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10th + Main looking N. Excavation for 10 Main Center

Image

View of empty lot at southwest corner of 10th and Main with New York Life Building in background and crown Christmas decoration hanging from light...

Date Published
March-1966
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

6th St. Exp'wy Old Nelson Building

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Stone Façade of "Old Nelson" building slated for demolition to build the 6th street expressway.

Date Published
April-1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

9th St. at Walnut St.

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View east on 9th street looking toward Walnut. Fidelity Bank on right.

Date Published
September-06-1950
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Art Bratt with his nieces and grand niece

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Art Bratt holding his grand niece by the hand with his nieces behind them on a sidewalk; the street, cars, houses, and a stop sign are seen.

Date Published
April-1993
Member of
GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection

Building in block 12th 13th Central to Broadway- New site of Convention Ctr

Image

East side of Downtowner Motel and other buildings along the west side of Central between 13th and 12th.

Date Published
October-1973
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Crowd watching the parade

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Crowd (largely white) gathered to watch the gay pride parade in front of an entrance to a parking garage along either Main or Wyandotte Street.

Date Published
1998
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Jay McShann standing on a sidewalk

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Jay McShann standing on a sidewalk wearing a hat and holding something in one hand; on the street are parked cars and a house is seen across the...

Date Published
October-1964
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

K.C. Builds to be demolished on W. side of Main St. in 12oo Blk Forum Caf. Old place

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View of buildings along the west side of Main Street's 1200 block including the Forum Café. City Center Square can be seen in background.

Date Published
November-1977
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

K.C. Early Architecture on E side of Main St - 1200 Blk

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Various stone buildings on the east side of the 1200 block of Main St., looking north. Left side is Forum Café building.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Kay Hotel

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Street level view of the downtown Kansas City area known as the Junction located on 9th Street between Main and Delaware. View includes the Kay Hotel.

Date Published
August-1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Kay Hotel

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Street level view of the downtown Kansas City area known as the Junction located on 9th Street between Main and Delaware. View includes the Kay Hotel.

Date Published
August-1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Looking N. on Grand Ave from 13th

Image

View of multistory buildings with painted advertising, streetcars and their powerlines, and cars parked along Grand Ave. as seen from the middle of...

Date Published
November-1949
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Looking N. on Walnut St. from 13th

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View north on Walnut St. from 13th showing multistory buildings including the Jenkins building and the Fidelity National Bank and Trust building. Cars...

Date Published
November-1949
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Looking NW across cleared library site

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Looking northwest at the cleared library site.

Date Published
June-1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Main St. looking N. from 12th St. Now AT+T Bldg

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View of the northeast corner of Main St. and 12th showing Parkview Drugstore, Towne Theater, Roxy Theater, Macy's, and various other businesses along...

Date Published
June-1972
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Old buildings across from market on 3rd St.

Image

Row of red brick buildings with corrugated metal awnings.

Date Published
April-1954
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Police directing traffic on expressway

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Police directing traffic on expressway in Kansas Cities West Bottoms. Low flying airplane over the road.

Date Published
1951
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Quality Hill Towers under const

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Quality Hill Towers under construction as seen from Jefferson St. south of 10th St. looking north.

Date Published
August-1950
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

South Central Business Association parade

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Walt Disney in flat cap and megaphone, Leslie Mace, and Rudolf Ising in white shirt, bowtie, and flat top boaters hat stand around convertible with...

Date Published
1922
1923
Member of
Baron Missakian Collection

Start of City Center Square

Image

View of the excavation at 12th and Main for City Center Square. S.S. Kresge Co. building can be seen in the background.

Date Published
1973
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Towne Theater on Main St. - Site of City Center Square

Image

Exterior shot of Towne Theatre and other buildings on the west side of Main Street, 1100 block.

Date Published
June-1972
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Unique early archicture in building on E. side of Main St. 1200 Block

Image

Various stone buildings on the east side of the 1200 block of Main St.

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

W. 12th Wyandotte to Central - K.C. Strip

Image

View of "K.C. Strip" at 12th Street between Wyandotte and Central as seen from Barney Allis Plaza.

Date Published
June-1973
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection
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  • Streets
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Member of

  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (19)
  • Baron Missakian Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Bill Todd and Art Bratt Collection (1)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (1)
  • Jay McShann Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (23)

Genres

  • Color photographs (20)
  • Cityscapes (19)
  • Film transparencies (18)
  • Stereographs (18)
  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Film negatives (1)
  • Negatives (1)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • Views (1)

Time Periods

  • 1971-1980 (8)
  • 1951-1960 (6)
  • 1941-1950 (4)
  • 1961-1970 (2)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1921-1930 (1)

Subjects

  • Buildings (18)
  • Automobiles (13)
  • Street-railroads (4)
  • Hotels (3)
  • Skyscrapers (3)
  • Building sites (2)
  • Dwellings (2)
  • Theaters (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Children, White (1)
  • Christmas decorations (1)
  • Construction projects (1)
  • Crowds (1)
  • Families (1)
  • Floods (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Gay pride parades (1)
  • Girls (1)
  • Hats (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Lost architecture (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Mothers and daughters (1)
  • Motion picture producers and directors (1)
  • Nieces (1)
  • Parades (1)
  • Parking garages (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Sidewalks (1)
  • Trees (1)
  • Uncles (1)
  • (-) Streets (23)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (1)
  • Gay pride (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (1)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (1)
  • LGBTQ+ events (1)
  • LGBTQ+ people (1)
  • White gay men (1)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (2)
  • (-) Kansas City Metropolitan Area (23)

Subjects, People

  • Bratt, Art (1)
  • Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 (1)
  • Ising, Rudolf, 1903-1992 (1)
  • Mace, Leslie (1)
  • McShann, Jay (1)

Date Published

  • 1949-11 (2)
  • 1954-04 (2)
  • 1954-08 (2)
  • 1971 (2)
  • 1972-06 (2)
  • 1980 (2)
  • 1922 (1)
  • 1923 (1)
  • 1950-08 (1)
  • 1950-09-06 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1954-06 (1)
  • 1964-10 (1)
  • 1966-03 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • 1973-06 (1)
  • 1973-10 (1)
  • 1977-11 (1)
  • 1993-04 (1)
  • 1998 (1)

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