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Black and white photo of the Major Hudson school annex, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of the Major Hudson school annex, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Mark Twain Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Mark Twain Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of McKinley School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of McKinley School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Morse Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Morse Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photo of Noble Prentiss Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built by the city of Rosedale in 1911, the four-room school was located at 14th and Gibbs Road. The name Noble Prentiss was chosen in honor of a noted Kansan,…

Black and white photo of Noble Prentiss Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built by the city of Rosedale in 1911, the four-room school was located at 14th and Gibbs Road. The name Noble Prentiss was chosen in honor of a noted Kansan,…

Black and white photo of Northeast Junior High School, front and side elevations. Located at 4th and Troup, the school was built in 1923-1924 and occupied in 1925. Designed by Rose and Peterson architects, Northeast was originally a segregated school…

Black and white photo of Northeast Junior High School, rear and side elevations. Located at 4th and Troup, the school was built in 1923-1924 and occupied in 1925. Designed by Rose and Peterson architects, Northeast was originally a segregated school…

Black and white photo of Northwest Junior High School, rear and side elevations. Located at 18th and Haskell, Northwest opened in 1924. The four-story brick structure was designed by noted architecture firm Rose and Peterson. Additions were…

Black and white photograph of Park Elementary School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Park Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Parker Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 33rd and Haskell, the school was named for Colonel Francis W. Parker, an educator of national renown from Quincy, Massachusetts, who gained fame as…

Black and white photograph of Parker Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Located at 33rd and Haskell, the school was named for Colonel Francis W. Parker, an educator of national renown from Quincy, Massachusetts, who gained fame as…

Black and white photograph of the Park Elmentary School Annex building, frront and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of the Parker Elementary School Annex building, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Prescott Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1888, Prescott was located at 13th and Ridge Roads. Originally called Reynolds school, It was given the name in honor of J. I. Reynolds, who opened the…

Black and white photograph of Prescott Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 13th St. and Ridge Ave., Prescott School was built in 1888. Originally the school consisted of four classrooms, two on the first floor and two on the…

Black and white photograph of Quindaro Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1906, Quindaro Elementary was an expansion of the one room school house which had become overcrowded. Designed by W. W. Rose in the Renaissance Revival…

Black and white photograph of Quindaro Elementary School, side elevation. Built in 1906, Quindaro Elementary was an expansion of the one room school house which had become overcrowded. Designed by W. W. Rose in the Renaissance Revival style, the…

Black and white photograph of Quindaro Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Built in 1906, Quindaro Elementary was an expansion of the one room school house which had become overcrowded. Designed by W. W. Rose in the Renaissance Revival…

Black and white photograph of Riverview School, rear and side elevations. Located at 7th and Pacific, Riverview School was one of the nine original schools when Wyandott, Kansas City, and Armourdale were separate cities. (they consolidated on March…

Black and white photograph of Riverview School, front and side elevations. Located at 7th and Pacific, Riverview School was one of the nine original schools when Wyandott, Kansas City, and Armourdale were separate cities. (they consolidated on March…

Black and white photograph of Roosevelt Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 1303 N 36th Street. Roosevelt Elementary was designed by Rose and Peterson Architects, and was constructed in 1922. The seven-room building included an…

Black and white photograph of Roosevelt Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Located at 1303 N 36th Street. Roosevelt Elementary was designed by Rose and Peterson Architects, and was constructed in 1922. The seven-room building included an…

Black and white photograph of Roosevelt Elementary School, front elevation. Located at 1303 N 36th Street. Roosevelt Elementary was designed by Rose and Peterson Architects, and was constructed in 1922. The seven-room building included an auditorium…

Black and white photograph of Rosedale High School, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Rosedale High School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Rosedale High School and gym building,

Black and white photograph of the Rosedale High School gymnasium building, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Snow Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1911 at 2901 Seneca, Snow was originally called Maple Leaf School and was later renamed Snow for Dr. Francis Huntington Snow, chancellor of the University of…

Black and white photograph of Snow Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Built in 1911 at 2901 Seneca, Snow was originally called Maple Leaf School and was later renamed Snow for Dr. Francis Huntington Snow, chancellor of the University of…

Black and white photograph of Stanley Elementary School, front and side elevations. The original Stanley Elementary School, built in 1888 was destroyed by fire in 1912 and shortly thereafter plans were made to build a new school. In January of 1913,…

Black and white photograph of Stanley Elementary School, rear and side elevations. The original Stanley Elementary School, built in 1888 was destroyed by fire in 1912 and shortly thereafter plans were made to build a new school. In January of 1913,…

Black and white photo of Stowe Elementary School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Sumner High School, rear and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Sumner High School and gymnasium building, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Whitmore Elementary School, front and side elevations. Built in 1899, at 1412 Southwest Blvd., Whitmore was the first high school in Rosedale and originally served students K-12. The eight room structure was one of the…

Black and white photograph of Whitmore Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Built in 1899, at 1412 Southwest Blvd., Whitmore was the first high school in Rosedale and originally served students K-12. The eight room structure was one of the…

Black and white photograph of Whittier Elementary School, front and side elevations. Located at 295 South 10th Street, Whittier Elementary School was designed by the architecture firm Rose and Peterson and planned to provide more light and…

Black and white photograph of the USD 500 Board of Education storeroom and shop building, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of the USD 500 Board of Education storeroom and shop building, front and side elevations.

Black and white photograph of Booker T. Washington School, exterior, front and side elevations. The actual date of construction and occupancy for this school, which served African American students, is not known. Booker T. Washington school was at…

Black and white photograph of Hawthorne Elementary School, rear and side elevations. Built in 1898 and named for Nathaniel Hawthorne, the school was located at 1126 Waverly Avenue. The school was added to a number of times over the years and an annex…

Pen and ink drawing of a man in the forrest, by Carrie Richardson. This artwork was displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Drawing of a small cabin with a rail fence in the foreground by Cephas Sprattling, Kansas City, Kansas Public School student. This artwork was displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.