1930's photograph showing the Granada Theater, built by Ben Gorman, 1015 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.
Image Gallery
June 20th 1936
Photograph of a crowd viewing one of the events at W. T. Kemper, Sr.'s annual picnic and barbecue for employees of Commerce Trust Company and associated banks.
April 16th 1934
An autochrome photograph of Sid J. Hare standing next to a blossoming red bud tree on his property. Hare was a Kansas City landscape architect.
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.
May 10th 1931
Panoramic photograph of the Paseo Y.M.C.A. men's bible study class.
September 30th 1926
Two photographs of the viaduct at Goddard Viaduct in Kansas City, Kansas.
1925
In 1925, the J. C. Nichols Company maintained a small sales office in the Stratford Gardens area located at the southeast corner of 61st Street and State Line Road.
1934
Group portrait of members of the Firestone Service Company bowling team, identified as the 1933-34 champions of the South Central Business Association.
1941
Photograph of fifteen members of the St. Aloysius Young Ladies Sodality with toys to be donated in their mission work.
1940
Photograph looking east toward businesses on the east side of Walnut Street between 4th Street and 5th Street.
September 8th 1928
Mugshot of Tony Laptino, Inmate #30647. Laptino was sentenced to time in the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth after being convicted of violating the Prohibition Act.
1940
Band members playing in McShann band, including Charlie Parker, Tulsa, OK, 1940-41. Source: Gene Ramey.
1935
Photograph with slide description: "Lobby, Union Station, Kansas City, Mo." This vantage point faces east with the entrances on the right.
Photograph of a two-story house at 5704 W. 61st Terrace in Mission, Kansas, circa 1940. The house has a one-car garage, bay window, and screened porch, and was built in 1939.
May 10th 1939
An autochrome photograph of Leslie T. Martin's house, tower, and garden on Briarcliff between present-day Route 9 and North Briarcliff Road.
June 22nd 1941
Photograph of the Annunciation CYC softball team in June, 1941. Annunciation parish was located at 2870 Linwood Boulevard.
Photograph of boys attending a night school at the Boys Hotel at the southeast corner of Admiral Boulevard and Flora Avenue.
Photograph of the Westport Junior High School located at the northeast corner of 39th Street and McGee Street.
Circa 1928 photograph with partial side view of the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company. Also pictured are signs on the building for Sunshine Biscuits and Vassar Chocolates.
October 8th 1932
This 48-page issue of the Jackson County Medical Journal focuses on the "Kansas City General Hospital: Colored Division", also known as General Hospital No. 2.
November 3rd 1936
Clipping entitled "Court Order Votes" from the Kansas City Journal-Post on November 3, 1936 showing Kansas Citians voting at various polling locations on General Election Day.
1929
Publicity photo of Chic Scoggin, Pla-Mor Orchestra director, standing and holding a conducting baton.
This photograph was taken looking west towards Bell Street from the intersection of 39th Street and Genessee Street in Kansas City, Missouri.
May 24th 1927
Postcard of the Hospital Hill on 23rd Street in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces southeast from near the intersection of Gillham Road and 22nd Street.
September 17th 1932
An autochrome photograph of Albert R. Jones's 165 foot long residence, taken from the northwest. Jones was a Kansas City lawyer.
T. H. Holder’s orchestra posed with instruments; Claude Williams on left end. Source: Claude Williams.
1932
Full length group photograph of three of the Blue Devils, taken by Bert Studios, Kansas City, (left to right): Ernie Williams, George Hudson, Lester Young, ca. 1932. Source: Jimmy Jewel.
June 15th 1919
The report of a social survey of Armourdale, a community of 12,000 people living in the industrial district of Kansas City, Kansas.
1925
Photograph looking west along the south side of 12th Street between Campbell Street and Harrison Street. C. E. Houston Furniture Company is pictured.
November 10th 1917
Photograph of the Perry Orphans' Home and grounds, located at Westport Road and Belleview.
Undated photograph of unidentified railroad workers in Kansas City, Kansas. Railroad jobs brought many Mexican immigrants to Kansas City, Kansas.
Photograph with side and front view of the Livestock Exchange Building, located just west of the intersection of 16th Street and Genessee Street.
This photograph was taken looking southwest at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Pershing Road.
Illustrated photograph from a pamphlet advertising real estate in the Hocker Grove subdivision of Merriam, Kansas, circa 1915.
September 14th 1932
An autochrome photograph of Eugene W. Goebel's residence, taken from the east. Goebel was a Kansas City oil producer.
Postcard of Fairyland Park, once located at the southeast corner of 75th Street and Prospect Avenue. This vantage point faces south near the entrance to the park.