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Title: Newman Theater
Description: View looking west of the Newman Theatre building that once stood at 1112-1118 Main Street. The marquee is advertising the 1925 silent film Shock Punch starring Richard Dix and "Radio Franks & Sheik Band."
Date: 1928
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Re-Opening of the Isis Theatre
Description: Three interior and exterior photographs of the Isis Theatre in the Wirthman Building on the southwest corner of 31st Street and Troost Avenue. The left hand photograph shows an exterior view of the Isis Theatre looking northwest along Troost Avenue. Several people standing in the street can be seen. Signs for B&G Hosiery, Bo-Peep Juvenile Shop, Walker's Lunch, Vogue Hosiery, and Linwood State Bank are in view. The middle photograph shows an interior view of the Isis Theatre. The right hand photograph shows an exterior view looking southwest along Troost Avenue. Several people standing in the street can be seen. Signs for Dr. John R. Stivers, L. L. Potts Dentist, Royal Shirt Shop, Thom McAn, Vogue Hosiery, and B&G Hosiery are in view. A Troost streetcar is in view. A label beneath the photograph reads: The Isis Theatre was destroyed by fire on March 9, 1939 and was re-opened to the public on October 6, 1939. The 3100 block on Troost Avenue was closed to traffic and it was estimated that 25,000 people attended the celebration.
Date: 1939-10-06
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club Plaza Christmas Lights
Description: View looking north along Wyandotte Street from Nichols Road in the Country Club Plaza. Shows Plaza Theater and other buildings with Christmas lights.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1957, Page p1013
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 73rd Street south to W. 75th Street and from Pennsylvania Avenue east to Wornall Road, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1930/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1957, Page p1002
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 63rd Street south to W. 66th Street Terrace and from Pennsylvania Avenue east to Baltimore Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1930/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1957, Page p0921
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 56th Street south to E. 57th Street and from Rockhill Road east to Forest Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1930/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 9, 1930-1957, Page p1107
Description: A portion of Kansas City from E. 70th Street Terrace south to E. 72nd Street and from Olive Street east to Montgall Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1930/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Aladdin Theatre
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Aladdin Theatre building at 6044 E. Truman Road (at the corner of Truman and Belmont). It was designed by the Boller Brothers and opened in 1927. The theater closed in 1959, and housed a church at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aladdin Theatre
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Aladdin Theatre building at 6044 E. Truman Road (at the corner of Truman and Belmont). It was designed by the Boller Brothers and opened in 1927. The theater closed in 1959, and housed a church at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3200 Independence Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking southeast, of the Benton Theater building that was at 3200 Independence Avenue, on the northeast corner of Independence Avenue and Benton Boulevard. It was built ca. 1911 and served as a church after the theater closed in 1952. It was demolished in 2015, after the roof collapsed in 2014. In the Scarritt Point neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Storefronts on 12th Street
Description: Storefronts along south side of 12th between Baltimore and Main. Shows part of the sidewalk entry for the Dixon Hotel and the Sexton Hotel next door. Entrance to the Maze Theater is in view.
Date: 1916~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 400 Block of Nichols Road
Description: Photograph of Nichols Road between Pennsylvania and Broadway, looking east, in 1977. Embassy movie theater is pictured, advertising the movie "Julia" on the marquee. The theater closed in 1981. The Plaza Bowl bowling alley, at the left edge of the image, opened in 1940 and closed in 1978. The buildings were partially demolished for the construction of a Saks department store, which opened in 1982.
Date: 1977
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View of 109 E. 12th Building - Pener's Mens Wear and Regent Theater
Description: View facing south of the building, once located at 109 E. 12th Street, built in 1914 as the Regent Theater. When this image was captured, the building was occupied by the Pener's Fashion clothing store. The Danish Cinema adult theatre at 107 E. 12th Street can be seen. Pedestrians and a car traveling along 12th Street are in view.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: View of 107 E. 12th Street Building - Danish Cinema
Description: View facing south of the building, once located at 107 E. 12th Street. When this image was captured, the building was occupied by the Danish Cinema adult theatre. Pedestrians and a car traveling along 12th Street can be seen.
Date: 1980~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Aladdin Theatre
Description: Photograph circa 1980s of the Aladdin Theatre building at 6044 E. Truman Road (at the corner of Truman and Belmont). It was designed by the Boller Brothers and opened in 1927. The theater closed in 1959, and housed a church at the time of the photograph.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3200 Independence Avenue
Description: Photograph circa 1980s looking southeast, of the Benton Theater building that was at 3200 Independence Avenue, on the northeast corner of Independence Avenue and Benton Boulevard. It was built ca. 1911 and served as a church after the theater closed in 1952. It was demolished in 2015, after the roof collapsed in 2014. In the Scarritt Point neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gem Theater
Description: Photograph of the Gem Theater at 1615 East 18th Street in the early 1990s. Built in 1912, the theater operated as a movie theater until 1960. It was refurbished into a performing arts theater, opening in 1997. The murals in the front windows were painted circa 1988 by artist Frederick Crawford.
Date: 1990~/1999~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 4608 Saint John Avenue
Description: Photograph of The Gladstone Hall building at 4608 Saint John Avenue which originally housed The Gladstone Theater. Built in the early 1910s, it closed as a theatre in the early-1950s and at the time of the photo housed a Beauty School. The building was destroyed by a fire in 2011. Located in the Indian Mound neighborhood.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club Plaza Christmas Lights
Description: View looking toward the southwest of the Christmas lights on the Country Club Plaza at the intersection of 47th Street and Mill Creek Parkway. The Plaza Theater is in view in the center of the photograph.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 3800 Block of Main Street
Description: Photograph of the west side of the 3800 block of Main Street, circa 1982. The Madrid Theater, at 3806-3810 Main, was designed by Besecke and Defoe and opened in 1926 as movie palace, complete with Wurlitzer organ. The theater closed by the early 1950s, and served as a furniture and rug retailer for a number of years. The building was vacant at the time of this photo, and has a sign promoting Jim Kenworthy, "Democrat for Congress," hanging on the front. The Madrid was renovated and reopened in 2001 as a venue for live music and other events. Superior Sound, at 3814 Main, provided audio equipment for performance venues and other businesses.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

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