revisiting burnham and root's 1888 kansas city board of trade building through newly found richard nickel images

after reading several letters between architectural historian and john root's biographer donald hoffman and richard nickel, i felt compelled to revisit nickel's documentation of burnham and root's kansas city board of trade building (1888) before it was set to be demolished in 1968. 
the images take on a completely new meaning now that i have greater insight into nickel's mindset before, during, and after his visit to see hoffman and document the board of trade. i was surprised to learn that on multiple occasions nickel expressed disappointment in the work he did there, perhaps from the lack of proper equipment, limited time, lighting conditions within the building, and so on.
when i carefully reexamined his contact sheets, i quickly realized there were several images that i either missed or did not have time to digitize when i fired off my first post.
i included images from the first post to provide a more exhaustive and well-rounded visual narrative of the building, both inside and out.

note: in addition to the recently digitized images below, i intend on scanning and posting a selection of letters between hoffman and nickel on documenting the board of trade.