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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Kansas City Southern Bridge in Swope Park

October 24th 1933

Madonna Lilies and Marilyn Moreland

June 11th 1933

Bechtel's Crab Tree

May 2nd 1934

Man and Woman Entering Swope Memorial Golf Course Clubhouse

Richard Lynch

July 25th 1935

Road Entrance of Albert R. Jones

September 16th 1932

Northeast Corner Pool of Unity Farm

June 29th 1935

House of Siegmund Harzfeld

June 23rd 1933

Verona Columns

June 20th 1932

Fountain on Central Street at 47th Street

September 30th 1932

Unity Farm Amphitheater

July 3rd 1935

Lake of the Willows

July 16th 1932

"Blaze" Rose Arch at Fuller Pergola

June 12th 1935

Browning Society Rose Bed

House of Harry C. Alley

June 22nd 1933

House of Lester T. Sunderland

June 9th 1932

Sara Gee and Roses

June 4th 1937

House of Eugene W. Goebel

August 27th 1932

House of Allen Logan

Rose Garden of Isaac Katz

May 1940

House of Charles R. Cook

September 14th 1932

House of Hugh J. Mathews, Jr.

September 20th 1932

Tudor Fountain and Lotus Pool

August 12th 1933

Helen H. Miller with "Paul's Scarlet" Climbers

June 10th 1935

Kansas City Country Club Entrance and Brush Creek

May 10th 1935

Lilies on Gregory Boulevard

June 27th 1935

Japanese Double Peach Tree

April 18th 1935

Swimming Pool of Dan W. Moser

June 20th 1933

House and Pergola of Helen H. McDermand

August 10th 1933

The Walnuts Gardens

May 4th 1937

Troost Park Lake

September 23rd 1933

House of Charles S. Keith

June 9th 1933

Harriet O'Brien with "I. D. Ver Warner" Dahlias

October 10th 1934

Large Picnic Oven

July 13th 1935

Inez Moore Goetz and Regal Lilies

June 26th 1935

Presidents and Past Presidents Club Rose Bed and Pergola

June 21st 1935

"Elmhurst" Motor Entrance with Spireas Blooming

May 3rd 1933

Miss Jean Love at Swimming Pool

August 12th 1932

Tulips and House of T. H. Mastin

April 24th 1934

House of James A. Reed

September 22nd 1932

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