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Title: Street and Water Department Buildings on Vine
Description: View looking northeast along Vine Street from its intersection with 21st Street of a stone Street Department building on the left and a stone Water Department building on the right. The Vine Street Kansas City Terminal Railway Viaduct is in view on the right.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bird's Eye View - Kansas City
Description: Pictorial map showing the cities and towns of Kansas City, Missouri; Harlem, Missouri; Westport, Missouri; Rosedale, Kansas; Argentine, Kansas; Armourdale, Kansas; Armstrong, Kansas; Riverview, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; and Wyandotte, Kansas. At the time of its publication, the map had an extensive key listing the numbered buildings, most of which has been removed. Steamboats traveling along the Missouri River can be seen. The map displays the steep bluffs and topography of the region. It also indicates Kansas City's expansion southward away from the Missouri River, the development of the stockyards industry in the West Bottoms and interconnectivity with the surrounding cities and towns that followed completion of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Map

Title: Hannibal Bridge Opening
Description: View looking south of the opening of the Hannibal Bridge. A crowd assembled along the Kansas City riverfront area can be seen. The north bank of the Missouri River in Clay County is in the distance.
Date: 1869
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Area Aerial View
Description: Aerial photograph of the downtown Kansas City, West Bottoms, and Kansas City, Kansas areas. The Intercity Viaduct, later renamed the Lewis and Clark Viaduct, spanning the Kansas River is center in the photograph.
Date: 1966~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking West from Hannibal Bridge
Description: View looking west from the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River. The West Bottoms can be seen in the background.
Date: 1871
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: Looking North on Vine and Terminal Viaduct
Description: View facing north along Vine Street from near its intersection with 20th Street. The Vine Street Kansas City Terminal Railway Viaduct is in view. Cars parked along Vine Street can be seen. A sign for Sinclair Gasoline can be seen on the east side of the street.
Date: 1948-08-31
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking South on Vine & Terminal Viaduct
Description: View facing south along Vine Street from near its intersection with 19th Street. The Vine Street Kansas City Terminal Railway Viaduct is in view. Cars parked along Vine Street can be seen. A stone water department building can be seen on the west side of the bridge.
Date: 1948-08-31
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking East on 18th and Terminal Viaduct
Description: View facing east along 18th Street from near its intersection with Kansas Avenue. The 18th Street Kansas City Terminal Railway Viaduct is in view. Buildings and cars parked along 18th Street on the opposite side of the bridge can be seen.
Date: 1948-08-31
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Looking North on Brooklyn and Terminal Viaduct
Description: View facing north along Brooklyn Avenue from near its intersection with 20th Street. The Brooklyn Avenue Kansas City Terminal Railway Viaduct is in view. A pedestrian and a parked car can be seen on the west side of the street. Signs for Nash automobiles and Butternut bread can be seen on the east side of the bridge.
Date: 1948-08-31
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City, Mo. Stock Yards
Description: Aerial panoramic view looking west of the Kansas City stockyards in the West Bottoms taken from 500 ft. above 19th and Genesee streets. A note in the lower left hand corner notes that the photograph was taken using the Lawrence Captive Airship. The view stretches across the Kansas River and into Kansas City, Kansas. The Missouri River is in view on the right hand side of the image. The first Livestock Exchange Building at 16th Street and State Line Road can be seen.
Date: 1907-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Broadway and Hannibal Bridge
Description: View looking northwest of the Broadway and second Hannibal bridges over the Missouri River. A train on the south bank of the river can be seen.
Date: 1956~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Glasgow Steel Bridge
Description: Photo of the Glasgow Bridge spanning the Missouri River at Glasgow, Missouri. People can been seen standing on the bridge, as well as along the railroad tracks below.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Southern Express Train
Description: A Kansas City Southern Railroad Express train traveling over an unknown bridge. A car passing beneath the bridge can be seen.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

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