Kansas’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Kansas. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Kansas, Missouri, was incorporated on June 1, 1850, reincorporated and renamed "City of Kansas" on March 28, 1853, and renamed "Kansas City" in 1889. The Kansas City metropolitan area straddles the border between Missouri and Kansas at Kaw Point, and was considered a good place to settle. The Antioch Christian Church, Dr. James Compton House, and Woodneath are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Kansas’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kansas’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view9th Street East from Wyandotte, K…, 1898: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Kansas
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Kansas, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Great Kansas meeting at St. Louis, Missouri (1856) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.