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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Large Picnic Oven

July 13th 1935

Country Club Plaza Theater

September 25th 1932

House of George H. Nettleton

April 28th 1942

Fountain and Summer House at The Walnuts

July 22nd 1936

Louis XIV & Afterglow Tulips

Nelson Gallery of Art from the University of Kansas City

October 1st 1933

House of Herbert F. Hall

August 2nd 1932

Banana Tree and Unidentified Woman

September 16th 1938

West Bottoms from Kersey Coates Drive

October 18th 1932

Pink "American Beauty" Roses

May 31st 1935

French Salon Mantel of R. A. Long

Lillie A. Jones in Tudor Garden

July 8th 1932

Forsythia

March 25th 1935

Nelson Gallery of Art

Driveway of Dr. Sam E. Roberts

May 15th 1941

Richard Lynch

July 25th 1935

Unity Farm Terrace Tea Room Staff

July 28th 1935

Loula Long Combs in Bed of Iris at Longview Farm

May 19th 1939

Tulips and House of T. H. Mastin

April 24th 1934

Ada B. Seibel with Regal Lilies

Tulips at Rose Hill Cemetery Entrance

April 29th 1934

House, Tower, and Garden of Leslie T. Martin

May 10th 1939

Two Unidentified Women at the Garden of Harry D. Seavey

September 20th 1940

Window and Tulips of Robert Sutherland

May 2nd 1933

Tennis Courts in Gillham Park

The Walnuts Gardens

May 4th 1937

Unidentified Women in Doorway

June 19th 1933

Fountain at Meyer Circle

September 17th 1934

House of Henry A. Auerbach

June 7th 1934

Swimming Pool and Fountains of Courtlandt Van Brunt

September 20th 1932

Unity Farm Terrace Tea Room

July 3rd 1935

Bechtel's Crab Trees

May 2nd 1934

Weigela with Sarah Rapelye

May 21st 1933

House of Dan W. Moser

June 15th 1933

Country Club Plaza Fiesta Flags

E. V. Ingraham

July 20th 1935

Swimming Pool with Unidentified Man and Woman

August 3rd 1935

Penn Valley Park from Scout Hill

June 15th 1932

House of E. C. Winters

June 24th 1933

Fountain at Alameda Road and Wyandotte Street

September 25th 1932

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