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Title: Grand Theater
Description: The [Grand Opera] House was built on the site of the old Midland Theater, which was formerly the old Panorama house in which the famous spectacle, "Battle of Gettysburg" was portrayed and at that time it was one of the finest structures of its kind in the West.
Date: 1907-11-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Midland Reopens Doors with New Look, Top Acts
Description: Article describes re-opening of renovated Midland Theater on September 9, 2008. The former movie theater was renovated by AMC in cooperation with the Cordish Corporation.
Date: 2008-10-01
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Loew's Midland Theater, Interior
Description: Interior lobby of Loew's Midland Theater at 13th and Main streets, displaying ornate baroque rugs, chandeliers, columns, and staircase. The Midland Theater continues to operate as a performance and music venue, and as of 2010, is being operated by AMC Entertainment. The facility was renovated and reopened in late 2008.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Negative

Title: Loew's Midland Theater
Description: Postcard of Loew's Midland Theater at 13th and Main streets.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1927-05-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1927-03-03
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1927-05-12
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1927-02-24
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1927-02-10
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theater
Description: Detail view of marquee and front window; located at 1228-34 Main.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theater
Description: Partial frontal view.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theater
Description: Full frontal and side view.
Date: 1955
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1927-01-27
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Interior construction view of theater roof.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Loew's Midland Theater, Marquee
Description: Close-up of detail work, lights, and signage on underside of Midland Theater marquee. Signs advertise the 1953 film "El Alamein" with Scott Brady and the 1954 films "Betrayed" with Clark Gable, Lana Turner, and Louis Calhern.
Date: 1954~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Loew's Midland Theater, Exterior
Description: Photograph shows the exterior of Loew's Midland theater along 13th Street, looking east. In the background, the Jackson County Executive Office Building is visible and on the corner is Hurst's Jewelers.
Date: 1954~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Grand Theater
Description: The Midland Theater at 7th and Walnut streets opened on September 1, 1889, and was razed in 1890 for the building of the Grand Opera House, which opened on October 3, 1891, built by A. Judah and Melville H. Hudson. It was remodeled in 1902 and in October 1916 on its 25th anniversary it was announced that the Grand had "gone over" to films. On Christmas Day in 1921 the theater closed.
Date: 1926-09-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1926-12-02
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Midland Theatre
Description: Construction view of theater and Midland Building.
Date: 1926-02-17
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 2004 Conclave, The Heartland of America, Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma
Description: A supplement to Marquee, the Journal of the Theatre Historical Society of America, features several Kansas City theaters. They include: Aladdin, Englewood in Independence, Mo., Gem, Folly, Lyric, Madrid, Music Hall, Midland, Uptown, and Granada in Kansas City, Kansas, plus other theaters in the Kansas and Oklahoma area. Also contains a short article about the Boller Brothers, theater architects.
Date: 2004
Object Type: Magazine Article

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