Clipping showing James M. Pendergast, Bennett Champ Clark, and Joe Shannon (left to right) conversing to together.
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Machine Politics, Organized Crime, and Reform
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Photograph of Bryce B. Smith standing, facing left in the new City Hall at the northeast corner of 12th Street and Oak Street, ca. 1937-39.
John B. Gage, Kansas City mayor from 1940 to 1946, in city council chambers.
Mug shot of Hymie Ballew, Inmate No. 42199 at the Missouri State Penitentiary.
Architectural rendering of the Jackson County Courthouse in Independence, Missouri, after renovations in 1933.
Photograph showing Dwight Brown, former Governor Guy Park, and Herbert T. Hilscher at unidentified South Central Business Association function.
Portrait of Albert I. Beach, Mayor of Kansas City MO from 1924-1930. Source: Kansas City Museum (George Fuller Green Collection).
John B. Gage, Kansas City mayor from 1940 to 1946, in city council chambers.
Photograph of Kansas City organized crime figure Giovanni "John" Blando.
Photograph of City Hall, Kansas City, Missouri, which opened on October 25, 1937.
Photograph of a daytime rally for Alfred E. Smith and Joe Robinson during the 1928 presidential campaign.
Henry F. McElroy, Kansas City's first city manager and proponent of the Ten Year Plan.
Photograph of Ben Bernie, radio star and musician, with Frank Cromwell and Mayor Bryce Smith and other unidentified men at unidentified location wi
Photograph of the old Jackson County Courthouse in Independence, Missouri, prior to renovations in 1933. Later known as the Truman Courthouse.
Editorial cartoon by S. J. Ray entitled "It Sometimes Looks Like We Hadn't Come Very Far", no date.