Historic Kansas City Foundation Images

Title: Gem Theater
Description: View looking south of the entrance of the Gem Theater at 1615 E. 18th Street.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Power and Light Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Kansas City Power and Light Building at 104 W. 14th Street. The image was captured from Walnut Street between 14th Street and Truman Road. The Main Street Theater and the Baltimore Hotel can be seen.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Price Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Price Building at the corner of 39th and Main streets in Midtown. Signs for Republic Bank, Foolkiller Folk Theater, and New Earth Bookstore can be seen. Cars parked and traveling along 39th Street are in view. A pedestrian is standing outside of the building.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Lincoln Building
Description: View looking east along 18th Street at its intersection with Vine Street. The Lincoln Building and the Gem Theater are in view on the right hand side of the image. Several cars can be seen on the street.
Date: 1985~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gem Theater
Description: View in the 18th and Vine District showing the front of the Gem Theater.
Date: 1985~
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: 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: Uptown Theater
Description: View looking southwest of the Uptown Theater at 3700 Broadway Boulevard. Sings advertising the 1945 film Captain Eddie can are in view. Cars parked along Broadway Boulevard and Valentine Road can be seen.
Date: 1945~
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

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: View looking southwest of the Wirthman Building that once stood at 3100-3108 Troost Avenue. The building once housed the Isis Theater. It was demolished in 1997.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Wirthman Building
Description: View looking northwest of the Wirthman Building that once stood at 3100-3108 Troost Avenue. It was demolished in 1997. The building once contained the Isis Theater. which contained the Isis Theater. A sign for Exquisite Design's Unisex Salon can be seen. The building appears to be in a state of disrepair.
Date: 1995~
Object Type: Photograph