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Title: 11th Street from Wyandotte Street
Description: View looking west along 11th Street from its intersection with Wyandotte Street. Several cars parked and traveling along 11th Street can be seen. A sign for the American Red Cross on the Lyric Theatre building on the right hand side of the image is in view.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 12th Street
Description: Photograph of 12th Street, looking west from Grand Avenue. Signs for the Regent Theater, the State Hotel, the Katz Drugstore, the Hotel Phillips, Kresge's department store, and the Jones Store can be seen. The Street is crowded with pedestrians.
Date: 1961~
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Auditorium Theatre and Hotel
Description: View looking northeast of the Auditorium Theater and Hotel, once located at 9th and Holmes streets.
Date: 1923
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

Title: Coates Opera House
Description: View looking northeast of the rear of the Coates Opera House from about 10th and Washington streets in the Quality Hill area.
Date: 1877
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coates Opera House and Coates House Hotel
Description: View looking northeast of the Coates Opera House and Broadway Hotel, later renamed the Coates House Hotel, at 10th Street and Broadway Boulevard. The Broadway Pond, once located at the southwest corner of the intersection can be seen. Cows can be seen in the image.
Date: 1871
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club Plaza Theater
Description: An autochrome photograph of the Country Club Plaza Theater, taken from the east.
Date: 1932-09-25
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Country Club Plaza Theatre
Description: An autochrome photograph of tulips growing in front of the Country Club Plaza Theater, taken from the east.
Date: 1939-05-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Empire - Main Street Theater
Description: View looking southwest of the Empire Theater, also known as the Main Street Theater, at 1400 Main Street. The theater's doors and windows were boarded up when this photograph was captured. Cars traveling and parked along Main Street can be seen. A sign for Allright Parking is in view.
Date: 1995~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Folly Theater
Description: View looking northwest of the Folly Theater at 12th and Central streets. Cars parked along Central Street can be seen. The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is in view in the background.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Folly Theater
Description: View looking north of the Folly Theater at 12th and Central streets during its restoration. A sign explaining the restoration project created by the Performing Arts Foundation can be seen on the front of the building.
Date: 1975~
Object Type: Photograph

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