can be seen on the right. Several early downtown buildings are in view. Railroad tracks and a horse drawn cart can be seen.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad Tracks
Description: View of unidentified railroad tracks.
Date: 1870~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Railroad tracks along Kaw River
Description: Santa Fe main line tracks between the Kaw River and the adjacent bluffs, looking east from the 7th Street Bridge. Photograph is part of proposed flood control projects to raise levees and railroad tracks along the Kaw River.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Turkey Creek Flood Scene
Description: Photograph of Turkey Creek in the West Bottoms. Debris from an unknown flood can be seen . The American Royal Exposition Building and sheep barn can be seen in the background. The image was taken from an area west of Brook Street at about 23rd street and faces northwest.
Date: 1910~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station Area
Description: Aerial view of the area to the west of Union Station. Several downtown buildings are in view. The south side of the Sweeney Automobile School Building can be seen near the center of the image. The west side of Union Station is on the right had side of the image. Cars parked in the station's lot can be seen. Railroad tracks for the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station
Description: Aerial view of Union Station and the surrounding area. Several downtown buildings are in view. Tracks for the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company can be seen behind the station. Cars parked in the station's lot and traveling along Main Street are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Streetcar Tracks at 47th and Main
Description: Photograph of the intersection of 47th and Main Streets, looking south along Main, circa 1980. Decommissioned streetcar tracks are pictured in the foreground of the image, running along the path of what later would be Brookside Boulevard's connection to Main Street.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4th Street Viaduct and Bluff Street Bridge
Description: View looking northeast of the 4th Street Viaduct and the Bluff Street Bridge from the Chicago, Burlington and Qunicy Railroad tracks in the West Bottoms. The second Hannibal Bridge can be seen in the background. A sign near the railroad tracks reads: This Structure Will Not Clear A Man On Side of Cars.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Newsboys - Payola, Kansas
Description: Group of newsboys and adults at work near train tracks in Paola, Kansas A car and bicycles can be seen.
Date: 1922-04-19
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Newspaper Bundles - Higginsville, Missouri
Description: Newspaper bundles and a cart near railroad tracks in Higginsville, Missouri
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View South from atop Coca-Cola Building
Description: Panoramic view looking south from the roof of the Coca-Cola (later Western Auto) building at 2107 Grand Avenue. Neighborhoods and business districts south of downtown can be seen. Several buildings are in view, including: General Hospital, General Hospital No. 2, Rahe's Automobile and Tractor (also known as the Kansas City Journal Post) Building, Schutte Lumber Company, Union Station, and the Sweeney Automobile School (later the BMA Building). In view are signs for: Oldsmobile, Holsum Bread, Melton Tire & Battery, Norwalk Tires, Kelly Tires, Racine Tires, White Rose Butter, Sunshine Biscuits, Merit Bread, Camel cigarettes, National Biscuit Company, and Folger's Coffee Company. Signboard Hill can be seen to the northwest of Union Station. The view spans the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks, which are in view on the right hand side of the photograph.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hannibal Bridge
Description: View of two individuals standing on the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River.
Date: 1870
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking East from Union Elevator
Description: View looking east along the Missouri River from the Union Elevator site once located near 8th and Hopkins streets in the West Bottoms. Railroad tracks and an individual standing near the river can be seen. The Hannibal Bridge is in view in the background.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Warehouse at 11th Street and Van Brunt Boulevard
Description: Photograph of a warehouse on the east side of Van Brunt Bouelvard at 11th Street in the 1980s. It was, along with several neighboring buildings, later demolished and the land used by the city to create the 9th & Van Brunt Athletic Fields Park in the 2000s.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Crowd Gathered
Description: Photograph of a crowd gathering near Union Station to see the Freedom Train. This specially-designed train travelled the country from 1947 to 1949 with displays of historically significant historical documents, including the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation. The Freedom Train stopped in Kansas City June 6-7, 1948. Airplanes flying in formation are passing overhead.
Date: 1948-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Crowd Gathered near Union Station
Description: Photograph of a crowd gathered near Union Station to see the Freedom Train, which traveled the country from 1947 to 1949 with displays of historically significant historical documents, including the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation. A train, tracks and cars can be seen. A sign for W. E. Murray Transfer & Storage is in view. The Freedom Train stopped in Kansas City June 6-7, 1948.
Date: 1948-06
Object Type: Photograph

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