kansas city

[Charlie Reynolds, Kansas City Cowboys, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Herman Long, Kansas City Cowboys, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

A pack of fox hounds and their victims - two prairie wolves and a gray...

H40415 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Large drifts of good Kansas top soil threaten to cover up this farmer'...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corn, Kansas. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[s...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Production. B-25 bombers. Nose wheels for B-25 bombers lined up for in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. Mounting a 1700-horsepower Wright Whirlwind ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kansas City, Kansas. B-25 bombers lined up at North American Aviation,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An American flying squadron in India. Major E. Fletcher and orderly. M...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. A new B-25 bomber is rolled out on the field...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. They'll soon be ready to hurl their might at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. They'll soon be ready to hurl their might at...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

San Bernardino, California. Carmen Honesto, cleaning the driver wheels...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dining room of the business car is used by the Atchison, Topeka, and S...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kansas City, Missouri. Mildred Williams, one of several women freight ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a woman working, women labor, 1940s, economic conditions, home front, world war two, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kansas City, Kansas. Train inspectors working on an Atchison, Topeka a...

Additional number crossed out on negative. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informati... More

Argentine, near Kansas City, Kansas. O. L. Walton, night special agent...

Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Argentine, near Kansas City, Kansas. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kansas City, Missouri. Produce freightyard used by the Atchison, Topek...

Additional number crossed out on negative Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More informatio... More

Kansas City (vicinity), Missouri. Passing terminal tower nine along th...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hawthorn Power Plant, Kansas City Light and Power, Kansas City, Missou...

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Hawthorn Power Plant, Kansas City Light and Power, Kansas City, Missou...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hawthorn Power Plant, Kansas City Light and Power, Kansas City, Missou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Painting "Justice and the Prairie" at the Robert J. Dole Federal Build...

Artist: Richard Haas, 1994. Acrylic, dimensions: 9' x 23'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. ... More

Painting "Justice and the Prairie" at the Robert J. Dole Federal Build...

Artist: Richard Haas, 1994. Acrylic, dimensions: 9' x 23'. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. ... More

Steel sculpture "The Sentinels of Justice" at the Charles Evans Whitta...

Artist: Beverly Pepper, 1998. Photographed as part of an assignment for the General Services Administration. Title information, date, and subject note provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in t... More

Standard Theatre, 300 West Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson County...

Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mineral Hall, 4340 Oak Street, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Significance: Represents the numerous ornate houses built in the South Hyde Park area of Kansas City around 1900. Moreover, it is an important extant example of the work of Kansas City architect Louis S. Curtis... More

Scarritt Building & Arcade, Ninth Street & Grand Avenue, & 819 Walnut ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-114 Survey number: HABS MO-263

Jarboe Family Hotel, 1010 Washington Street (501 West Tenth Street), K...

Significance: This property is significant for its contribution to the integrity of a neighborhood district representing early twentieth century styles of residential, ecclesiastical and small commercial archit... More

Biddy darling - Public domain American sheet music

Kansas City City Hall, 414 East Twelfth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: The City Hall is the tallest and most obvious of a three building construction program passed in 1931 by the people of Kansas City. The overall bond program was labeled the "Ten-Year-Plan," and of... More

Swope Park, Kansas City, Mo., Panoramic Photograph

H128113 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. H. Jones; June 7, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Kansas City, Mo.

Sears Roebuck & Company Mail Order Plant, 3625 Truman Road, Kansas Cit...

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Gus Dorner, Kansas City Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Francois Chouteau Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at Chouteau Traffic ...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Overture; Witch and wizard - Public domain American sheet music, 1884

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

When the chickens crow for day - Public domain American sheet music

Miller Plaza, 16-18 Miller Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Significance: This building is one of fourteen original buildings in the Miller Plaza complex which reflects the historical eclecticism of the post-World War I era through the restrained use of a mixture of Tud... More

Bents Fort - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows Bent's Fort on a plateau above the Arkansas River in eastern Colorado, near present-day Prowers. Cultivated trees stand to the right of the fort. William Bent erected a new establishment on the Ar... More

Rockhill Road Bridge, Spanning Brush Creek between Forty-eighth & Volk...

Significance: The Rockhill Road Bridge is the earliest documented stone bridge of this type in Missouri. The bridge was built by William Rockhill Nelson, founder and owner of the Kansas City Star newspaper, re... More

St. Louis Avenue Viaduct, Spanning Kansas City Terminal Railroad at Be...

Significance: The St. Louis Avenue Viaduct is the oldest of only nine known extant skewed Pratt truss bridges, a rather uncommon bridge form, in Missouri. Furthermore, its fifty-foot width is unusual for a bri... More

Warner Plaza, 37 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1893-H Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

Dedication of site of Liberty Memorial, Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 1, 1921

Transfer; LC Manuscript Division (John J. Pershing papers); 1953. Photographer's address: 912 Grand, K.C. Forms part of John J. Pershing collection.

Union Cemetery, Union Confederate Monument Site, 227 East 28th Street ...

Survey number: HALS MO-1-A Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Warner Plaza, 28 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1893-E Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

Warner Plaza, 28 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1893-E Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

Miller Plaza, 12-14 Miller Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Significance: This building is one of fourteen original buildings in the Miller Plaza complex which reflects the historical eclecticism of the post-World War I era through the restrained use of a mixture of Tud... More

Rockford School, Raytown & Longview Road, Kansas City, Jackson County,...

Significance: The small brick building of Rockford School was built as a one-room schoolhouse. At the time of its construction in 1916, three other similar schools designed by the same architect, J.R. Felt & Co... More

Kansas City General Hospital, 2315 Locust, Kansas City, Jackson County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Warner Plaza, 23 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1893-J Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

Conklin House, 1207 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, Jackson County, ...

Significance: Retaining much of its original architectural integrity, the Conlkin Residence is a contributing building within the Quality Hill Historic District. Its significance is derived from its contributio... More

Miller Plaza, 9 Miller Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Significance: Designed primarily as a commercial building with apartment space, this building is one of two buildings located on the corners of Main Street and Miller Plaza which were designed to be mirror imag... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Paseo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River on Interstate 29/35, Kansas City...

Significance: The Paseo Bridge represents one of only a few self-anchored suspension bridges ever built in the United States. This unique bridge design was chosen to provide Kansas City with a signature struct... More

Miller Plaza, 35-37 Miller Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Significance: This building is one of fourteen original buildings in the Miller Plaza complex which reflects the historical eclecticism of the post-World War I era through the restrained use of a mixture of Tud... More

Warner Plaza, 9 Warner Plaza, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Survey number: HABS MO-1893-K Building/structure dates: 1926 Initial Construction

Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...

Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More

Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...

Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More

Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...

Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More

Municipal Auditorium, 1310 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, Jackson Coun...

Significance: The Municipal Auditorium is a classic example of 1930s moderne style constructed with funds from the city and the federal government. Although the U.S. contribution was relatively small, it kept t... More

Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

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Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

Liberty Memorial, 100 West Twenty-sixth Street, Kansas City, Jackson C...

Significance: Liberty Memorial vividly exemplifies the fulfillment of city planning concepts, combining monumentally scaled Beaux Arts Classicism envisioned by some of the nations most notable and diverse delin... More

The buck chase of 1856 - Political cartoon, public domain image

Democratic candidate James Buchanan, as a buck deer, crosses the finish line of a racecourse ahead of competitors Millard Fillmore and John C. Fremont. Spectators cheer in the stands behind. Fillmore appears a... More

Late Indian outrages: Fort Wallace, Kansas

After a photograph by Major Calhoun and Dr. Bell. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 July 27, p. 468.

[Chippy McGarr, Kansas City Cowboys, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Grand Avenue north from Twelfth, Kansas City, Missouri]

Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kansas City Horse Show, 1905, Panoramic Photograph

H68196 U.S. Copyright Office Photograph of the American Royal Horse Show in Kansas City, Missouri. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; November, 1905.

Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Public domain photograph - city, downtown, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City market, Kansas City, Mo - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

"G 3865" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019219. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Secretary of Agriculture is surprised with gifts from members of perso...

A group of men standing in front of a podium. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A man standing next to a pile of wood, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Holton and wife, Kansas farmers

Public domain photo of a couple, husband and wife, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diamaxion house, metal, adapted corn bin, built by Butler Brothers, Ka...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Diamaxion house, metal, adapted corn bin, built and adapted by Butler ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. B-25 bombers. New B-25 bombers lined up for final inspecti...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. Nose wheels and engines for B-25 bombers rea...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-25 bombers. Making wiring assemblies at a junction box o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brakeman H. L. Duffield, watching the train from the window in the cup...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Office of War Information ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Conductor W. E. Zink, watching the train from his window in the cupola...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kansas City, Kansas. One of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man in a hat. Office of War Information P...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Kansas City, Kansas. Military tanks on their way through the Atchison,...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s train station, train car, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Argentine, near Kansas City, Kansas. Checking the telegraph apparatus ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Hawthorn Power Plant, Kansas City Light and Power, Kansas City, Missou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[President Gerald Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, Vice President Nelson R...

Contact sheet folder caption: Republican National Convention in Kansas City Pres. Ford giving acceptance speech Mrs. Ford, Vice Pres. Rockefeller & running mate Sen. Dole...on the podium, 8/16-19/76. JTB. U.S.... More

Detail of the Bloch Building, Nelson Atkins Museum Bloch, Kansas City,...

Completed in 2007, "The Bloch Building is a significant work of contemporary architecture by Steven Holl Architects that is woven harmoniously into the surrounding landscape of the Kansas City Sculpture Park." ... More

Parked freight trains at the Kansas City Southern yards in Wharton Cou...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

A black and white photo of a man walking down a street. Office of War ...

A cropped version of this image (with no electronic surrogate) is at LC-USE6-D-00934. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division... More

State Drive-In Theater sign, closer view, Route 24, State Avenue, Kans...

Margolies, John,, photographer...State Drive-In Theater sign, closer view, Route 24, State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas..1994...1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)...Notes:. Title, date and ... More