Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium

Country: United States of America
State: Missouri
City: Kansas City
Location: 301 W 13th Street

Convention centre and multi-purpose hall, built 1935-1936 by Gentry, Voskamp & Neville. Opened 1936. The complex contains a "Main Arena" with 7300 permanent seats, a theatre ("Music Hall") with 2400 seats and a smaller event hall ("Little Theatre") with up to 400 seats. Connected by a skywalk with the neighbouring "Kansas City Convention Centre" (also known as "Bartle Hall Convention Center").

Links: kcconvention.com, Wikipedia

Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium Front Text: "Municipal Auditorium", "Kansas City, Missouri"
Reverse Text: "Kansaas City Municipal Auditorium [...]"
Publisher: Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City; Max Bernstein, Kansas City; Colourpicture Publication, Boston MA
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Cameron MO to Indenpendence MO, 1948

Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium Front Text: "Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri"
Reverse Text: "The height of the new Municipal Auditorium is equal to a ten-story building although three main floors constitute its interior. The accomodations provided are an exhibit hall haveing 85,000 square feet floor space. Main auditorium seating 13,000, a theatre seating 3,000, also auxiliary halls and meeting places. Cost approximately $5,000,000."
Publisher: R. B. Harness Greeting Card Co., Kansas City; C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee; 56; 31728N
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium Front Text: "The Main Arena, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo."
Reverse Text: "The Main Arena. The Main Arena, largest unit of the Auditorium, is best described as a gigantic oval stadium seating 15,000 persons, with a domed ceiling suspended 96 feet above the floor. The dimensions of the room are 301 by 291 feet, and the oval floor is 130 by 220 feet. Ceiling and roof are suspended without posts or pillars to obstruct the view of spectators."
Publisher: Max Bernstein, Kansas City; Curteich C.T. Art-Colortone; 45; 7A-H742
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium Front Text: "The Music Hall, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo."
Reverse Text: "The Music Hall. New home of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, the Music Hall also is available for conventions, lectures, concerts, plays, musical shows, motion picture shows and all other gatherings which require the use of a theater of large proportions and complete equipment."
Publisher: Max Bernstein, Kansas City; Curteich C.T. Art-Colortone; 46; 7A-H743
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium Front Text: "The Little Theater, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo."
Reverse Text: "The Little Theater - Jewel of the Auditorium is the Little Theater, a room of breath-taking and fairy tale beauty. Octagonal in shape, and occupying the northeast section of the Auditorium, it was designed to accommodate musicals, concerts, lectures, dances, banquets, receptions, amteur theatrical productions and small conventions or sectional meetings of larger ones."
Publisher: Max Bernstein, Kansas City; Curteich C.T. Art-Colortone; 7A-H744
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Newton/Amarillo to Berkley WV, 1953

Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium Front Text: "The Orchestra Promenade, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo."
Reverse Text: "The Orchestra Promenade, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo. - In the lobbies and foyers preliminary to the Music Hall proper, marble, bronze and mural paintings have been used to give a quality of magnificence and distinction."
Publisher: Max Bernstein, Kansas City; Curteich C.T. Art-Colortone; 7A-H745
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Kansas City, MO: Municipal Auditorium Reverse Text: "Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri. Covering an entire City block in Downtown Kansas City.The Main arena seats 14,000; The Music Hall seats 2,700. Little theatre seats 700. Inaddition there is an immense exposition hall. The Beautiful Barney Allis Plaza is in the foreground."
Publisher: James Tetirick, Kansas City; 23865
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Kansas City, MO: Kansas City Convention Centre / Municipal Auditorium Picture: Kansas City Convention Centre, centre, behind the main building: Municipal Auditorium
Front Text: "Kansas City"
Reverse Text: "The expanded Bartle Hall Convention Center in downtown Kansas City hosts many cultural and entertainment events as well as a variety of conventions."
Publisher: Avery Postcards, Wichita KS; CP15070; KC-35; 1994
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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