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Title
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The Negro in Kansas City
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Description
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1944 Survey of African-American community in Kansas City designed to "bring to light facts regarding problems which face the Negro in Kansas City, Missouri, and which are not commonly known by the public." Authors were the Broadside Study Group of League of Women Voters. Topics include education, health and welfare, housing and sanitation, cultural and recreation facilities, labor and employment, and public service. The survey ends with recommendations and a resources / bibliography section.
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Date
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1944-04
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Ozark National Life Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Ozark National Life Building (formerly old Kansas City Public Library building) at 9th and Locust streets. Prior to the Ozark National Life Insurance Company purchasing the building in the mid-1980s, the building also housed U.S. Trade Schools. Several cars parked in the lot east of the building can be seen.
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Date
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ozark National Life Building
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Description
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View looking north of the Ozark National Life Building (formerly old Kansas City Public Library building) at 9th and Locust streets. Prior to the Ozark National Life Insurance Company purchasing the building in the mid-1980s, the building also housed U.S. Trade Schools. Several cars can be seen parked on the opposite side of 9th Street.
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Date
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1991-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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R.T. Coles School Classroom
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Description
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Interior view identified on photograph as "Shoe Repair, R.T. Coles, K.C. Mo., 1944-45, James E. Roberts Jr". Students are not identified.
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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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R.T. Coles Vocational School
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Description
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Interior view of classroom identified on photograph as: "Shoe Repair, R.T. Coles, 1944-45, K.C. Mo, J.E.R." Students and teacher are not identified.
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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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Ozark National Life Building
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Ozark National Life Building (formerly old Kansas City Public Library building) at 9th and Locust streets. Prior to the Ozark National Life Insurance Company purchasing the building in the mid-1980s, the building also housed U.S. Trade Schools.
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Date
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1962~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Holmes Street Looking South from 31st Street
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Description
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View facing south along Holmes Street from its intersection with 31st Street in the North Hyde Park Residential District. Signs advertising Rotary Tailors & Cleaners, Modern Sewing Machine Company, Kansas City School of Drafting and a caf� can be seen. Cars traveling north on Holmes Street are in view. A pedestrian can be seen on the east side of the street.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Italian Institute
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Description
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Interior view of young girls participating in a sewing class at the Italian Institute located at 505 Forest Avenue according to the 1930 Kansas City city directory.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station Area
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1925~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rahe's Automobile Training School
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Description
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Panoramic group portrait looking north of Rahe's Auto Training School students posed in front of the school building, once located at 500-508 E. 11th Street. Buildings along Locust and 11th streets can be seen on the left and right hand sides of the image.
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Date
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1916-10-17
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rahe's Automobile Training School
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Description
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Panoramic group portrait looking northeast of Rahe's Auto Training School students posed in front of the school building, once located at 500-508 E. 11th Street. The Kansas City Junior College Building that once stood at 1105 Locust Street can be seen on the right hand side of the image.
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Date
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1916-11-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Rahe's Automobile and Tractor School
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Description
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Panoramic group portrait looking east of Rahe's Auto Training School students posed to the north of the Kansas City Journal-Post Building (on the right hand side of the image), once located at 22nd and Oak streets and then occupied by the school. The Hospital Hill neighborhood, General Hospital, General Hospital No. 2, and parked cars can be seen in the background.
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Date
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1920-04-29
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sweeney Automobile School Students
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Description
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Group portrait looking southwest of Sweeney Automobile and Tractor School students posed in front of the school building, later the Businessmen's Assurance Company Building, at Pershing Road and Wyandotte Street. Cars parked along Pershing Road can be seen.
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Date
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1920-10-29
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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How to Change Chicks to Gold: Dollars and Sense in the Poultry Business
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Description
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Promotional catalog for the American Poultry School. The school offered correspondence courses designed to teach income earning from poultry raising. Contains many articles and descriptions of individuals employed by the school, current and former students, and its operations. Included with the booklet are several supplementary brochures and handouts. The school's office was located at 115 E. 31st Street in Kansas City. It's experimental farm was located on 63rd Street in Raytown, Missouri.
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Date
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1927
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Future Liberty Memorial Site
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Description
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View looking northwest of the Signboard Hill area at the intersection of Main and 24th streets. Construction of street railway lines headed south along Main Street can be seen on the left hand side of the image. Construction of the Sweeney Automobile School Building, late the Businessmen's Assurance Company Building at 24th and Wyandotte streets can be seen on the right. A portion of the Park Hotel Building is in view in the background.
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Date
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1917~
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Object Type
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Photograph
