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Title: Costume Sale
Description: Kansas City Costume Co., located at 2020 Grand Boulevard, has put its three-story building up for sale, asking $3 million. "Kansas City Costume, which has been in business since 1925, is a theatrical rental and sales company that also ships wardrobes throughout the country for traveing shows."
Date: 2008-03-14
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Performer in Costume
Description: Unidentified woman dressed in costume and wearing a fake fur headdress. She appears to be squatting on a stage.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 30 with Traditional Costumes
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and shows a portrait of a man in the traditional dress of a country or ethnic group. Cards identify the country and say: "Allen and Ginter's Cigarettes, Richmond. Virginia." Countries or areas shown:AmericanFranceEnglandItalyPatagoniaEskimoHindustanPortugalZanzibar (Turk)MoroccoBulgariaRussiaHaytiSiamAlbaniaTripoli (two copies)New CaledoniaJapanAnnamSwitzerlandAmerica (Indian)TartaryAbyssinia
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 31 with Traditional Costumes
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. Eleven of them show portraits of men in the traditional dress of a country. Cards identify the country and say: "Allen and Ginter's Cigarettes, Richmond. Virginia." Countries or areas shown: Servia, Scotland, Arabia, Egypt, Dahomey, South Africa (Boer), Greece, Java, Circassia, Mexico, Brazil. The 13 other cards appear to be from other sets including: 1. Two of gorillas: male and female. 2. Two of flowers: Lilac ("First emotions of love") and Sweet Violet ("Modesty."" Cards say "Ruby Cigarettes. Lone Jack Cigarettes Co. Lynchburg, Virginia. Isaac Friedenwald Lith. Balto." 3. One with Bolivian flag. Card says: "Allen and Ginter Cigarettes. Richmond, Virginia." 4. Two of women fishing: Sturgeon and Klipp Fish. 5. One with images of a flag, "Commodores Pennant, U. S. Navy," and "The Mississippi River Near Dubuque." Card says: "Our average sales are over Two Million Per Day." 6. Two of portraits of women. 7. One of a girl and flowers which says: "Wild English Daisies: Daintiness." 8. One with a photograph of a woman identified as Miss Vickers. Card says: "Admiral Cigarettes." 9. One of a man in a ship's crow's nest looking at a whale. Card says: "On a Whaling Voyage."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Man and Woman in Costume
Description: Unidentified couple sitting on the front steps of a brick building. The woman is dressed in costume, and the man is holding a large jug.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Man and Woman in Costume
Description: Unidentified couple sitting on steps outside a building. The women is dressed in a costume and the man is holding a wine jug.
Date: 1930~

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 45 with International Smoking Methods
Description: Scrapbook page containing 24 advertising cards arranged in four rows of six. Each card is 4 x 7 cm. and shows a man from a foreign country dressed and smoking in the traditional way of that country, whether by pipe or cigarette. Cards are labeled:AmericanDutchmanEnglish Naval OfficerSuabian PeasantBulgarianServianAsiatic TurkSydlitz CuirassierBedouinMoroccoTurkish OfficerBavarian HunterAfricanPrussian LieutenantHungarianGreekHindooGipsyBrazilianBavarian PostillionSpaniardSir Walter RaleighDutchman, 17th Cent.Amer. Indian
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Tap Dancers in Costume
Description: Eight costumed girls lined up in a row. They are wearing hats with large plumes and holding toy guns and appear to be on a stage.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Group of People Posing
Description: Group of seven men and two women posing inside a building. Four of the men are wearing prison garb costumes; the women are dressed in fur coats and hats. A sign in the background reads "Bureau of Identification."
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Woman in Costume
Description: Unidentified woman standing next to a balcony dressed in a pirate costume.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Two Women in Costume
Description: Two older women standing outdoors dressed in nineteenth-century costumes. They appear to be in a rural area.
Date: 1920~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Ballroom Blitz
Description: Author describes her experiences at the October 14, 2005 revival of the Priests of Pallas Ball. A gala event at Union Station, the 2005 incarnation of the Priests of Pallas Ball was a fundraiser for the Jackson County and Westport Historical Societies.
Date: 2005-10-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Angela Alexander, Costumer to the Stars
Description: Obituary and article about Kansas City native Angela Diokaris Alexander, who in her career as a Hollywood costumer worked with stars like Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra. Alexander died on October 8, 2011, at the age of 94.
Date: 2011-11-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Grand Old Drag
Description: Article spotlighting the actors and producers of the "La Cage aux Folles" show at the Unicorn Theatre (3828 Main). It also discusses how female impersonators have been entertaining Kansas City audiences since the 1880s and identifies several drag show venues.
Date: 2007-08-05
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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