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Title
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Kansas City's Pla-More Is Mecca of Amusement
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Description
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Description of the "unique" multi-purpose amusement center, founded in 1927 at 3142 Main Street, including uses as bowling alleys, roller rinks, ballroom, circuses, boxing matches, Ice Capades, coffee shop, concerts, etc.
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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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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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Q.: When Did the Kansas City Greyhounds Hockey Team Play Here?
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Description
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''The team first took the ice in 1928 as the Pla-Mors, but the Greyhound Bus Company became a team sponsor for their second season. Hence the name change. This minor-league team played in the American Hockey Association. Competition came from the St. Louis Flyers, the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights and four other teams. Earl J. Thompson, Fred Gordon and Porky Levine all played for the Greyhounds at the Pla-Mor recreation center. Home ice was at 3127 Wyandotte. The facility doubled as a swimming pool during warm-weather months. Team names--and ownership--changed often. The Mo-Hawks, Royals and Americans also played in Kansas City. But the greyhound mascot was kept until the early 1940s. Local hockey action ended briefly because of World War II. A new U. S. Hockey League began after the war.''
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Date
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1990-06-29
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Rear Window
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Description
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Photo of a the Pla-Mor's billboard in 1949, announcing coming attractions of "Vaughn Monroe," "Tex Beneke," and "Ice Hockey."
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Date
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1997-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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New Role for Pla-Mor Ballroom
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Description
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Photo and article about the renovation and reopening of the "old Pla-Mor ballroom, 3140 Main street," as "Freedom Palace under billing as headquarters for the 'world's hottest pop-rock super groups.'" Mention of several of the hall's past bands (Harry James, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Guy Lombardo) and newer ones (Canned Heat, Led Zeppelin, Joe Cocker, and John Sebastian), etc.
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Date
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1970-05-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Pla-Mor Amusement Center
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Description
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Ad for the Pla-Mor Amusement Center with a large illustration and map of the building.
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Date
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1927-11-06
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 4, 1909-1950, Page p457
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 31st Street south to W. Linwood Boulevard and from Central Street east to Main Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1950
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Pla-Mor Amusement Center Exterior
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Description
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View looking west of the entrance to the Pla-Mor Amusement Center, once located at 3142-3144 Main Street. Cars parked along Main Street can be seen.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Ice Skater
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Description
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Ice skater is famed ice skater Sonja Henie and may have been captured during a February 27, 1937, preformance at the Pla-Mor Ballroom.
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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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Pla-Mor Amusement Center Exterior
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Description
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View looking southwest of the side entrance to the Pla-Mor Amusement Center, once located at 3142-3144 Main Street. View was captured from 31st Street Terrace on the north side of the building. The sign in view reads: Pla-Mor - Bowling, Billiards, Coffee Shop.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Pla-Mor Amusement Center Exterior
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Description
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View looking southeast of the side entrance to the Pla-Mor Amusement Center, once located at 3142-3144 Main Street. View was captured from 31st Street Terrace on the north side of the building. Cars parked along the street can be seen. The sign in view reads: Pla-Mor - Bowling, Billiards, Coffee Shop.
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Date
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1940~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Swimming Pool to Be Feature of Pla-Mor This Summer
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Description
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Article tells how brothers Paul and Lyle Fogel, owners of Pla-Mor, are building a swimming pool in the building occupied by the ice skating rink, thus creating all-year activities at the Pla-Mor arena. These include ice skating, roller skating, hockey, basketball games, boxing bouts, conventions or wrestling matches. The arena proper seats close to 6,500 people.
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Date
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1931-04-21
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Margaret Field
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Description
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Ice skater Margaret Field, in flight. Field, a native of California, performed in the travelling production "Ice Cycles of 1947."
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Date
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1947~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Future: The Newsweekly for Today
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Description
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Issue of the anti-corruption, Kansas City-based newspaper, Future: The Newsweekly for Today. The front page includes an article, continued on page 8, about the Kansas Citians of Italian descent and their often unfair treatment in the newspapers for their comparatively few members of organized crime, and descriptions of several "cultured and law-abiding" local Italians such as musicians M. A. Lenge, N. DeRubertis, Mike Russo, Arturo Corti, Gustavo Corti, and Rosemarie Brancato; artists Dante Cosentino, Frank Tommassini, and Paulo D'Anna; and scientists and teachers Dr. Louis Laurenzanna, Frank Laurenzanno, Dr. E. Mella, and Elio Monachesi. Other featured articles include: “Cheese Joins the Gang” (p. 3), a photo and article about Charley Casciola, or Cheese Casciola, a "hoodlum machine election 'worker'" acquitted of involvement in "the bloody election day murders March 27, 1934"; and “May We Present W. W. (Tom) Graves” (p. 5), a photo and profile W. W. Graves, Jr. (Waller Washington Graves), or Tom Graves, prosecuting attorney of Jackson County with close ties to the Pendergast machine; also included in the newspaper are advertisements for local businesses and articles on fashion, finance, cooking, music, art, and national and international news.
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Date
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1935-05-31
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Object Type
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Newspaper
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