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Advertising a Basie performance

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A sign at an unidentified venue advertising a performance of the Count Basie Orchestra with Pearl Bailey.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Sy Oliver's band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring the Mills Brothers and the Andy Kirk Band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Arnett Cobb's' band and Sid Catlet's band in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Apollo Theater marquee

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Apollo Theatre marquee advertising a performance featuring Billy Eckstine, Jimmie Lunceford's Band and Eddie Wilcox in Harlem, New York.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Crowd lined up to see "Claudia"; outside the Uptown Theater

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Crowd lined up to see the film "Claudia"; outside the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
August-20-1943
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Crowd lined up to see "One Night of Love" at Tower Theatre

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Crowd lined up to see the film "One Night of Love" outside the Tower Theatre at 213 E 12th, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
September-15-1934
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Crowd lined up to see "She Couldn't Take It"; outside the Tower Theatre

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Crowd lined up to see the film "She Couldn't Take It"; outside the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1935
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Crowd lined up to see "The Egg and I" outside the Uptown Theater

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Crowd lined up to see the film "The Egg and I" outside the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
March-1947
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Crowd lined up to see "The Robe" outside the Orpheum Theater

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Crowd lined up to see the film "The Robe" outside the Orpheum Theater, 1214 Baltimore Avenue; Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
September-20-1953
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Crowd outside a theater

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Nighttime shot of an unidentified theater marquee, likely in New York, advertising a performance of Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra along with Bing...

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Entrance to a concert venue

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Entrance to a pavilion advertising in French, German and English a performance of Humphrey Lyttelton and Buck Clayton; Clayton's name is spelled...

Date Published
1964
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Esquire Theatre redecorated as an Old West building

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Esquire Theatre redecorated as an Old West building for the release of the film "I Shot Jesse James"; 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
February-1949
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Four Freedoms Democratic Club registering voters at Out in Westport

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Megan Cramer and an unidentified white man posing for a picture as they run the Four Freedoms Democratic Club booth to register voters at Out in...

Date Published
1999
Member of
GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection

Fox Fairway Theater

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Fox Fairway Theater at 2820 W. 53rd St., Fairway, Kan.; writing on photo (top): Fairway then, opened about 1940, Wolferman's now. Writing on photo...

Date Published
1947
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Group of soldiers lined up to see "Immortal Sergeant" outside the Esquire Theatre

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Group of soldiers (all white men) lined up to see the film "Immortal Sergeant" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
January-1943
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Jeannie Cheatham on the street outside Radio City Music Hall

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Jeannie Cheatham standing on the street outside of the marquee for Radio City Music Hall in New York; various pedestrians can be seen behind her as...

Date Published
1971
1980
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Marquee advertising "Arabian Nights" at Esquire Theater

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Marquee advertising the film "Arabian Nights" at the Esquire Theater, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1942
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Moontide" at Esquire Theatre

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Marquee advertising the film "Moontide" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
May-1942
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "The Pied Piper" at Esquire Theatre

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Marquee advertising the film "The Pied Piper" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St; Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
July-1942
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Ben-Hur" at the Capri Theatre

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Marquee advertising "Ben-Hur" at the Capri Theatre (once the Ararat Shrine Temple and then the Victoria Theatre; later the Lyric Theatre) in the KMBC...

Date Published
November-1959
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Cabaret Girl" at the Willis Wood Burlesque Theater

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Marquee advertising "Cabaret Girl" at the Willis Wood Burlesque Theater at 11th & Baltimore, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1917
1918
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Comanche Territory"

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Marquee advertising the film "Comanche Territory" at the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1950
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Crash Dive" at the Uptown Theater

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Marquee advertising the film "Crash Dive" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1943
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Crazy House" at the Uptown Theater

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Marquee advertising the film "Crazy House" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
December-1943
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (33)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (12)
  • GLAMA: Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City (LGCCKC) Collection (2)
  • Jay McShann Collection (2)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (50)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (45)
  • Black & white photographs (41)
  • Architectural photographs (14)
  • Cityscape photographs (13)
  • Color photographs (7)
  • Collages (2)
  • Group portraits (2)
  • Portrait photographs (1)
  • (-) Snapshots (50)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (23)
  • 1951-1960 (5)
  • 1931-1940 (4)
  • 1971-1980 (3)
  • 1991-2000 (2)
  • 1911-1920 (1)

Subjects

  • Theaters (32)
  • Advertising--Motion pictures (27)
  • Buildings (10)
  • Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) (8)
  • Signs and signboards (8)
  • Motion picture theaters (6)
  • Streets (4)
  • Advertising (3)
  • Crowds (3)
  • Festivals (2)
  • Lesbians (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Monster films (2)
  • Parking lots (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • African American jazz musicians (1)
  • African American women jazz singers (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Burlesque (Theater) (1)
  • Concerts (1)
  • Gay men (1)
  • Massage (1)
  • Masseurs (1)
  • Pedestrians (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Political activists (1)
  • Political participation (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Stores, Retail (1)
  • Street vendors (1)
  • Vending stands (1)
  • Voter registration (1)
  • Women jazz musicians (1)
  • Women pianists (1)
  • (-) Marquees (50)

Subjects, Community

  • Gay liberation (2)
  • Gay pride (2)
  • LGBTQ+ activism (2)
  • LGBTQ+ activists (2)
  • LGBTQ+ events (2)
  • LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • LGBTQ+ symbols (2)
  • Rainbow flags (2)
  • White LGBTQ+ people (2)
  • White lesbians (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (34)
  • 12th Street (19)
  • Grand Avenue (11)
  • Broadway Boulevard (9)
  • New York (N.Y.) (7)
  • 11th Street (3)
  • Westport (2)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Fairway (Kan.) (1)
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (3)
  • Gleason, Jackie, 1916-1987 (3)
  • Bradna, Olympe, 1920-2012 (2)
  • Carlisle, Mary, 1912- (2)
  • McShann, Jay (2)
  • Milland, Ray (2)
  • Tharpe, Rosetta, 1915-1973 (2)
  • Bailey, Pearl (1)
  • Calett, Sid, 1910-1951 (1)
  • Cavallaro, Carmen, 1913-1989 (1)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (1)
  • Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989 (1)
  • Cramer, Megan (1)
  • Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977 (1)
  • Eckstine, Billy (1)
  • Farber, Donna (1)
  • Kirk, Andy, 1898-1992 (1)
  • Lunceford, Jimmie (1)
  • Lyttelton, Humphrey, 1921-2008 (1)
  • Oliver, Sy (1)
  • Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958 (1)
  • Wilcox, Eddie, 1907-1968 (1)

Events

  • Out in Westport (Event : Kansas City, Mo.) (2)

Date Published

  • 1950 (7)
  • 1941 (6)
  • 1960 (4)
  • 1943 (3)
  • 1951 (3)
  • 1971 (3)
  • 1980 (3)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1943-01 (2)
  • 1943-03-01 (2)
  • 1953-09-20 (2)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 1917 (1)
  • 1918 (1)
  • 1933-08 (1)
  • 1934-09-15 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940-05 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1942-04 (1)
  • 1942-05 (1)
  • 1942-07 (1)
  • 1943-03 (1)
  • 1943-04-15 (1)
  • 1943-08-20 (1)
  • 1943-09 (1)
  • 1943-12 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1947-03 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1949-02 (1)
  • 1950-04 (1)
  • 1958 (1)
  • 1959-11 (1)
  • 1964 (1)

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