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Title: Drum Roll Please
Description: Color photograph of the restored entry of the Drum Room of the now historic Hilton President Kansas City Hotel that reopened in June 2006.
Date: 2006-08-01
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Drum Roll, Please, as Dining Spot is Reborn
Description: After being closed for 25 years, the Drum Room in the Hotel President is due to open on May 10, 2006. The restaurant opened in 1941 and such celebrities as Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, the Marx Brothers and Sammy Davis, Jr. performed there. "It has been rebuilt with a contemporary interior design that honors its past with black-and-white photographs of jazz greats and a restored 280-square-foot mural of South Sea islanders that was painted for the room in 1941 by New York artist Winold Reiss." Article includes a picture of the interior of the room as well as the Drum Room sign on the outside of the hotel.
Date: 2006-05-06
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Off Beat
Description: Review of the renovated and reopened Drum Room at the President Hotel, located in downtown Kansas City.
Date: 2007-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Dish-approval Ratings
Description: Reviews of the Walnut Room and Drum Room, two restaurants located in the historic Hilton President Hotel (1329 Baltimore).
Date: 2006-08-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Aztec Ruins
Description: Article describing renovation plans and the current state of former ballrooms in the Hotel President. The interior of the Aztec Room, which included giant skeleton gods made of plaster, was designed by artist Waylande Gregory.
Date: 2002-08-08
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Barn in the U.S.A.
Description: Article describes the 2012 reopening of the President Hotel restaurant as Providence New American Kitchen following the closing of the Drum Room in 2008. The interior design, decor, and menu are described.
Date: 2012-11-22
Object Type: Newspaper Article