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Betty Grable on a California-bound train

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Betty Grable on a California-bound train during a brief stop in Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
September-1939
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Candy girls Loretta Bruce and Lillian Peterson

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Candy girls Loretta Bruce and Lillian Peterson at an unknown theater.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Crowd lined up for Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" at Esquire Theatre

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Crowd lined up to see Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band" outside the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo. Note attached to photo...

Date Published
August-19-1938
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Crowd lined up to see "Bowy Bill" in the lobby of the Tower Theatre

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Crowd lined up to see the film "Bowy Bill" in the lobby of 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 "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 film "One Night of Love" in the lobby of Tower Theatre

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

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

Dana Suesse seated at a piano with George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman

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Dana Suesse seated at a piano flanked by George Gershwin (left) and Paul Whiteman (right) in New York.

Date Published
October-1932
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Italian heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera

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Publicity photo of Italian heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera.

Date Published
1933
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Jack Benny and a group of unidentified people at the KMBC studio

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Jack Benny, with a violin, and a group of unidentified people at the KMBC studio at 11th and Central, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Jack Carson with the Tower Adorables at Tower Theatre

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Jack Carson with the Tower Adorables performing onstage at Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1936
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

James Cagney and Mae Clarke in publicity still from "The Public Enemy"

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James Cagney pushing a piece of grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face; publicity still from the film "The Public Enemy".

Date Published
1931
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Jones Store Santa Claus arriving by train

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Unidentified man as The Jones Store Santa Claus arriving by train at Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
November-20-1940
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

KMBC radio station taxi-cab advertisement

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KMBC radio station taxi-cab advertisement promoting the station's news coverage of World War II.

Date Published
1940
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Lou Gehrig's farewell speech

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Lou Gehrig's farewell speech to fans at Yankee Stadium.

Date Published
July-04-1939
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Doctor Bull" at the Uptown Theater

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

Date Published
August-1933
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Paul Henning interviewing Bernice Claire; flanked by Ruth Warrick and Dick Berger

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KMBC reporter, Paul Henning (who later went to Hollywood and produced Petticoat Junction and The Beverly Hillbillies) interviewing Bernice Claire...

Date Published
1937
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Paul Henning interviewing California pioneers, Frances Hatman Ryan and Adam Lee Moore

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KMBC reporter Paul Henning interviewing California pioneers, Frances Hatman Ryan and Adam Lee Moore.

Date Published
1936
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Publicity photo of Dana Suesse

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Publicity photo of Dana Suesse.

Date Published
1938
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Street promotion for the film "Brigham Young" at Esquire Theatre

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Street promotion for the film "Brigham Young" featuring a trail wagon, an unidentified male employee dressed as Brigham Young, and nine unidentified...

Date Published
1940
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Tower Adorables at Tower Theatre

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The Tower Adorables, a dance troupe who performed at the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

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

Tower Adorables on roller skates on the roof of Tower Theatre

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The Tower Adorables on roller skates on the roof of Tower Theatre at 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo,; note written on photo reads: Tower Adorables...

Date Published
August-1936
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Tower Orchestra at Tower Theater

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The Tower Orchestra at Tower Theater, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
April-13-1935
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Tower Theater and the Esquire Theater

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The Tower Theater and the Esquire Theater, 211-213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
May-1940
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection
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  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • (-) Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (24)

Types

  • photographs (24)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (24)
  • Black & white photographs (23)
  • Portrait photographs (15)
  • Snapshots (14)
  • Group portraits (12)
  • Publicity photographs (8)
  • Collages (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1931-1940 (24)

Subjects

  • Theaters (13)
  • Advertising--Motion pictures (4)
  • Marquees (4)
  • Men, White (4)
  • Women, White (4)
  • Lobbies (Rooms) (3)
  • Women dancers (3)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Radio interviews (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Actresses (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Automobiles (1)
  • Band leaders (1)
  • Baseball players (1)
  • Boxers (Sports) (1)
  • Candy (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Passenger trains (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Sound recordings (1)
  • Street photography (1)
  • Taxicabs (1)
  • Vaudeville (1)
  • Women composers (1)
  • Women pianists (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (15)
  • 12th Street (11)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (3)
  • Grand Avenue (2)
  • New York (N.Y.) (2)
  • 11th Street (1)
  • Broadway Boulevard (1)
  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Henning, Paul, 1911-2005 (2)
  • Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987 (2)
  • Benny, Jack, 1894-1974 (1)
  • Berger, Dick (1)
  • Bruce, Loretta (1)
  • Cagney, James, 1899-1986 (1)
  • Carnera, Primo, 1906-1967 (1)
  • Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (1)
  • Claire, Bernice, 1907-2003 (1)
  • Clarke, Mae (1)
  • Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941 (1)
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (1)
  • Grable, Betty, 1916-1973 (1)
  • Moore, Adam Lee (1)
  • Peterson, Lillian (1)
  • Ryan, Frances Hatman (1)
  • Santa Claus (Fictitious character) (1)
  • Warrick, Ruth (1)
  • Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967 (1)

Date Published

  • 1940 (4)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1934-09-15 (2)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1936 (2)
  • 1932-10 (1)
  • 1933 (1)
  • 1933-08 (1)
  • 1935-04 (1)
  • 1935-04-13 (1)
  • 1936-08 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1938-08-19 (1)
  • 1939-07-04 (1)
  • 1939-09 (1)
  • 1940-05 (1)
  • 1940-11-20 (1)

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