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Airplane view of the financial district, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1930

Subjects
Aerial Views & PanoramasCommercial BuildingsTown & City Views
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Airplane view of the financial district, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1930, Hall Bros., MO, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Airplane view of the financial district, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1930, Hall Bros., MO, USA, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

An aerial ("airplane view") looking down over the clustered office blocks of Kansas City's financial district, with tall early-20th-century commercial buildings, flat roofs, a rooftop water tank and a red-brick block standing out among the lighter stone facades. Kansas City's downtown boomed in the 1920s and early 1930s, when much of this office and banking core was rebuilt in the Art Deco and Beaux-Arts styles seen here. The card's own caption names the scene as the Financial District of Kansas City, Missouri.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

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PublisherHall Bros.
Airplane View of Financial District, Kansas City, Mo. --- THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES AIRPLANE VIEW OF FINANCIAL DISTRICT, KANSAS CITY. On account of its unusually rapid growth Kansas City's skyline is constantly changing. New skyscrapers are continually being erected. This is the latest birdseye view of Kansas City's Financial District. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE DOMESTIC ONE CENT FOREIGN TWO CENTS THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY Pub. by Hall Bros., Kansas City, Mo. U.S.A.
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Postcard record

PublisherHall Bros.
ConditionGood
PublisherHall Bros., Kansas City, MO
NotesNarrow white margin at edges; small blue ink mark near the right edge; color halftone printing with a slightly grainy screen. No postmark. Divided-back 'POST CARD' with stamp box (DOMESTIC ONE CENT / FOREIGN TWO CENTS); private publisher Hall Bros., Kansas City. Blue-ink message written sideways across both panels. Light edge wear and toning.

Cite this card

Airplane view of the financial district, Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/airplane-view-of-the-financial-district-kansas-city-missouri. Accessed October 24, 2026.