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Title
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Hotel Muehlebach in 1915
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Description
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Photo and text about the intersection of 12th and Wyandotte Streets, depicting the Hotel Muehlebach and adjacent Orpheum Theater, the latter referred to as razed, possibly extending to the similar fate of the Gayety Theater building.
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Date
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1971-02-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Orpheum Is Sold
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Description
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Photo and description of the Orpheum Theater, with "future use in doubt" after being bought by the company owning the adjacent Hotel Muehlebach.
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Date
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1956-01-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Orpheum Theater
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Description
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Article with an interior photo of the soon-to-be-demolished Orpheum Theater and description of its past showings of famous actors, including vaudeville, Fanny Brice, and Tom Mix.
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Date
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1961-11-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Orpheum Theater
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Description
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Postcard of the Orpheum Theater that once stood on Baltimore Avenue between 12th and 13th streets.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Orpheum Theater
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Description
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Full frontal and partial side view of second theater; located at 1212 Baltimore.
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Date
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1920
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Muehlebach Hotel
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Description
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Postcard of the Muehlebach Hotel.
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Date
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1915~
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Orpheum Theater
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Description
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Exterior, street level view of the Orpheum Theater located at 12th Street and Baltimore Avenue in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. According to the sign on the front of the building when this picture was taken, the theater was closed and people were being referred to the Mainstreet Theater. The sign also says the Orpheum was to re-open in August.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Over Three Million Dollars
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Description
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Article referring to the new Orpheum Theater as one of the country's finest theaters, facing Baltimore Avenue.
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Date
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1914-03-14
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Orpheum and Mainstreet Theaters Christmas Party
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Description
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Christmas party held at the Hotel President for the Orpheum and Mainstreet Theaters. The walls of the banquet room are decorated in pseudo-Aztec motifs.
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Date
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1927-12-26
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Early Kansas City Theaters
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Description
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This book contains information about early theater in Kansas City, including facts concerning the local theaters of the 19th and early 20th century. These theaters include: Auditorium, Century, Coates Opera House, Folly, Frank's Hall, Gilliss Opera House, Grand Opera House, Mainstreet, Ninth Street, Orpheum, Shubert, Standard, Theatre Comique, Warder Grand Opera House, and Willis Wood. Other entertainment venues mentioned include: Crystal Palace, Cyclorama, and Convention Hall (where "The Miracle" stage production was held). Also vaudeville is discussed in the book. See book index for pages.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Book Section
