Kansas City in the Jazz Age & Great Depression

Autochrome Collection


The Frank Lauder Autochromes consist of unique color images of homes, gardens, and landmarks in the Kansas City metropolitan area taken in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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Spirea and House of Othello M. Evans and Viola Evans

May 6th 1934

Garden of Arno L. Roach

June 21st 1938

Charles, Harriet, Rosemary, and Waldo Rickert Fillmore

July 13th 1935

Garage Entrance of John E. Horn

August 14th 1934

House of Loucille Wade Baier

October 23rd 1933

Lake of the Woods

October 23rd 1933

Cottage at Unity Farm

July 16th 1935

Thomas H. Swope Mausoleum

October 7th 1933

Kansas City Country Club and Brush Creek

June 17th 1932

Cliff Drive

September 23rd 1933

House of Fletcher Cowherd

Rock Garden and House of Sid J. Hare

April 16th 1934

Swope Memorial Golf Course, Hole #8

"Blaze" Rose Arch at Fuller Pergola

June 16th 1935

Lydia J. Barr with Morning Glories

September 24th 1940

House of C. W. Larabee

May 9th 1935

Lowell and Alice Fillmore with Frances Fillmore

July 21st 1935

House and Tulips of Maurice R. Smith

May 10th 1935

Bill McCurry at Unity Farm Pool

July 11th 1935

The Walnuts Gardens

May 6th 1937

Northeast Corner Pool of Unity Farm

June 14th 1935

House of Hunter L. Gary

August 18th 1932

House of Harry C. Alley

June 22nd 1933

Japanese Maple and House of Neil G. Lilley

May 19th 1933

House of W. H. Collins

July 2nd 1932

Small Child with Easter Bunny Statue

April 7th 1934

Rose Pergola of A. E. Mosier

June 8th 1932

House of Bryce B. Smith

May 2nd 1933

House of Dr. Richard L. Sutton

August 15th 1932

Nelson Gallery of Art

House of Charles R. Cook

September 17th 1932

Fountain at Alameda Road and Wyandotte Street

September 25th 1932

Lake Tapawingo with Two Women

June 24th 1938

Red Bud Tree and Sid J. Hare

April 16th 1934

"Elmhurst" Motor Entrance with Spireas Blooming

May 3rd 1933

House of James A. Reed

September 22nd 1932

Swimming Pool of Dan W. Moser

June 20th 1933

Sculpture at House Entrance of Martha D. Shields

September 9th 1932

Fountain and Summer House at The Walnuts

July 22nd 1936

House of Herbert F. Hall

September 9th 1932

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