Black and white phtograph of workers building the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Minnesota Avenue businesses visible in background.
Black and white photograph of HVAC work on the roof of the Main Library during construction in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Carnegit Library visible in background.
Black and white photograph of men working on the concrete floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Minnesota Avenue businesses visible in the background.
Black and white photograph of laborers in front of the settling bowls at the Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company, located in Argentine, Kansas. This is where the metal cooled and separated. The smelter produced gold, silver, lead, blue vitriol,…
Color photograph of four women in formal dresses riding a pink, flowered float in a parade down Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, Kansas. Parade decorated with pink "KU" letters and signs reading " Scholarship", "Citizenship", "Sportsmanship",…
Sepia toned photograph of a group of women, holding dumbells and posing as a group. Taken in Ottawa, Kansas, April, 1893. Women identified on reverse as:
Watercolor and pencil drawing of small house with trees and stream in winter, by Pearl McCormick, Kansas City, Kansas Public School student. The work was displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Watercolor and pen and ink illustration of a winter landscape with houses, telephone poles, and road, by a KCKPS student. This artwork was displayed at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
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 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…
Color postcard of Ward Hall and the Industrial Building on the campus of Western University, a historically black college in the Quindaro area of Kansas City, Kansas. Western Unviersity operated from 1865-1943.
Black and white photograph of the old water tower on the Kansas River in the Strawberry Hill neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. People and businesses visible in the background.