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"Hurdy-Gurdy" pianola jukebox advertising "Coney Island" at the Uptown Theater

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A "Hurdy-Gurdy" pianola jukebox advertising the film "Coney Island" at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

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

Chained cut-out of Betty Grable advertising "Coney Island" at the Uptown Theater

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Chained cut-out of Betty Grable advertising the film "Coney Island" (the cut-out was previously stolen and replaced) at the Uptown Theater at 37th and...

Date Published
May-1943
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. 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 "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

Desert Song - Sherry + chorus

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Victoria Sherry on stage in teal with chorus behind her.

Date Published
June-1950
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham Collection

Earl Carrow Theatre building

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The Earl Carrow Theatre building in Los Angeles, California.

Date Published
1941
1950
Member of
Ed Dix 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

Figure atop old Gayety Theater

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Pan-like carved head on top of columned archway atop red and tan brick Gayety Theater at 127 West 12th Street.

Date Published
August-1950
Member of
L. Perry Cookingham 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

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

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

Kiddie Show at the Uptown Theater

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Uptown Theater Kiddie Show at the Uptown Theater at 37th and Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
1945
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 "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

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

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Member of

  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (35)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (2)
  • Ed Dix Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (38)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (36)
  • Gelatin silver prints (36)
  • Snapshots (33)
  • Portrait photographs (4)
  • Group portraits (3)
  • Publicity photographs (3)
  • Color photographs (2)
  • Film transparencies (2)
  • Stereographs (2)
  • Cityscape photographs (1)
  • Cityscapes (1)

Time Periods

  • (-) 1941-1950 (38)

Subjects

  • Marquees (26)
  • Advertising--Motion pictures (24)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Monster films (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • Audiences (1)
  • Children (1)
  • Costume (1)
  • Jukeboxes (1)
  • Men, White (1)
  • Soldiers (1)
  • Statues (1)
  • Theatrical makeup (1)
  • (-) Theaters (38)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (34)
  • 12th Street (20)
  • Grand Avenue (16)
  • Broadway Boulevard (13)
  • Fairway (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)
  • Los Angeles (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Grable, Betty, 1916-1973 (2)
  • Collins, Simon D.J. (1)
  • Sherry, Victoria (1)

Date Published

  • 1943 (6)
  • 1943-01 (3)
  • 1949-02 (3)
  • 1950 (3)
  • 1942 (2)
  • 1943-03-01 (2)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1941-02 (1)
  • 1941-10 (1)
  • 1942-04 (1)
  • 1942-05 (1)
  • 1942-07 (1)
  • 1943-03 (1)
  • 1943-04-15 (1)
  • 1943-05 (1)
  • 1943-08-20 (1)
  • 1943-09 (1)
  • 1943-12 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1947-03 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1950-04 (1)
  • 1950-06 (1)
  • 1950-08 (1)

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