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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

Aerial photo of houses and roads

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An aerial photo of houses and roads along the coast of Liberia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Aerial photo of houses and roads

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An aerial photo of houses and roads along the coast of Liberia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Aerial photo of houses and roads

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An aerial photo of houses and roads along the coast of Liberia.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Aerial view of the Metropolitan Opera, 1411 Broadway, New York City

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An aerial view of the full city block Metropolitan Opera building at 1411 Broadway, New York, New York, and surrounding streets and buildings...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Dirt road headed toward rows of houses

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A dirt road in Liberia headed toward rows of houses in the distance. The houses are several stories high.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Empty street in Monrovia

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An empty street in Monrovia with rows of buildings on both sides. An unidentified man and truck are in the background. Several palm trees are on the...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan 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 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

Majorettes marching in a parade

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Marching majorettes in an unidentified parade between buildings on 27th Street with people looking on from the sidewalks. Cars are parked on both...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

Man walking down a street

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An unidentified man walking down a street in Monrovia during a parade. The man is wearing a military uniform. A group of people stand on the end of...

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Old buildings across from market on 3rd St.

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Row of red brick buildings with corrugated metal awnings.

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

People in front of a two-story house

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A group of unidentified people gathered in front of a two-story house in Liberia. There are large containers in front of the house.

Date Published
1947
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan 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

Street corner with several large stone buildings

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Street corner in Spain with several large stone buildings. There is a car parked on the corner on the brick road. A brick wall surrounds one of the...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection

Street intersection in Paris

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A street intersection in Paris. The streets are lined with trees and several large buildings are behind the trees. Several people are walking along...

Date Published
1952
Member of
Leon M. Jordan Collection
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  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Leon M. Jordan Collection (9)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (6)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Ted Malone Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (17)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (12)
  • Gelatin silver prints (12)
  • Snapshots (10)
  • Cityscapes (6)
  • Color photographs (5)
  • Film transparencies (5)
  • Stereographs (5)
  • Cityscape photographs (3)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Architectural photographs (1)
  • Views (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (7)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (17)

Subjects

  • Buildings (15)
  • Automobiles (6)
  • Aerial views (3)
  • Hotels (2)
  • Parades (2)
  • Street-railroads (2)
  • African American women (1)
  • Airplanes (1)
  • Cities and towns (1)
  • Drum majorettes (1)
  • Dwellings (1)
  • Floods (1)
  • Liberians (1)
  • Lost architecture (1)
  • Rivers (1)
  • Theaters (1)
  • (-) Streets (17)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (6)
  • Liberia (5)
  • Monrovia (Liberia) (2)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)
  • New York (N.Y.) (1)
  • Paris (France) (1)
  • Spain (1)

Date Published

  • 1952 (9)
  • 1947 (7)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1954-04 (2)
  • 1954-08 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1954-06 (1)

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