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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 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 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

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

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

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

Interior of the Esquire Theatre lobby

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Interior of the Esquire Theatre lobby, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
January-1943
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

Joseph Redmond, and three others, for world premiere of "I Shot Jesse James" outside the Esquire Theatre

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Joseph Redmond standing with three unidentified people in Western dress for the world premiere of the film "I Shot Jesse James" outside the Esquire...

Date Published
February-1949
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. 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 "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 "Hello, Frisco, Hello" at the Esquire Theatre

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

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

Marquee advertising "How Green Was My Valley" at Esquire Theatre

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Marquee advertising "How Green Was My Valley" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
October-1941
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Rose of Washington Square" at the Esquire Theatre

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Marquee advertising a 1946 re-release of the film "Rose of Washington Square" (originally released in 1939) at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" at the Esquire Theatre

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Marquee advertising the film "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

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

Marquee advertising "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Tobacco Road" at the Esquire Theatre

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Marquee advertising a 1948 re-release of the films "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Tobacco Road" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1948
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Marquee advertising "The Meanest Man In The World" at the Esquire Theatre

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Marquee advertising the film "The Meanest Man In The World" at the Esquire Theatre, 211 E. 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

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

Marquee advertising "The Robe" at the Orpheum Theater

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Marquee advertising the film "The Robe" at the Orpheum Theater, 1214 Baltimore Ave.; Kansas City, Mo.

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

Marquee advertising Bob Hope at the Orpheum Theater

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Marquee advertising a performance by Bob Hope at the Orpheum Theater at 1214 Baltimore Ave.; Kansas City, Mo.

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

Orchestra floor prior to demolition at Tower Theatre

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The orchestra floor prior to demolition at the Tower Theatre, 213 E 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
July-1960
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

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  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (37)

Types

  • photographs (37)

Genres

  • Gelatin silver prints (37)
  • Black & white photographs (35)
  • Snapshots (29)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Portrait photographs (7)
  • Publicity photographs (6)
  • Collages (2)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (20)
  • 1931-1940 (11)
  • 1951-1960 (6)

Subjects

  • Marquees (22)
  • Advertising--Motion pictures (21)
  • Women dancers (3)
  • Crowds (2)
  • Lobbies (Rooms) (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Musicians (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Vaudeville (1)
  • Women, White (1)
  • (-) Theaters (37)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (37)
  • Grand Avenue (18)
  • (-) 12th Street (37)

Subjects, People

  • Carson, Jack, 1910-1963 (1)

Date Published

  • 1943-01 (3)
  • 1949-02 (3)
  • 1960-07 (3)
  • 1934-09-15 (2)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1950 (2)
  • 1953-09-20 (2)
  • 1935-04 (1)
  • 1935-04-13 (1)
  • 1936 (1)
  • 1936-08 (1)
  • 1938-08-19 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1940-05 (1)
  • 1941-02 (1)
  • 1941-10 (1)
  • 1942-05 (1)
  • 1942-07 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1943-03 (1)
  • 1943-09 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1950-04 (1)
  • 1960 (1)

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