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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: Actor in Costume
Description: Actor seated in a chair, dressed in a Shakespearean costume.
Date: 1920~
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: Summer Playground Festival
Description: Distant view of costumed participants in the Bell and Bucket Dance at the Summer Playground Festival, held in the Arena at Municipal Auditorium.
Date: 1942-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Summer Playground Festival
Description: Distant view of costumed participants in the Hawaiian Dance at the Summer Playground Festival, held in the Arena at Municipal Auditorium.
Date: 1942-08
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 25-Year Club
Description: Group portrait of 25-Year Club, some members in costume.
Date: 1948-04-26
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Penn Valley Park
Description: Participants in Spanish costume at a Playground Area Fair in Penn Valley Park.
Date: 1945
Object Type: Photograph

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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