Photographs of businesses on a corner of Cherry and Park Streets in downtown Olathe, Kansas, in the 1940s.
Image Gallery
Photograph of Kansas City organized crime figure Giovanni "John" Blando.
May 1937
Clipping entitled "They Receive Diplomas at the Barstow School" from May 1937 with caption stating, "Seated in the front row are (left to right) Joan Tureman, Jane Daily, Shirley Cla
1923
This picture of Arbor Villa Park was taken looking south-southeast at the intersection of 66th Terrace and Main Street. A man and a woman stand near the pergola in Arbor Villa Park.
Photograph of the Hotel Olathe at 100 West Santa Fe Street in Olathe, Kansas, in the 1940s.
July 18th 1938
Mugshot for Glenn Barnard, Inmate #53424. Barnard was sentenced to one year and six months in the U.S.
1930
Photograph of the Board of Trade Building, located at the southeast corner of 10th Street and Wyandotte Street.
Undated photograph of an unidentified location showing railroad facilities in Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the Altoona Apartments (later renamed the Concord Apartments), once located on the south side of 8th Street between Troost Avenue and Forest Avenue.
Candid photograph of unidentified nurses at The Willows Maternity Hospital.
1926
Photograph with caption, "looking southeast from 47th and Virginia Avenue." The photograph's annotations label streets and show proposed road improvements, including plans to widen 4
Photograph with exterior, street view of the Harris House located at the northeast corner of Westport Avenue (now Westport Road) and Pennsylvania Avenue.
August 10th 1933
An autochrome photograph of Helen H. McDermand's house, taken from the east. Her deceased husband, Frank R. McDermand, Jr., was president of the Columbian Hog and Cattle Powder Company.
April 17th 1930
Postcard of the "Elm Street U-Smile Camp, 1 mile east of Kansas City on U.S. No. 40, 70 cottages." The camp and adjacent gas station (not pictured) was owned by Joseph Herman.
Circa 1928 photograph with frontal and side view of the Lathrop Building, once located on the southeast corner of 10th Street and Grand Avenue.
Circa 1930 photograph with an aerial view looking east towards the the Kansas City, Kansas Municipal Plant.
March 30th 1938
Photograph of T. J. Pendergast (left) and James M. Pendergast (right). The caption on the back of the image reads, "KC 440785, K.C. POLITICAL SMILES AS MACHINE CLICKS KANSAS CITY, MO.----T.
This photograph was taken looking south-southeast on Main Street just south of 16th Street.
July 22nd 1936
An autochrome photograph of The Walnuts gardens, taken looking east-southeast.
July 27th 1939
Newspaper article reporting on a speech given by Frederick E. Whitten in which he rails against the corruption of the Pendergast organization.
May 6th 1934
An autochrome photograph of Othello M. Evans's residence with a spirea in front of its entrance. Evans was president and treasurer of the Enterprise Cabinet Company.
An autochrome photograph of Allen Logan's residence, taken from the west. Logan was the founder of Logan Brothers Grain Company.
April 1931
Photograph of the City Market (foreground) and City Hall (background) looking northwest from the intersection of 5th Street and Walnut Street.
April 29th 1934
An autochrome photograph of tulips at the entrance to the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Photograph of students outside the Clara Barton School. The school served the Mexican community of Kansas City, Kansas, from the 1920s until it was damaged by flooding in 1951.
1937
Photograph of the exterior of the Simon Company plant, a mattress manufactuer, in the Fairfax District of Kansas City, Kansas.
April 2nd 1922
Marion Cauger, friend of Walt Disney, seated on a statue of a lion at the Thomas H. Swope Memorial in Swope Park, Kansas City, Missouri. Marion was the nephew of Arthur V.
June 1941
Photograph of businesses at the southeast corner of Walnut Street and 4th Street. Pictured establishments include Defeo Fruit Co., L. Yukon & Sons Produce Co., Inc., and William F.
1935
Photograph of the swimming pool at the rear of the Kittle family home at in Westwood Hills, Kansas, in 1935.
Photograph looking north along Kersey Coates Drive near the end of 10th Street. The palisades or cliffs of West Terrace Park are in view.
A color glass plate positive photograph of a man putting on the fifth hole of the Mission Hills Country Club Golf Course.
June 15th 1919
The report of a social survey of Armourdale, a community of 12,000 people living in the industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph of the 1921 Merriam High School girls basketball team. Eight student/players pose on steps in front of a school building door with a teacher.