Brick building with white pillars and ornate white embellished edges, erected on Model Street at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. "1904 Kansas City Casino" is carved at the top under a row of flags on the roof. Handwritten at the...
Thirty smokers were solicited from the Wichita, Kansas community via the newspaper and broadcast media for a stop-smoking project. The volunteers were assigned to one of two treatments: double smoking or a modification of Von Dedenroth's (1964)...
Boats on Blue River, Kansas City, Missouri. One boat in the middle of the river, apparently moving away from the viewer. Other boats line the banks of the river. There are several people, mainly solitary, near the various boats. Published by the...
Portrait of Bo McMillin with wife, Kathryn Gillihan McMillin standing together in front of a stylized backdrop. Attached to back of image: Associated Press Photo; Centre College Quarter Married; Bo McMillin, and his bride, the former Kathryn...
McMurray Hall, Oneida Baptist Institute's first building, was erected in 1899. It was named after H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher from Kansas, who helped found Mamre Baptist College which became Oneida Baptist Institute. Originally a one-story...
McMurray Hall, the school's first building, erected in 1899. It was named after H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher from Kansas, who helped found Mamre Baptist College which became Oneida Baptist Institute. Originally a one-story square with...
City & town life; Street railroads; Railroads; Buildings; Pedestrians; People
Busy city street lined by shops and other buildings. Men and women walk on the sidewalk and in the street. Streetcars, wagons, and carriages are on the street. Title: Broadway from Prince St., New York, U.S.A. Text on left: Strohmeyer & Wyman,...
Amusement parks; Parks; Carnival Park (Kansas City, Kan.)
Roof-top view of Carnival Park, looking out over various white structures. A few human figures are visible, apparently working on the buildings or landscaping. Carnival Park was an amusement park that operated from 1907 to 1911; it was located in...
City hall in Kansas City, Missouri, a multi-story Richardsonian Romanesque brick-and-stone building with many turrets and gables. Some of the roof points are embellished with crosses. Two horse-drawn carriages stand in front of the building, on the...
View down a wide alley with brick walls on either side and construction materials in the middle. Caption: Fruehauf Trailer Co. Lou, KY. Collins Const. Co. Kansas City, MO. Nov. 16, 1949. Photo No. 2.
Bales of cotton covering a large area in front of a large paddle boat or paddle steamer. In the foreground two African-American men sit on the bales. Other men are in the background. Title: 12479 - Cotton! Cotton! Cotton! Levee, New Orleans, La....
Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas. A multi-story red brick building with a dome-topped tower. There is a sort of "widow's walk" on top of the tower. A few figures are visible on the sidewalk around the courthouse and there are horse-drawn...
Street in Leavenworth, Kansas, lined with shops. There are various horse-drawn vehicles along the sidewalks, and people are visible, engaged in various activities. There are streetcar tracks in the road and telegraph or telephone wires and poles....
The Chautauqua movement has been called "culture under canvas" and "the university of the people." What began as a training camp for Sunday School teachers on the shores of Lake Chautauqua in western New York State in the...
Portraits; Men; Government officials; Legislators; Crowds
Senator Frederic M. Sackett, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, who served as Kentucky Senator from 1925-1930, standing with Senator Charles Curtis, who served as Kansas Senator from 1915-1929, amidst a busy background of people. The photograph is badly...
Portraits; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union; Generals--American--1860-1870; Generals; Military uniforms; Military officers
Portrait of Samuel Johnson Crawford (1835-1913), a Union general (brevet brigadier general) in the United States Civil War and the third Governor of the state of Kansas (18651868). He also served as one of the first members of the Kansas...
Houses; Street lights; Agricultural machinery & implements; Railroad locomotives; Railroad stations; Dirt roads; Churches; Methodist Episcopal Church (Bucklin, Kan.); Christian Church (Bucklin, Kan.)
Montage of images from Bucklin, Kansas. Individual pictures are labeled. An image of a frame house is labeled, "Residence, Bucklin, Kans." There are pictures of two frame churches, one labeled, "Christain Church" [sic] and the...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
U.S.E. towboats JOHN and HENRY, complete or nearly complete, at Howard Shipyard. The towboat TRANSIT is nearby. JOHN AND HENRY were identical towboats (86 ft. x 18 ft. x 2.5 ft.) built for USE, Nashville in 1903. HENRY was in service until 1924....
Schools; Kansas City High School (Kansas City, Kan.)
Brick and stone building with tall tower. The building stands on the corner of a street. This is Kansas City High, which was also known as Wyandotte High School; it burned in 1934. Published by the Elite Post Card Co. of Kansas City; dates to early...
Full-length character portrait of minstrel performer John Daly wearing a hat and patched pants held up by suspenders, and carrying a satchel, possibly for his role in "A Bowery Girl". Inscription on mount verso, upper center: To my friend...
