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- The oldest photo in the collection to date is this photograph of the Kansas City Depot, taken in 1890.
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Jun 5, 2024 · Kansas City started using cameras in the mid-1800s, but many photos have been kept private or lost to time. Some of the oldest photos we've found include streets and buildings that just aren't here anymore. Often, the differences across 150 years are shocking.
Aug 17, 2020 · One reader asked: “What is the earliest known photograph of Kansas City… or what would become Kansas City?” The world’s oldest photograph was taken in 1826. It was taken by Nicéphore Niépce out his window in France.
These fantastic historical photos show how Kansas City looked like the early 20th Century — capturing street scenes, landmarks, and everyday life.
Jun 8, 2024 · However, despite all of the complexities due to the economy and drought, the world was a much simpler place, as shown by these 13 rare and historic photos of Kansas depicting life in the 1930s. 1. FDR speaks at the Kansas State Capitol. (1932) Marion Doss/Flickr. 2.
As for the original question, the earliest attested photograph of the city dates to 1855, according to George Ehrlich's Kansas City, Missouri: An Architectural History, 1826-1976. It was a daguerreotype from the area now known as Harlem.
Jul 14, 2021 · I’ve gone back to the archives of my two favorite local history resources, the Kansas City Public Library and the State Historical Society of Missouri, to cherry pick some photos from 1920 that remind us (or at least me) how long ago 1920 was, and how much the city has changed since then.