Image Gallery

Photograph of Hugh and Mary White's four children at the Wolverine Dairy Farm in Overland Park circa 1941.

Circa 1930 photograph of students and a teacher on a double-decker bus parked outside of the Woodland Public School, located on the north side of 8th Street between Woodland Avenue and Euclid Avenu

Postcard of Main Street Theater, built in 1921 at the southwest corner of 14th Street and Main Street. It was used for vaudeville and cinema and had a seating capacity of 3,000.

July 16th 1935

An autochrome photograph of the "Kitty Kat Kottage", a cottage at Unity Farm (Unity Village).

1936

Postcard of the M. K. Goetz Brewing Company, built in 1936 at the northeast corner of 17th Street and Indiana Avenue. The card promotes Goetz Country Club Beer, "Made in Kansas City".

Composite photograph showing the various talents of musician, dancer, and singer L.C. “Speedy” Huggins. This photograph was likely taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s.

September 25th 1932

An autochrome photograph of the Country Club Plaza Theater, taken from the east.

Resonator guitar owned and played by Leroy "Buster" Berry while he was a member of Bennie Moten's Band. The only inscription on the instrument is "Pat.

Photograph portrait of Bryce B. Smith. mayor of Kansas City from 1930 to 1939.

July 3rd 1937

Clipping from the Kansas City Times on July 3, 1937 showing William D. Boyle of Boyle-Pryor Construction Company, Thomas J. Pendergast, and James M.

June 20th 1936

Photograph of Red Fox Farm Lake during W. T. Kemper, Sr.'s annual picnic and barbecue for employees of Commerce Trust Company and associated banks.

Photograph of Dr. Mary Myrtle Ozias Hill circa 1925. Hill practiced medicine in Kansas City, and was daughter of Dr. Charles O. Ozias, sister of Dr. Charles R. Ozias, and wife of Dr. Howard Hill.

Photograph of boys posed on the front steps of the Boys Hotel Main Building at the southeast corner of Admiral Boulevard and Flora Avenue.

March 21st 1935

Dust Bowl period photograph of two pedestrians in Kansas City during a dust storm at noon on March 21, 1935. These dust storms caused an estimated one billion dollars in damages.

November 1st 1933

An autochrome photograph of Merle Smith and the 36 maple trees that border the road to Joseph F.

October 20th 1921

Photograph of the members of Wayne Miner Post No. 149, American Legion, Kansas City, Missouri. This picture was taken on October 20, 1921 by J.E.

May 10th 1935

An autochrome photograph looking east over Lake Hiwassee in the Indian Hills subdivision.

June 28th 1918

Postcard showing the Santa Fe Trail Marker inside of a roundabout near Broadway and 30th Street in Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Missouri.

Photograph with exterior, street level view of the repair or shop building maintained by the Kansas City School District.

March 20th 1935

Dust Bowl period photograph of Union Station during a dust storm on March 20, 1935. This vantage point faces west towards Union Station from just east of Main Street.

Chauncey Downs and five unidentified women behind a microphone with instrumentalists in the background.

Photograph of Preston Allen, Jr. in uniform, taken by Ronson Studio.

Photograph of nurse Hilda Fielder (later Mrs. Lawrence Williams) standing under an arbor in the grounds of The Willows Maternity Hospital.

Photograph with full street level, exterior view of the First Presbyterian Church, once located at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 40th Street in Westport.

1930

Photograph looking west from the northeast corner of 12th Street and Locust Street. The Lee Hotel is pictured to the left.

September 20th 1932

An autochrome photograph of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza on Broadway between 47th Street and Alameda Road (now Nichols Road).

Woody Walder, Corrine Walder, Alberta Minor, and Bob Minor at Joe Jacob's Place, 18th and Vine, no date. Source: Corrine Walder.

Circa 1930 photograph with an aerial view, looking east, across the Armourdale district and towards the Kansas River.

Photograph of Elizabeth Gates Reeves, a production manager at Donnelly Garment Company.

Photograph of the Kansas City Post Office, open September 25, 1933 opposite Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri.

Photograph of cabins at Camp Bo-Ho-Ca, located on the east side of Blue River Road near 121st Street.

Circa 1928 photograph with frontal and side view of Burnap-Meyer, Incorporated, a printing company; located at 1021 McGee Street. This vantage point faces east-northeast across McGee Street.

Circa 1925 photograph with interior view of the original Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra seated and posed with their instruments.

Photograph with slide description, "Boy receiving heat treatment Children's Mercy Hospital, K.C., Mo."

December 8th 1923

Postcard showing the Palisades along Kersey Coates Drive in West Terrace Park, Kansas City, Missouri.

January 26th 1937

Photograph of the unidentified participants at the South Central Business Association Inaugural Dinner Dance and 17th Annual Frolic at the Hotel Bellerive. Garrett L.

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