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Title: Catholic Community Club
Description: View looking southwest of the Catholic Community Club Building at the corner of Armour Boulevard and Forest Avenue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oakland Motor Cars Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Oakland Motor Cars Building that once stood at the corner of Grand Avenue and 24th Street, also known as Pershing Road. The reverse side of the photograph identifies the structure as the Seested Building. Cars parked along 24th Street can be seen. A sign for the Skelly Oil Company is in view.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: St. Mary's Episcopal Church and Surroundings
Description: Elevated view looking southeast taken from atop City Hall showing the area surrounding St. Mary's Episcopal Church. Several downtown buildings and streets can be seen. 15th, 14th, 13th. 12th, Charlotte, Holmes, Cherry, and Locust streets are labeled on the image.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Downtown Skyline from Penn Valley Park
Description: View looking northeast of the downtown skyline taken from Penn Valley Park. The Penn Valley Park Lake, the Kansas City Power and Light Building, the Fidelity National Bank Building, and the Jackson County Courthouse can be seen.
Date: 1934~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillham, McGee and Grand at 22nd
Description: Elevated view looking southwest along Gillham Road (left), McGee Street (center), and Grand Avenue (right). The first General Hospital Building, Later General Hospital #2, can be seen on the left hand side of the image. The Franklin Hudson Publishing Company Building, later the Kansas City Journal-Post Building, is also on the left. The Carnie-Goudie Company Building is on the right. Signs for Packard automobile company, Kelly-Springfield Tires, and Schutte Lumber are in view. Several cars and pedestrians can be seen.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gillham and Pershing Roads Looking North from 25th Street
Description: View facing north along Gillham and Pershing Roads from their intersection with 25th Street. A service station sign advertising Wilcox Gasoline can be seen on the east side of Gillham Road. Several prominent downtown Kansas City buildings are in view in the background. Cars traveling north along Gillham and Pershing roads can be seen.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Elevated view of the Country Club Plaza
Description: Elevated view looking south of the Country Club Plaza district taken from above the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and 47th Street. Several Plaza buildings, houses and automobile service stations are in view. The Raphael Hotel and the Locarno Apartments buildings can be seen.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gayety Theater
Description: View looking southwest of the Gayety Theater, once located at 12th and Wyandotte streets. The Aladdin Hotel can be seen in the background. Street railway tracks along 12th Street can be seen. A sign reads: Gayety - Peppy, Mutual, Burlesque. View looking southeast of the Gayety Theater, once located at 12th and Wyandotte streets. A car, pedestrians, and street railway tracks can be seen. The Hotel Muehlebach (left) and the Aladdin Hotel (right) are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gayety Theater
Description: View looking southeast of the Gayety Theater, once located at 12th and Wyandotte streets. Cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and street railway tracks can be seen. The Hotel Muehlebach (left) and the Aladdin Hotel (right) are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gayety Theater
Description: View looking southeast of the Gayety Theater, once located at 12th and Wyandotte streets. A car, pedestrians, and street railway tracks can be seen. The Hotel Muehlebach (left) and the Aladdin Hotel (right) are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Star Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Kansas City Star building at 18th Street and Grand Avenue. Cars parked along Grand Avenue can be seen. The caption on the photograph reads: Exterior View Kansas City Star. Jarvies Hunt - Architect, Peter Larson - Builder, Haydite Concrete in Addition.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Argyle Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Argyle Building at 306 E. 12th Street at its intersection with McGee Street. The first four floors of the building were completed in 1907, the upper floors were completed in 1925. Cars and pedestrians can be seen. Buildings that once stood along 12th and McGee streets. Signs for Katz Drugstores, the Bickel Company, Chesterfield Cigarettes, Coca-Cola, and Keene and Simpson Architects are in view.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Star
Description: Interior view of the Kansas City Star press room addition. Newspaper production equipment can be seen. The caption on the photograph reads: Press Room Addition - Haydite Concrete, Kansas City Star, Jarvies Hunt - Architect, Peter Larson - Builder.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Alarm Exchange Building
Description: View looking northeast of the Fire Alarm Exchange Building that once stood at 418 E. 22nd Street.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Israel Motor Transfer Trucks Loaded with Haydite Concrete
Description: View of trucks loaded with blocks of Haydite Concrete for Memorial Building in Independence, Missouri, taken from Grand Avenue just south of its intersection with 19th Street. A sign for C&D Auto Salvage can be seen. Workers are posed on Grand Avenue standing outside their trucks. The buildings at 1916-1924 Grand Avenue can be seen on the left hand side of the image. Buildings that once stood on Grand Avenue south of 19th Street are in view on the right. The Thomas Corrigan Building at the corner of 19th and Walnut streets can be seen in the background.
Date: 1925~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rahe's Automobile Training School
Description: 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.
Date: 1916-10-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Waldheim Building
Description: View of the Waldheim Building; located on the northeast corner of 11th and Main streets. Located on the first floor is the Frisco Line Ticket Office. Partial view of Commerce Trust Company in the background. Letterhead for the Waldheim Building, Hughes Bryant, Agent is on the back of photograph #24.
Date: 1913~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Westinghouse ElectricBuilding
Description: View looking northwest of the Westinghouse Electric building at 2120 Wyandotte Street. A car parked outside of the building can be seen.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Rahe's Automobile Training School
Description: 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.
Date: 1916-11-21
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Down-town Garage
Description: Elevated view looking northeast of the construction of a Down-Town Garage at 1219 Wyandotte Street. The building was completed in 1922. Signs for the Gayety Theater and the Fogel Construction Company are in view. Three figures are standing atop the structure. A small portion of the Kansas City Club Building can be seen on the right hand side of the image. The image caption reads: Down Town Garage. Hans Von Unwerth, Engineers - Fogel Construction Company Contractors - Haydite Aggregate sold by the Haydite Company.
Date: 1922~
Object Type: Photograph

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