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Title
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Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
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Description
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Souvenir program book the Kansas City centennial celebration. The book details the events, organizations involved, and people associated with the celebration. The book contains many advertisements and brief articles detailing the history of various Kansas City area businesses, organizations, and public figures. An index for the book can be found on page 144.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Cast Party at Starlight Theater
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Description
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Exterior view described as "Thrills of a Century" pageant cast party held at Starlight Theater following the final performance, July 10, 1950.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Crowd at Starlight Theater
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Description
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Evening exterior view of the seating at the newly built Starlight Theater. Identified as the crowd at the July 1, 1950 performance of the "Thrills of a Century" pageant presentation associated with the Kansas City Centennial celebration.
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Date
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1950-07-01
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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SC51 Kansas City Centennial Association Scrapbook Finding Aid
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Description
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The hundredth anniversary of the original incorporation of Kansas City was observed in 1950. A number of activities were held, culminating in a parade and pageant in the summer of 1950. Starlight Theater was built to accomodate the pageant. The scrapbook was assembled by the Kansas City Centennial Association during 1949-1950. It includes primarily the newspaper coverage of the event and some photographs and memorabilia.
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Date
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1949/1950
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Starlight Theatre
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Description
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This folder contains some issues of the theater's newsletter, brochures concerning the theater including an identified lay-out of the facilities, a playbill for the Kansas City Centennial production "Thrills of a Century", and handouts from the Kansas City Public Library concerning the productions of the first season in 1951 and for 1953. The vertical files in this collection were formerly a part of the department's regular vertical files.
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Date
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1950/1964
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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Kansas City Centennial Queen
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Description
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Exterior evening view identified on the back of the photograph as "Miss Clara Belle Smith, Centennial Queen and guest, Miss Gloria Swanson at 'Thrills of a Century' performance, June 3, 1950."
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Date
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1950-06-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Gloria Swanson and Mayor Kemp
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Description
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Evening exterior view taken on the stage of Starlight Theater during the opening performance of the Kansas City Centennial pageant entitled "Thrills of a Century". Persons identified from left to right as Postmaster General Donaldson, Gloria Swanson and Mayor Kemp.
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Date
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1950-06-03
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Centennial Program Set
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and article about the festivities planned for the Kansas City Centennial in 1950, with the dedication of Starlight Theater, "two parades in the downtown area, the pageant, a costume ball the night of the anniversary, a revival of the Epperson Megaphone Minstrels, a water ballet at Swope Park Lagoon, an aviation show, industrial exhibition at the Auditorium running from June 4 to 11, and a replica of early Kansas City to be constructed across from the auditorium."
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Date
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1949-12-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
