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Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 39th Street on the north to 52nd Street on the south, and Rainbow Boulevard in Kansas on the west to Paseo Boulevard on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Westport are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park, Southmoreland Park, and Gillham Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frank Cromwell
Description: Frank Cromwell overlooking Harrison Parkway and Gleed Terrace.
Date: 1931-06-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: T. Stanford Gaugh - South Side Oratorical Contest
Description: Portrait of T. Stanford Gaugh (left) accepting a silver trophy from an unidentified person (right) for winning the second annual South Side Oratorical Contest.
Date: 1931-02-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 80 Janssen Place
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the single family home at 80 Janssen Place, built in 1912-13. In 1975, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as Janssen Place Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Armour Blvd. Once Commonwealth Ave.
Description: Article discussing the "change of character" of the once-exclusive single-family Armour Boulevard, illustrated on a 1886 plat map of the Hyde Park addition, when the boulevard was known as "Commonwealth Avenue."
Date: 1928-09-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: W. H. Dunn and Frank Cromwell
Description: W. H. Dunn and Frank Cromwell near the intersections of Gleed Terrace, Campbell Street, and Harrison Parkway.
Date: 1932-06-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3908 Holmes Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3908 Holmes Street, built in 1909.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3200 Gillham Road
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of north-facing side of the Acme Cleansing Company building at 3200 Gillham Road. Built in 1925, it was placed on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as the Acme Cleansing Company in 1983.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3800 Campbell Street
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of a single family home at 3800 Campbell Street, built in 1907 and designed by the architectural firm of Wight and Wight. Placed in 1978 on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Hyde Park Historic District and on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places as the L.R. Wright residence.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Plaza and Midtown Satellite View
Description: Satellite image of the Plaza and surrounding areas in the 1980s. The photo spans from roughly 42nd Street on the north to 49th Street on the south, and Jefferson Street on the west to Tracy Avenue on the east. Neighborhoods including the Plaza and Southmoreland are pictured, as are parks including Mill Creek Park, Southmoreland Park, and Gillham Park.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swimming Pool in Gillham Park
Description: A color glass plate positive photograph of children swimming at a casting and wading pool in Gillham Park at the southeast corner of 41st Street and Kenwood Avenue.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tennis Courts in Gillham Park
Description: A color glass plate positive photograph of people playing tennis at the Gillham Park tennis courts. This vantage point faces west near on Kenwood Avenue from just south of 39th Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Casting Pool in Gillham Park
Description: A color glass plate positive photograph of people fishing at a casting and wading pool in Gillham Park at the southeast corner of 41st Street and Kenwood Avenue. This vantage point faces northwest with the intersection of Gillham Road and 41st Street in the left background.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Laura C. Lauder with Spirea Flowers
Description: An autochrome photograph of Frank Lauder's mother, Laura C. Lauder, with spirea flowers. The picture was taken looking northeast on Mother's Day, 1933 on her property.
Date: 1933-05-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mr. and Mrs. Browning Fellers with a Polygonum Vine
Description: An autochrome photograph of Browning Fellers with Mary B. Fellers standing next to a polygonum vine on their property.
Date: 1934-10-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: House of Edith C. Jenkins
Description: An autochrome photograph of Edith C. Jenkins's residence, taken from the southeast. Her deceased husband was president of the Jenkins Music Company.
Date: 1937-05-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Tulip Garden of Lucian Rosenwald
Description: An autochrome photograph of Lucian Rosenwald's tulip garden. This vantage point faces west-northwest with the house at 4309 Campbell Street in the left background. Rosenwald was an office manager for a real estate company.
Date: 1936-05-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: House Hunting: Inner City Attitude
Description: Article about the nature of the Hyde Park Residential District as a historic place and as a place in which to own a home, located between 31st, Gillham, 47th, and Troost Avenues.
Date: 1998-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Central Hyde Park Is Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places
Description: News of the nomination of the "Central Hyde Park District" for the National Register, primarily a residential neighborhood.
Date: 1979-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Loose and Fast
Description: Article describes controversy over the renovation and use of the Loose Mansion (101 E. Armour Road) as a venue for weddings and corporate functions. A vocal group of neighbors has sought to block such uses of the 40-room mansion, interpreting them as zoning violations.
Date: 2004-12-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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