Troost Avenue and 17th Street

Description:

This photograph was taken looking south-southwest on the west side of the Troost Avenue and 17th Street intersection in Kansas City, Missouri. Advertisements for Benzo-Gas and Harris-Goar are shown on Merrit Outdoor Advertising Co. billboards. Troost Avenue carlines, City-Center Junk Co., and a sign for 'veneered panels' also shown.

Creator:

Merritt Outdoor Advertising Co.

Genre:

Photographs

Subject:

Street railroad tracks

Automobiles

Billboard posters

Streets

Owning Organization:

The Black Archives of Mid-America

Modern Location:

1700 Troost Avenue

Kansas City, MO

Neighborhood:

Crossroads

18th & Vine

Historical Street Name:

Troost Avenue

17th Street

Other Versions of this Object:

http://blackarchives.org/collections/photograph-city-scene-troost-and-17th-street

Rights Statement:

Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from The Black Archives of Mid-America. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to The Black Archives of Mid-America.

Digital Object Identifier:

BAMA-00000405