Early 1940s photograph of Macedonia Baptist Church congregation members as they depart on a trolley ride to Fairyland (7501 Prospect Avenue) for an annual church picnic there.
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Walt Disney's Laugh-O-Gram office, located in the second story of the McConahay Building at 31st Street and Forest Avenue.
November 1925
This picture was taken looking northwest just south of the intersection of 71st Street (now Gregory Boulevard) and Wornall Road.
Photograph of a Transcontinental and Western Air attendant checking passengers as they enter a "Lindbergh Line" Douglas Commercial airplane at Municipal Airport.
September 20th 1933
An autochrome photograph of the croton flowers outside of the Swope Park Shelter House, taken from the east.
July 18th 1938
Mugshot for Weeden Henderson, Inmate #53425. Henderson was sentenced to one year and six months in the U.S.
Portrait of Bryce B. Smith, Mayor of Kansas City MO from 1930-1940. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).
October 23rd 1933
An autochrome photograph of Mrs. Loucille Wade Baier's house with sumac on display in foreground.
1940
Photograph of the exterior of the Shawnee Indian Mission north building under major reconstruction, with the building's stone foundation visible, and brick walls partially deconstructed.
Standard Oil Company Filling Station planned, designed and constructed by the J. C. Nichols Company for the Standard Oil Company.
Photograph of Gotham Apartments located at the northwest corner of Chestnut Avenue and Linwood Boulevard.
May 20th 1933
An autochrome photograph of Ruby M. Robinson with rare poppies on her property. Her husband, Dr. Ernest F. Robinson, was a Kansas City surgeon.
A color glass plate positive photograph of a man putting on the fifteenth hole of the Mission Hills Country Club Golf Course.
Early 1920's photograph of the Southard Feed Mill, located at the southeast corner of 17th Street and Cookson Avenue (Potter Avenue).
September 21st 1918
Postcard showing Kansas City, Missouri from the Junction at 9th Street and Main Street. This vantage point faces south down Main Street. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Mr.
May 30th 1939
Photograph of Mr. Russell, an automobile mechanic teacher at R. T. Coles Vocational and Junior High School.
March 27th 1932
Clipping entitled "Ready for the Big Parade" from the Kansas City Times on March 28, 1932 that shows Kansas City Democrats boarding trains the previous day to the Democratic State Convent
July 14th 1918
Postcard of the Main Lobby of the Hotel Muehlebach, located at the southwest corner of Baltimore Avenue and 12th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
June 7th 1935
An autochrome photograph of Margaret J. Helmers with "Mary Wallace" roses on the property of William C. Helmers, Executive, Helmers Manufacturing Company.
June 13th 1928
Postcard of the Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces northeast at the intersection of 13th and Central Street.
June 5th 1922
Photograph looking east towards the McGee freight sub-station and team yards from the McGee Street Viaduct.
1926
Portrait of Dr. Ernest W. Cavaness, City Hospital, 1926). At the time, Cavaness was the city health director for Kansas City, Missouri.
Photograph of the Wolferman Building located on the northeast corner of 59th and Main. Also shows delivery cars and men presumed to be Wolferman employees.
1938
Wide view of Oak Meyer Gardens housing development. This vantage point faces northwest from 69th Street and Holmes Road.
November 2nd 1934
Clipping from the Pendergast-controlled newspaper the Missouri Democrat on November 2, 1934.
1938
Group portrait of Donnelly Garment Company employess, identified as "Section 521," at company Christmas party.
An aerial view of the Mission Hills Country Club showing the completed club house, with State Line Road running across the center of the picture.
1930
This picture of the Country Club Plaza Theater Building was taken from atop the Wolferman Building looking southwest, diagonal to the theater at 47th Street and Wyandotte Street.
1932
Exterior of Uptown Theatre and marquee at night, taken by Cresswell's, Kansas City, Missouri.
September 16th 1938
13 piece swing orchestra, part of WPA Federal Music Project playing at the Kansas City Boy's Orphan Home, Sept. 16, 1938.
July 22nd 1936
An autochrome photograph of a fountain and summer house, taken from the southeast in the gardens at The Walnuts.
July 21st 1935
An autochrome photograph of Lowell P. Fillmore and his wife Alice Lee Fillmore with their neice Frances Fillmore at their home at Unity Farm (Unity Village).
Aerial view of Kansas City's Municipal Airport with the Missouri River and downtown Kansas City, Missouri in the background.
December 28th 1928
Photograph looking west from the southeast corner of Linwood and Troost, at night with long exposure. Shows the LaSalle Hotel (right) and the Bodine Drugstore (left).
October 1933
Photograph of boys learning to make toys and furniture for themselves in a workshop at the Minute Circle Friendly House.
1936
Photograph with slide description: "Unloading trucks of cattle at the Stockyards, Kansas City, Mo. (1936)"