Photograph of artist Thomas Hart Benton posing near his painting of Persephone.
Image Gallery
1935
Photograph of James Madison Kemper, Jr., Arch E. Downing, William T. Kemper, Sr., David Woods Kemper, and William T. Kemper, Jr. posed on horseback (left to right).
Photograph of the Sinclair Oil Company station, the first gas station in Johnson County, at 75th and Metcalf, circa 1920. Ralph Jessup, dressed in coveralls and a cap, stands near a gas pump.
An autochrome photograph of the Municipal Rose Garden (Loose Park Rose Garden) looking from the northwest.
Circa 1928 photograph with frontal and side view of the Faxon and Gallagher Drug Company; located on the northwest corner of 8th Street and Broadway Boulevard.
1932
Full length group photograph of three of the Blue Devils, taken by Bert Studios, Kansas City, (left to right): Ernie Williams, George Hudson, Lester Young, ca. 1932. Source: Jimmy Jewel.
March 24th 1921
Photograph of storefronts along the west side of the 900 block of Grand Avenue. This vantage point faces northwest from the northeast corner of 10th Street and Grand. The R. A.
September 17th 1932
An autochrome photograph of Albert R. Jones's 165 foot long residence, taken from the northwest. Jones was a Kansas City lawyer.
1932
Photograph looking north along Main Street from 12th Street. The Newman Theater is pictured to the left.
July 6th 1931
Mugshot of Frank Mulloy, Inmate #39293. Mulloy was sentenced to time in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth after being convicted of violating the Prohibition Act.
July 20th 1935
An autochrome photograph of E. V. Ingraham seated by logs at Unity Farm (Unity Village).
Circa 1928 photograph with full frontal and side view of the Southwest Motor Car Company, located at the southeast corner 26th Street, Walnut Street, and Grand Avenue.
Circa 1930 photograph with an aerial view looking east-northeast across the West Bottoms from Kansas City, Kansas.
October 23rd 1933
An autochrome photograph of the north end of the Lake of the Woods, taken from the south. The lake is located in the southeast corner of Swope Park.
An autochrome photograph of a small waterfall in Brush Creek and a fairway in the Kansas City Country Club.
Photograph of unidentified nurses at The Willows Maternity Hospital, along with an unidentified man.
Circa 1930 photograph of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church located at 901 W. 23rd Street (now Avenida Cesar E Chavez).
October 1933
Photograph of five children and a dentist at the Westside Health Center, part of the Richard Cabot Club that "promotes a general health program for the West Side." The image is featured i
May 1st 1935
Photograph capturing one of the hardships faced by families during the Dust Bowl--starving cattle.
1923
A pergola covered with ivy with a wading pool in the background. A small child is standing in the pool located in Arbor Villa Park.
August 16th 1932
An autochrome photograph of Dr. Richard L. Sutton's residence, taken from the east. Sutton was a famous Kansas City dermatologist.
Photograph of a demonstration of clay modeling at the Boys Hotel at the southeast corner of Admiral Boulevard and Flora Avenue.
Candid photograph of unidentified nurses at The Willows Maternity Hospital.
June 8th 1937
Photograph of a Nelly Don Pioneers Luncheon, hosted by Nell Donnelly Reed in her office on June 8, 1937.
1926
Photograph with caption, "Mill Creek Drive at 47th Street, showing the proposed roadway due north to Brookside Boulevard Extension and main at 41st Street.
Photograph of James A. Reed and Nell Donnelly Reed's living room in their home at 5236 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
Photograph with exterior, street view of the Harris House located at the northeast corner of Westport Avenue (now Westport Road) and Pennsylvania Avenue.
September 12th 1932
An autochrome photograph of the Visitation Church, taken from the west.
Photograph of James A. Reed and Nell Donnelly Reed's sunroom in their home at 5236 Cherry Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The caption reads, "#8 Sunroom.
1926
Photograph with caption, "proposed new trafficway looking east on 48th Street from Country Club Car Line."
Photograph of a group of young men gathered near two bars at Porter Dairy Farm in Overland Park, Kansas, circa 1930.
Photograph with full frontal view of Business Men's Assurance Co. building on Pershing Road, the former Sweeney School for auto, tractor, and aviation. Park Hotel is visible in background.
Photograph of a child and a goat inside a wood box on the Schutzel Farm in the mid-1930s. The 55-acre farm, near 135th Street (then Kansas Highway 150) and Switzer Street, was owned by Emil J.
June 7th 1928
Exterior of the Convention Hall that housed the 1928 National Republican Convention in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
May 13th 1937
An autochrome photograph of A. B. Eisenhower's residence, taken looking northeast at the intersection of Ensley Lane and Tomahawk Road.