Search results

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: New Earth Books and Foolkiller Theater
Description: Photograph of the Price Candy Company building at 2 West 39th Street. circa 1981. The building was constructed in 1929 by W. R. Brovard to be a factory for Price Candy, and at the time of this photo was owned and partially occupied by the Foolkiller Theater company, which can be seen at the left. until they sold the building in 1985. The New Earth bookstore, a non-profit feminist store bookstore and event space, occupied the ground-floor corner space of the building.
Date: 1981~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Price Candy Company Building
Description: Photograph of terra cotta detail on the Price Candy Company building at 2 West 39th Street. circa 1981. The building was constructed in 1929 by W. R. Brovard to be a factory for Price Candy, and at the time of this photo was the home of the Foolkiller Theater collective until they sold the building in 1985.
Date: 1981~
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: 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

Title: 3910 Main Street
Description: Photograph of a vacant building at 3910 Main Street, circa 1983. The building was originally a Denny's restaurant that closed in 1982. Rosie's Bakery and Deli opened in the building in 1983. Foolkiller Theater, on the northwest corner of 39th and Main, can be seen in the background of the image. The restaurant building and gas station to the north were demolished in 1998.
Date: 1983~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Madrid Theater
Description: Photograph of the Madrid Theater, at 3806-3810 Main, circa 1982. The building 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. Sanderson's Lunch, at 3800 Main, can be seen to the right of the Madrid.
Date: 1982~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brookside Theatre
Description: Photograph circa mid-late 1970s looking west at the top part of the sign for the Brookside Theatre in the Brookside Shopping area at 6325 Brookside Plaza. The theater opened in 1937 and was demolished in 1978, following a fire, which was preceded by the theater closing in 1977.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Brookside Theatre
Description: Photograph circa late 1970s looking southwest at the sign for the Brookside Theatre in the Brookside Shopping area. On the right side of the photo is the spire of the Wornall Road Baptist Church at 400 West Meyer Boulevard. The theater opened in 1937, closed in 1977, and was demolished in 1978.
Date: 1970~/1979~
Object Type: Photograph

Refine Search