Two of our archival collections are now available to view online! The Digital Collections team has completed processing and uploading the photographs, making the collections accessible to researchers with crucial descriptive information.
Jacob L. Loose Collection
Photographs in the Jacob L. Loose Collection are now available in the UMKC Digital Collections.
Jacob L. Loose was a businessman and dedicated humanitarian who left a mark on his community through his unwavering commitment to social welfare and charitable endeavors. Jacob Loose and his philanthropist wife Ella were frequent travelers. The collection is comprised of images from their early 20th century trips around the world, featuring views of locales as varied as Africa, Ceylon, India, Palestine, and numerous western European countries.
Stephanie Porrata, Metadata Librarian, explains what makes this particular photo from the Loose Collection interesting and unusual, “One of my favorite photos from this collection is pictured above and is titled Liberian coffee plant. If you look through the collection of photos, you will notice that a lot of them are grand landscape shots or architectural with occasional photographed persons. This photo stood out to me because it was one of a very few photos that were actually taken up close. It was so visually striking to me compared to the rest of the collections. Plus, who doesn’t love coffee?”
View the photosJ.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection
Photographs in the J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection are now available in the UMKC Digital Collections.
John E. Lynn was a General Passenger Agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad office located in Kansas City where he worked for over 40 years. The wider J.E. Lynn Railroad Memorabilia Collection housed in LaBudde Special Collections spans decades of railroad history and includes photographs, maps, timetables, and other ephemera offering a peek into the evolution of rail transportation in the United States. John E. Lynn worked for the Kansas City offices of the Chicago, Burlington, and Qunicy Railroad for over 40 years. He was an avid collector of railroad memorabilia, and the photos in his collection depict a wide variety of railroad engines, passenger and freight cars, and other structures supporting train travel. Most date from the 20th century.
“I personally loved the above photo because it felt both vintage and futuristic. Also, in exploring this collection and learning more about different types of trains, I learned that the design for the character Connor in the show Thomas The Tank Engine was based on Hudson Type Locomotives. The more you know!” – Stephanie Porrata, Metadata Librarian, Digital Collections
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