Photograph looking north along Troost Avenue from just south of Linwood Boulevard, at night with long exposure. Street outfitted with Christmas decorations.
Image Gallery
April 29th 1941
A color glass plate positive photograph of two girls sitting under hawthorn (crataegus) trees in bloom by Brush Creek and Indian Lane.
Photograph of St. Peter & Paul Church, once located at the southwest corner of 9th Street and McGee Street.
May 6th 1934
An autochrome photograph of "Gesneriana" tulips, a pool, and a pergola in the garden of Minnie Long Sloan.
1930
Photograph of the Castle Apartments, once located on the west side of Troost Avenue between 26th Street and 27th Street.
1939
Pla Mor pool with swimmers, taken by Cresswell's Phot Studio, Kansas City, Missouri, ca. 1939. The Pla-Mor was located at 3142 Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
1922
Carter home on the south side of 54th Street, between Belinder Road (now Belinder Avenue) and Porter Road (now Mission Road).
Photograph of the Patrons Fire & Tornado Association building at 125 South Cherry Street in Olathe, circa 1940.
1935
This picture was taken looking southwest at the future site of the Plaza Time Building.
Photograph of a Missouri and Kansas Interurban Railway, also known as the Strang Line, car circa 1920.
Photograph of children undergoing ultraviolet and hot water treatments at the R. J. DeLano School.
March 1940
Jay McShann Orchestra posing for a photo in the Century Room, located in Kansas City, Missouri. McShann is sitting at the piano.
Circa 1928 photograph with frontal and side view of the American Steel and Wire Company; located at 417-23 Grand Avenue.
November 1921
Photograph of James Madison Kemper (left), father of William Thornton Kemper, Sr. (right), father of James M. Kemper, Sr. (center), father of David W. Kemper (front).
Photograph of the reception room at Major Clinic. The clinic, owned and operated by Dr. Hermon S. Major, was a private facility devoted to the treatment of alcoholism.
September 12th 1932
An autochrome photograph of the Visitation Church, taken from the west.
This photograph was taken looking south-southeast on Virgina Avenue facing towards an advertisement for Benzo-Gas at 1325 East 8th Street.
This photograph was taken looking west on 8th Street from just east of Flora Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri.
1928
Photograph with full frontal and side view of the Sharp Building, located on the northwest corner of 11th and Walnut streets.
January 13th 1931
Executive committee at work in preparation of the Ten Year Plan in Kansas City.
1924
This picture was taken looking west on 69th Street just east of Brookside Road and Wornall Road.
Photograph with side and front view of the Livestock Exchange Building, located just west of the intersection of 16th Street and Genessee Street.
Portrait of Sam B. Strother, Mayor of Kansas City MO in 1922. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).
A color glass plate positive photograph of five young women posed by an archery target. This vantage point faces north in the median of The Paseo between 55th Street and 56th Street.
Undated photograph of unidentified railroad workers in Kansas City, Kansas. Railroad jobs brought many Mexican immigrants to Kansas City, Kansas.
June 27th 1921
Postcard of the lake and drive in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces north-northeast towards downtown from Penn Drive, south of 27th Street.
Photograph looking north on Monroe Avenue between 69th Street and 70th Street.
February 28th 1932
Clipping from an article on Tom Pendergast entitled "Portrait of 'The Boss'" in the Kansas City Star on February 28, 1932.
May 29th 1939
Mugshot of Pendergast tax fraud accomplice Robert Emmett O'Malley, Inmate #55296, taken at U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas.
December 9th 1927
Photograph of Joe Sanders with fur coat, bowler hat and spats standing beside Carleton Coon while waiting for a parade to begin.
Photograph of the Meyer Boulevard Evangelical Church located at the southwest corner of Meyer Boulevard and Rockhill Road. It was known later as the Trinity Evangelical Church.
July 2nd 1935
An autochrome photograph of Thomas L. Luzier's swimming pool, taken from the west. Luzier was founder of Luzier Personalized Cosmetics.
October 23rd 1933
An autochrome photograph of Mrs. Loucille Wade Baier's house with sumac on display in foreground.