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Aerial view of Kansas City Structural Steel facility and grounds; located at 21st Street and Metropolitan Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
Date : 1930 (year approximate)
Collection: Aerial Views
In Pitch's second annual "road trip" in the Kansas City metro area, various authors describe points along State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County. Historic locations…
Date : 2005-09-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Photos and article about the food kitchen opened in 1982 at the Saint Mary's Catholic Church at 5th and Ann Streets in Kansas City, Kansas, by Mrs. Wilhelmina Gill, "director of the…
Date : 1982-11
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
File contains articles with references to Sauer Castle in Kansas City, Kansas, especially the "Old Mansion" article, with photos of the residence built in 1871.
Date : 1975-07-27
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
South side of Minnesota Avenue from 5th Street.
Date : 1949
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Article about the conflict between Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, over the new state of the art railroad "food terminal," with photo.
Date : 1939-12-16
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Obituary for August J. Haner from the "Kansas City Times," August 16, 1898. States that he opened the first grocery store in Kansas City, Kansas. He was also a freighter across the plains…
Date : 2002
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Coming to Kansas City, Kansas in 1998, Sister Vickie Perkins works with early childhood and education agencies in Wyandotte County. Her work is through the Gardner Institute created in 1997 by the…
Date : 2002-01
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Special section of the magazine concerning positive aspects of the development and redevelopment of Kansas City, Kansas (a consolidated government with Wyandotte County), including the proposed…
Date : 1998-10
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Close-up view of unidentified building at American Smelting and Refining Company.
Date : 1900
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Full frontal and side view of Wyandotte County courthouse; located on northeast corner of 7th and Barnett.
Date : 1950
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Descriptions of the Huron Indian Cemetery at 7th and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, adjacent to the Kansas City, Kansas, Main Public Library and also known as the "Wyandot City of the…
Date : 1935
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Article describes history and current situation of the Wyandotte Indian Cemetery in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Recent efforts to develop a casino on or near the cemetery have brought up the…
Date : 2006
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Description of the origin and early history of the town of Argentine, Kansas, in Wyandotte County, quickly becoming an industrial area upon its 1880 establishment. Description of its growth with the…
Date : 1935
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
View of George I. Clark tombstone in Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. Clark is identified as "Head Chief of the Wyandotte Nation, Born June 10, 1802, Died Jan. 25, 1858". Identified…
Collection: Assorted Images
Damage at 4th Street and Kansas Avenue in Armourdale, Kansas, after the 1903 flood.
Date : 1903-06-10
Collection: Assorted Images
7th Street Trafficway and Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas.
Date : 1951
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
Information about the Grinter place, or Grinter house, built in 1857 just north of the Kansas River in Kansas City, Kansas, by Moses Grinter (1809-1878) and his wife Anna Grinter (1820-1905).…
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Description of the original settlement of "the town of Wyandotte City," or "what is now Kansas City, Kansas." Described as being made up mostly of Wyandotte Indians in the 1840s.
Date : 1921-10-03
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
After being appointed in 2001 to fill an unexpired term on the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas/Wyandotte, John Mendez was elected to a four-year term in 2003. He is the first Hispanic…
Date : 2003-04-17
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
Topographical map of the Kansas City Metropolitan area at the turn of the century, including outlying areas of Platte and Clay counties in Missouri, and Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas.…
Date : 1894
Collection: Maps
Extensive article about constants and changes in the character of Kansas City, including its vice, violence, and corruption of the late 1800s and 1930s. Also a descriptive section on Independence…
Date : 1950-03
Collection: Local History Index (Citations)
J.J. Banks residence, 8th and Shawnee, Kansas City, Kansas.
Date : 1951
Collection: Photographs (General Collection)
View looking northeast of the Mannasmith and Kelchner grocery store at 14th Street and Central Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas. A car parked on Central Avenue can be seen. Signs for Coca-Cola and…
Date : 1935 (year approximate)
Collection: Historic Kansas City Foundation Images