Askren Photograph Collection

Title: Petticoat Lane
Description: View of 11th Street or Petticoat Lane, looking east from Main Street in downtown Kansas City.
Date: 1936
Object Type: Negative

Title: LaSalle Hotel
Description: Street level view of the LaSalle Hotel located at 920-22 E. Linwood Boulevard. View is looking east on Linwood.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bellerive Hotel
Description: Full, street level view of the Bellerive Hotel located at 214 E. Armour Boulevard on the northeast corner of Armour and Warrick boulevards.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Armour Boulevard
Description: View of Armour Boulevard looking west from Locust Street. The building in on the right is the Georgian Court at the corner of Armour Boulevard and Locust Street. Beyond that is Park Central under construction.
Date: 1934~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Garment District Building
Description: Building located in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, at the corner of 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard with an address of 1000 Broadway Boulevard. The 1953 Kansas City city directory identifies the building as the W. R. Nelson Trust Building. Building contained mostly clothing related businesses which included: basement - Ti-Pi Company; 1st floor - Rose Mercantile Company; 2nd floor - Lan Mar Manufacturing Company; 3rd floor - Jenny Garments, Inc.; 4th floor - Herdan Morris Inc.; 5th floor - Danny Dare Boys Wear, Inc.; and 6th floor - Vic-Gene Manufacturing Company.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Bankers & Merchants Lithographing Co.
Description: Street level view of a building identified on the outside as Bankers & Merchants Lithographing Co. On the left at the rear of the building can be seen what appears to be a large replica of a beer bottle sitting on top of a business called Texas Tavern and a sign which says Milwaukee's Finest Beer. Location given as 400 Admiral Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Graphic Arts Building
Description: View of the Graphic Arts Building located on the northwest corner of 10th and Wyandotte streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Looking toward the northwest.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Negative

Title: 10th Street
Description: View of the intersection of 10th and Main streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View includes the Rothschild's clothing store on the southwest corner of the intersection. West of it is the Riss building and a portion of the New England National Bank building. A Gateway Sporting Goods store can be seen on the northwest corner. A city bus is also in view.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Petticoat Lane
Description: View of 11th Street or Petticoat Lane, looking east from Main Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Includes partial views of stores such as Emery Bird Thayer, Woolf Brothers, and Harzfeld's.
Date: 1955~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Robert E. Lee Hotel
Description: Street level view of the Robert E. Lee Hotel located at 13th and Wyandotte streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The hotel's Southern Room sign is visible on the window next to the entrance.
Date: 1945~
Object Type: Negative

Title: 10th Street
Description: View looking east down 10th Street, taken from the 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue intersection in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The First National Bank (later home to the Central branch of the Kansas City Public Library) is visible on the left as well as the Fidelity Building twin towers. The Victor Building can be seen next door to the bank and a Rothschild's sign across the street.
Date: 1953-07-13
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street
Description: Street level view of the 9th and Main area. Hartmann Luggage store is on the right at 919 Main Street. The Kay Hotel can be seen on the left side of the street.
Date: 1952-05
Object Type: Negative

Title: McGee Street
Description: Street level view of McGee Street at 24th Street, looking toward the north with the downtown Kansas City, Missouri skyline in view. A Parkview Drugstore is located at the intersection as well as automobile dealership service entrances for Rudy Fick Ford and Kaiser-Frazer. A portion of the Western Auto building is also in view.
Date: 1952-11
Object Type: Negative

Title: Main Street
Description: View of the intersection of the 43rd and Main streets looking north. Karnopp Building is visible in lower right hand corner
Date: 1953-01
Object Type: Negative

Title: Commerce Trust Company
Description: Street level view of the corner of the Commerce Trust Company building at the corner of 10th and Walnut streets in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. View includes clock attached to the building.
Date: 1954-12
Object Type: Negative

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