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 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. 10th Street 10th Street circa 1950s View looking toward the southwest of the south side of 10th Street between Main and Baltimore in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The first of the two taller buildings is the Land Bank building, also known...
2. 10th Street 10th Street circa 1950s View of the intersection of 10th Street and Main Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View includes the Rothschild's clothing store on the southwest corner of the intersection. West of it is the Riss...
3. Abernathy Furniture Company Abernathy Furniture Company July 30,1950 The company was founded in 1856 in Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1878, it moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and eventually came to occupy more than 300,000 square feet at 1501-1525 West 9th Street and 908-910...
4. African American Care Givers African American Care Givers 1950 Interior view, appears to be a hospital room. Includes two unidentified, adult African American care givers tending to an African American child in a crib. Location probably General Hospital No.2, the...
5. Avondale, Missouri Avondale, Missouri 1950 Aerial view of Avondale, Missouri.
6. Avondale, Missouri Avondale, Missouri 1950 Aerial view of Avondale, Missouri.
7. Avondale, Missouri Avondale, Missouri 1950 Aerial view of Avondale, Missouri.
8. Bankers & Merchants Lithographing Co. Bankers & Merchants Lithographing Co. circa 1950 Street level view of a building identified on the outside as Bankers & Merchants Lithographing Co. On the left at the rear of the building can be seen what appears to be a large replica of a beer bottle...
9. Board of Education Building on 12th Street Board of Education Building on 12th Street circa 1950s Interior view of Wentworth Griffin and Roland B. Hewitt, both Board of Education members, looking at a model of the Board of Education/Library building to be built at 12th and Oak.
10. Clyde Hahn Scrapbooks and Other Material Finding Aid Clyde Hahn Scrapbooks and Other Material Finding Aid circa 1920s-1980s (bulk 1950s-1960s) Collection contains seven scrapbooks and other items compiled by Clyde Hahn, co-founder of the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks Club. Within the collection can be found photographs, correspondence, newspaper...
11. Corn Products Refining Company Plant Corn Products Refining Company Plant 1950 Aerial view of Corn Products Refining Company plant, located at 1001 North Bedford in North Kansas City.
12. Description of Kansas City in 1880 Description of Kansas City in 1880 1950 Chapter of the book about "Old West" Kansas City, complete with gunfighters, shady saloons, muddy streets, and sightings of Wild Bill Hickok. Includes a list of bordellos and saloons and their occupants,...
13. Distant Kansas City Skyline Distant Kansas City Skyline 1950 Looking northeast from Penn Valley Park.
14. Distant Kansas City Skyline Distant Kansas City Skyline 1950 Looking south from Briar Cliff just north of Kansas City Water Works.
15. Dory DeAngelo Papers Finding Aid Dory DeAngelo Papers Finding Aid circa 1950s-1990s Dory DeAngelo is a local author, historian, researcher, and longtime resident of Kansas City's Old Northeast neighborhood. She has written numerous books and articles about Kansas City history and has...
16. Downtown Kansas City Downtown Kansas City 1950 Looking down upon and slightly east of 13th and Central.
17. Downtown Kansas City Downtown Kansas City 1950 Looking northeast, near 13th and Grand.
18. Downtown Kansas City Downtown Kansas City 1950 Looking west, near 11th and Grand.
19. Downtown Kansas City Downtown Kansas City 1950 Looking northeast from 13th and Main.
20. Downtown Kansas City Downtown Kansas City 1950 Looking southeast, from the Missouri River.