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Title
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Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
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Description
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Souvenir program book the Kansas City centennial celebration. The book details the events, organizations involved, and people associated with the celebration. The book contains many advertisements and brief articles detailing the history of various Kansas City area businesses, organizations, and public figures. An index for the book can be found on page 144.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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African American Theater Programs
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Description
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File contains seven theater programs that featured African American productions or performers. Includes: "Fantasy in Black and Gold, A Musical Revue", presented by Beta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Municipal Auditorium, May 21, 1936; "The Playgoer", a Shubert Theater publication, n.d., featuring Ethel Waters in "Rhapsody in Black"; "In Abraham's Bosom" presented by the Kansas City Drama League at Ivanhoe Temple, 1928; "Beau Brummel Minstrels" presented by the Beau Brummel Club, Ararat Temple, 1934 (contains numerous ads for African American businesses at the time); Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps presented by the Paseo Branch, YWCA, at the Centennial M.E. Church, n.d.; "Claudia" presented by the Negro Drama Group of New York at Music Hall, November 13, 1946; and "Othello" with Paul Robeson, presented by the Theatre Guild, Auditorium, ca1945.
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Date
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1930~/1949~
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Object Type
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Vertical File