Browse Collections (21 total)

Lawrence, Kansas 1950s

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A collection of colo photograph of Lawrence, Kansas from approximately 1950-1955. Images include the 1951 flood, a community parade, Lawrence High…

Harry Darby Photograph Collection

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This collection features images of the Darby Manufacturing Corp. from the years 1942 to the 1960s and photographs of Harry Darby, his wife, and his…

Main Library Construction

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Black and white photographs of the construction of the new Main Library.

Wyandotte County Oral Histories

A collection of oral histories recorded in 2015 at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library as a part of the "Every Hero Has a Story" program. Wyandotte…

Kansas and Wyandotte County Maps

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1886 Larned Photo Album

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Photo album of photographs of Larned, Kansas and surroundings, ca. 1886

Quindaro Oral Histories

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These interviews were conducted by volunteers and staff for Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area and the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library…

1903 Flood Photographs

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Photographs of the 1903 flood.

Contributors: Kansas City, Kansas Public Library

Kansas City, Kansas High School Fire

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Images of fire damage at Kansas City, Kansas High School after the fire that destroyed it in 1934.

1951 Flood Photographs

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Black and white photographs of the damage done by the flood in Kansas City, Kansas in July 1951.

Argentine High School Scrapbook

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Kansas City, Kansas High School Cornerstone Collection

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The Carnegie Library Cornerstone Collection is comprised of documents and ephemera placed in the cornerstone of the 1899 Kansas City Kansas High…

1904 World's Fair Drawings

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A collection of drawings by Kansas City, Kansas Public School students, grades 1-8 for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The collection is bound in two…

Wyandotte County Buildings

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Virginia Schalling School Photograph Slide Collection

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Color slides of Eugene Ware and Claude Huyck schools from 1951-1980

Downtown Lawrence, Kansas, 1970s

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This collection of slides from the 1970s by an unknown photographer, documents downtown Lawrence, Kansas.

Carnival Park Photographs

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Carnival Park was a public, family amusement park located on 13.5 acres between 14th and 16th, the east and west, and Armstrong and Barnett Avenues to…

Kansas City Water Works - Quindaro Pumping Station

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Constructed in 1887-1888, the Kansas City Waterworks Quindaro pumping station situated on the Missouri River supplied water to both Kansas City,…

Kansas City, Kansas Public School Buildings

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The Kansas City, Kansas Public School Building collection is a photographic survey of all buildings owned by USD 500 and in operation in 1929. The…

Kansas City, Kansas Postcard Collection

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William E. Connelley Collection

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