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Title: Leo Leslie
Description: Biographical sketch of Leo Leslie, "one of the foremost builders and owners of handsome residences and fine business property in Kansas City," born in Massachusetts in 1856 and coming to Kansas City in 1879 as a dry goods merchant "under the firm name of L. N. Leslie & Company at No. 726 North Main street," with residence at 4057 Warwick Boulevard. Description of his later career, selling the firm to W. T. Matthews in 1886 and organizing the Suffolk Investment Company real estate development business, building the "handsome theatre, 'The Sam S. Shubert,' on [10th] street, between Baltimore avenue and Wyandotte street" in 1906, as well as several apartment houses and residences, etc. in Downtown and Midtown.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book

Title: Night in Kansas City
Description: A small booklet featuring photographs of Kansas City that have been artistically enhanced to create a nighttime effect.
Date: 1912
Object Type: Book

Title: Downtown Looking West from near 10th and Walnut Streets
Description: Panoramic view of downtown buildings facing west from Walnut between 9th and 10th streets. The photograph may have been taken from the roof of the Ridge Arcade Building at 916 Walnut Street. Several downtown buildings can be seen, including: the Victor Building, the New England National Bank Building, the Dwight Building, the Board of Trade Building, the First National Bank Building (current location of the KCPL Central Library), The Elmhurst Building, the Shubert Theater Building, the Huntzinger Building, the Graphic Arts Building, the Western Newspaper Union Building, the Baker-Vawter Building, the University Club Building, the Kansas City School of Law Building, the Cosby Hotel Building, the Savoy Hotel Building, the Gibraltar Building, the New England Life Building, the Bunker Building, the New York Life Building, the Dunlap Building, the Westgate Hotel Building, the Poindexter & Sons Building, the Barton Hat Company Building, and the U.S. Rubber Company Building. The Quality Hill neighborhood and Garment District can be seen in the distance.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frank Schudy Sr.
Description: Obituary for Frank Schudy, the manager of the Shubert Theater during the 1920s-1930s, at 10th Street and Baltimore Avenue, dying at the age of 59 in 1963. Also former employee of Tom Pendergast and owner of the Missouri Wholesale Liquor Company.
Date: 1963-05-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Interior of Shubert Theater
Description: Postcard of the interior of the Shubert Theater that once stood on 10th Street near Baltimore Avenue.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Baltimore Avnue
Description: Looking south along the east side of Baltimore Avenue from 9th Street. The Shubert Theater sign is visible on the northwest corner of Baltimore and 10th Street, and the Carbide and Carbon Building (later called Union Carbide Building) can be seen in the middle of the block.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

Title: 10th Street
Description: Looking east from the south side of 10th between Baltimore and Central.
Date: 1920
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Security National Bank Building and Shubert Theater
Description: Full frontal and side view; located on the northwest corner of 10th and Baltimore. Also shows Shubert Theatre.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Shubert Theatre Billboard
Description: Billboard sign for the Shubert Theatre at Riverview in Kansas City, Kansas. Sign says Shubert Theatre...week starting Sunday Oct 4 / The musical comedy The Belle of Bond Street / Sam Bernard, All Star Cast, Perfect Beauty Chorus / The most elaborate production ever presented.
Date: 1915~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: DuBose and Dorothy Heyward
Description: File contains a playbill and program for a production of the play Porgy, by Dorothy and Dubose Heyward, performed at the Shubert Theater in Kansas City beginning December 9th of an unspecified year. The character of Porgy was played by Frank Wilson, and Evelyn Ellis portrayed Bess in the production, presented by the Theater Guild, Inc.
Date: 1930~/1949~
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p008
Description: Northern part of early Kansas City from W. 9th Street south to W. 11th Street and from Central Street east to Main Street. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page showing adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

Title: Kansas City Symphony
Description: Group portrait of the Kansas City Symphony with Carl Busch, conductor, in the Shubert Theater.
Date: 1911~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC66-3 Sender Theater Scrapbooks Finding Aid
Description: This two-scrapbook collection covers the years 1905 to 1911 (volume 1) and 1903 to 1917 (volume 2). They include theater programs, play bills, club programs, and some miscellaneous items. Many of the theater programs and play bills are from other U.S. cities as well as European locations. The scrapbook compiler penciled in with whom they attended the performance. Local theater coverage is strongest for the Willis Wood Theatre, the Shubert Theatre, and the Fritschy Concert series. The original compiler of the scrapbooks is unknown. The donor was H. M. Sender, presumed to be Harry M. Sender, a local book dealer and collector of historical items. An article featuring Harry M. Sender can be found in the "Kansas City Journal," Aug. 3, 1939. Available in Special Collections newspaper clipping collection, mounted clips, filed under Sender's name.
Date: 1903/1917
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Exterior View, First National Bank
Description: Panoramic view of 10th and Baltimore, Kansas City, MO, showing exterior view of First National Bank
Date: 1909
Object Type: Photograph

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