Music, Dance and Theater

Title: Gregor Piatigorsky
Description: Performance portrait of Russian cellist Gregor Piatigorsky posed with his cello.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bobbye Hunter and Geraldine Hensler
Description: Portrait of two dancers identified as Bobbye Hunter and Geraldine Hensler. The two are dressed in costumes and posed on an unidentified street corner. A row of apartment buildings can be seen in the background.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Music Hall
Description: Interior view of the stage and seating at the Music Hall which is part of the Municipal Auditorium and located between Wyandotte and Central streets on 13th Street in downtown Kansas City. Identified as home of the orchestra.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Powell C. Groner
Description: Portrait of Powell C. Groner, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gaby and Robert Casadesus
Description: Portrait of Gaby and Robert Casadesus, a French husband and wife duo piano team.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Municipal Auditorium
Description: Exterior view looking toward the southwest of the Municipal Auditorium located in downtown Kansas City on 13th Street between Central and Wyandotte streets.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Nathan Milstein
Description: Performance view of violinist Nathan Milstein, posed playing his violin.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Karl Krueger
Description: Portrait of Kansas City Philharmonic Conductor Karl Krueger.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Description: Full stage, interior view of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, location unknown. Includes insert portrait of Karl Krueger who was the orchestra's conductor from 1933 to 1943. Location is probably the Music Hall.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Helen Traubel
Description: Portrait of Metropolitan Opera soprano Helen Traubel.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Mrs. B. C. Christopher, Jr.
Description: Portrait identified as Mrs. B. C. Christopher, Jr. She is identified as being president of the Philharmonic's Women's Committee, 1940-41, and president of the orchestra's Board of Trustees, 1942-1943. Her husband, Benjamin C. Christopher, Jr., was a partner in the grain dealers firm of B. C. Christopher & Company.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Bruna Castagna
Description: Portrait of contralto opera singer Bruna Castagna.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph