Pages
-
-
Title
-
Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 82 with Photographic Postcards
-
Description
-
Scrapbook page containing five photographs or photographic postcards. Four images are of graves in Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone and one is of horses and buggies outside of the Tombstone Epitaph building. The grave markers say:1. "Dan Dowd, Red Sample, Tex Howard, Bill DeLaney, Dan Kelly, Legally Hanged Mar. 8 1884."2. "Billy Clanton, Tom McLowery, Frank McFlowery, Murdered on the streets of Tombstone 1881." 3. "John Heath, Taken from County Jail and Lynched by Bisbee Mob in Tombstone, Feb. 22, 1884."4. "George Johnson, Hanged by mistake."
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Evanston Country Club
-
Description
-
Photographic postcard of entrance to Evanston Country Club.
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks
-
Description
-
Interior view identified as "Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks. America's Premier Radio Orchestra." Identified on the back by Fred Edmiston as: Backrow, left to right: Carleton Coon, Joe Sanders, and Pop Estep. Front row, from left: John Thiell, Floyd Estep, Harold Thiell, Bill Haid, Joe Richolson and Rex Downing.
-
Date
-
1926
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Missouri Valley Trust Co.
-
Description
-
This bank building was built by the Bank of the Stae of Missouri which established itself on this corner in July, 1859. The stockholders who organized the bank were: Joseph Robidoux, R. W. Donnell, John Patee, Judge Solomon, Col. D. M. McDonald, C. B. France, Major J. M. Bassett, John C. Thornton, Armstrong Beattie, John Corby, P. L. McLaughlin, Maj. Frederick W. Smith, Israel Landis, Simeon Kemper, Jules C. Robidoux, M. Jeff Thompson, Henry Nunning, Dr. Silas McDonald, A. P. Goff, John E. Barrow, Joseph C. Hull and others. The Supreme Court of Missouri held its sessions on the second floor in the late 1860s.
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Bank of the State of Missouri
-
Description
-
Sign above building reads Missouri Valley Trust Co. The bank building was built in July 1859. "Steamboat captains, slave owners, overland freighters, confederate and union soldiers have done business here. Pony Express riders, French fur traders and gold miners of Pikes Peak and Virginia City, Montana, have warmed themselves by the old fireplace before starting across the plains."
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
City Hall, Kansas City, Mo.
-
Description
-
Postcard of the old City Hall of Kansas City, Missouri, once standing at 5th and Main streets in the River Market area.
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Boat Landing at Foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
-
Description
-
Postcard showing the riverboat landing site at the foot of Main Street along the Missouri River. The Armour-Swift-Burlington Bridge can be seen in the background. Steamboats arriving and departing can be seen.
-
Date
-
1912
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Top of the Tower Restaurant
-
Description
-
Postcard showing the Top of the Tower Restaurant, once located on the 30th floor of Commerce Towers at 911 Main Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The reverse side of the card reads: "Genghis Khan - a reproduction of a Mongolian tent overlooking the city from the thirtieth floor of Commerce Tower. Here you can sip a mare's milk cocktail while dipping succulent morsels of meat in your own Mongolian hot pot."
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Hereford House
-
Description
-
Postcard showing two employees preparing foot at the Hereford House steakhouse, once located at 20th and Main streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The reverse side of the card reads: "Open Hearth Charcoal Broilers at Webb & Marlo's Hereford House in Kansas City where the Hereford is king and steaks are deliciously broiled before your eyes...plus fine wines and cocktails served in an atmosphere reminiscent of the old west combined with a bit of New Orleans charm. Our Pizza Pie Made with finest oil and Cheeses." An advertisement, also on the reverse side of the card reads" "Good for a Hereford House 'Special Treat' If Presented (when ordering dinner) Before July 31, 1964."
-
Date
-
1964
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
Midland Hotel. Kansas City, Mo.
-
Description
-
Postcard showing the Midland Hotel Building that once stood along 7th Street between Walnut Street and Grand Avenue.
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
-
-
Title
-
The Wish Bone
-
Description
-
Postcard showing the Wish Bone restaurant, once located at 4455 Main Street in the Southmoreland neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. A caption on the front of the card reads: "Featuring Fried Chicken and Prime Rib Dinners." The reverse side of the card reads: The Wish Bone Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge - Private Dining Rooms - Catering to Lunch and Dinner Parties - Featuring Excellent Food and Service In an Air of Gracious Hospitality."
-
Object Type
-
Postcard
Pages
