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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Woman with a Passion Flower Vine

September 12th 1934

House of Charles R. Cook

September 14th 1932

Picnic at Swope Park

House of William M. Hand

June 6th 1933

Municipal Rose Garden Arch

March 9th 1935

Rock Garden and House of Sid J. Hare

April 16th 1934

Mission Hills Country Club, Hole #15

Kansas City Country Club, Hole #2

House of Helen H. McDermand

June 22nd 1933

House of Frank M. Bernardin

July 20th 1932

Fountain at Alameda Road and Central Street

June 17th 1934

House of Siegmund Harzfeld

June 23rd 1933

House of Maurice R. Smith

May 22nd 1935

Lake Tapawingo with Two Women

June 24th 1938

E. V. Ingraham

July 20th 1935

House of Edward H. Witte

June 1st 1933

Bridge on 63rd Street at Indian Lane

September 26th 1932

Romanelli Gardens

August 7th 1932

Unity Farm from the Cloister

June 29th 1935

Northeast Corner Pool of Unity Farm

June 14th 1935

Bechtel's Crab Tree

May 2nd 1934

House of James Neal Foster and Sadie Ross Foster

June 30th 1932

Two Unidentified Women at the Garden of Harry D. Seavey

September 20th 1940

Madonna Lilies and Marilyn Moreland

June 11th 1933

House of Isaac Katz

July 14th 1932

"Gesneriana" Tulips, Pool, and Pergola

May 6th 1934

Laura C. Lauder with Spirea Flowers

May 6th 1933

House of N. W. Dible

June 5th 1933

House of Courtlandt Van Brunt

September 13th 1932

Lake Quivira

August 3rd 1941

Sara Gee and Roses

June 4th 1937

The Walnuts Gardens

May 4th 1937

Swimming Pool with Unidentified Man and Woman

August 3rd 1935

Frances W. Foulks

July 29th 1935

Model Sailboats at Swope Pool

June 1940

Fountain at Alameda Road and Wyandotte Street

September 25th 1932

Garden and Lake Quivira Outside Window

June 1940

House of Belknap C. Hawkes and Alice Hawkes

June 9th 1932

House of Dr. Eugene Carbaugh

July 11th 1932

Presidents and Past Presidents Club Rose Bed and Pergola

June 21st 1935

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