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Title: Irving School
Description: Full, street level view of Longan School located at Prospect Avenue and 24th Street. Name changed to Booker T. Washington School in 1942.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Booker T. Washington School
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Booker T. Washington School
Description: Full, exterior street level view of Booker T. Washington School located at 2404 Prospect Avenue. Named after African American educator Booker T. Washington. Formerly named the Irving School.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irving School
Description: Full, corner, street level view of Irving School located at Prospect and 24th Street. School named after Washington Irving. In 1942 name changed to Booker T. Washington.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irving School
Description: Full, street level, corner view of the Irving School located at 24th Street and Prospect Avenue. School was later named for Booker T. Washington.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irving School Playground
Description: View of Irving School and playground with children at recess. Located at 24th and Prospect, name later changed to Booker T. Washington School.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irving School Playground
Description: View of Irving School and playground with children at recess. School was located at 24th Street and Prospect Avenue and was later named after Booker T. Washington in 1942.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Booker T. Washington School
Description: Partial street level view of Booker T. Washington School located at 2404 Prospect Avenue. Formerly the Irving School.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irving School
Description: Street level, corner view of Irving School located at 24th Street and Prospect Avenue. School later named for Booker T. Washington.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Booker T. Washington School
Description: Exterior street-corner view of Booker T. Washington School located at 24th and Propect Avenue. Formerly Irving School.

Title: Booker T. Washington School
Description: Partial, street level view including playground area, Booker T. Washington School located at 24th and Prospect. Formerly Irving School.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irving School
Description: Street level view of Irving School located at 24th Street and Prospect Avenue. Later named Booker T. Washington School.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: School Board Grapples with Old Building Problem
Description: Article about old school buildings, the Washington School among them, scheduled for closing, with discussions about the conflict between the blight caused by their abandonment and the financial unfeasibility of preserving them by some interested groups.
Date: 1973-04-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p358
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 24th Street south to E. 25th Street and from Park Avenue east to Prospect Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1950, Page p358
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 24th Street south to E. 25th Street and from Park Avenue east to Prospect Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1950
Object Type: Map

Title: Booker T. Washington School
Description: Photograph of the Booker T. Washington School at 2404 Prospect Avenue in the 1980s. Designed by school district architect William F. Hacnkey and built as the Irving School in 1988, the building was renamed Booker T. Washington School when it became a black school in 1930. The school was closed by the district in 1976 and demolished circa 1990.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Junior Officer Council
Description: Participants at the Junior Officer Council inauguration at Booker T. Washington Elementary School.
Date: 1947-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mayor Kemp At Inauguration Ceremony
Description: Junior Officer Council inauguration ceremony at Booker T. Washington Elementary Schoool. Mayor Kemp and unidentified girl.
Date: 1947-01
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Booker T. Washington School
Description: Architectural drawing showing south and east elevation for Booker T. Washinton Elementary School. Architects: Gentry and Voskamp.
Date: 1952-04
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Irving School
Description: Unframed, undated photograph of Irving School located at 24th and Prospect in Kansas City, Missouri. Street level, corner view looking southwest. The school was named after Washington Irving and later named Booker T. Washington. Photograph is damaged.
Object Type: Photograph