Building Exterior
Exterior of unidentified building, possibly a school, with flagpole and two parked cars in front driveway from the Miscellaneous Landmarks Commission Photographs (P34-4).
Help us solve the mystery!
Can you identify this photo? Do you know the story behind the photo? Please send us your comments.
East Bottoms pumping station
This picture is is the East Bottoms pumping station for the city of Kansas city water supply.
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Could it be possibly the baby mill ?? I heard there used to be a baby mill in kansas city..do you have any info on that?
Thank you
MVSC Mystery Photo
I'm sorry to be slow in responding to your comment about the mystery photo building.
Actually, it is the Kansas City Water Works, East Bottom Pumping Station and not a baby mill.
The baby mill you may have heard about probably is a reference to the concept that Kansas City was a "baby hub." You may want to read about that on our genealogy page, Adoptions http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/adoptions.
Thank you for writing.
Sherrie Kline Smith
Web Content Librarian
Missouri Valley Special Collections
Kansas City Water Works, East Bottom Pumping Station
That building is the Kansas City Water Works, East Bottom Pumping Station, which is still standing in the East Bottoms, next to its disused reservoir. It's on the south side of the 3300 block on Nicholson Avenue near N. Indiana Ave and still looks almost exactly the same as in that picture, with the exception of the windows being blocked.
I didn't even know this building existed until last weekend, when I happened on it while exploring that area of town for the first time--I was able to figure out what it was by coming onto the Digital Archives and looking through the Sanborn's. Once again, the Public Library saves the day!
Here's the Sanborn:
http://www.kchistory.org/u?/Sanborn,444
MVSC Mystery Photo Building
Dear Caleb,
We apologize for being slow to comment on your submission for the identity of the mystery photo on the MVSC web page.
Thank you so much for helping us identify that building! We will make appropriate changes in the online record.
Sherrie Kline Smith
Web Content Librarian
Missouri Valley Special Collections
Opinion about the Building in the Picture
This looks more like a factory of some kind. The dark car in the picture has a emblem on the door. Can the that part of the picture be magnified to see if it is the company's logo?
Unidentified Building
Thank you for your suggestion. I enlarged the photo on the computer screen, but the logo on the car is still not identifiable. It's a round circle with a darker border, an inner white border, and then the "medallion" or logo in the middle. We'll keep our eyes open for a business logo that resembles this.
Once again, thanks for writing.
Sherrie Kline Smith
Web Content Librarian
Missouri Valley Special Collections