Description: 10 1/16" tall x 5 1/2" wide(misc. tears and chips) Please utilize pictures to determine exact condition of each item. If you have a question please send a message and I will answer you promptly. THE WILLIS WOOD THEATRE In Kansas City Missouri The fire that destroyed the Coates Opera House in 1900 left Kansas City with no ‘first-class’ theatre. Colonel Willis Wood, a dry goods magnate from St. Joseph, arrived in Kansas City around the same time as the Coates fire. Designed by noted Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss, the Willis Wood Theatre, located on the northwest corner of 11th Street and Baltimore Avenue, opened on August 25, 1902 with the play “A Modern Magdalen” performed by the Amelia Bingham Company. In January, 1917, a week before the last stock company was to end and movies were to be shown yet again, the Willis Wood Theatre was virtually destroyed by a fire – all that remained were the exterior walls. Interesting to note that almost all of the broadsides/playbills featured the line “ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF” printed on them. This Theatre advertising broadside was produced during the time of the Willis Wood Theatre, 1902-1917. Printed on very thin and delicate paper, very few if any of these broadsides survived in any condition. This one has the remnants of some type of paper mounting on the blank reverse. Some browning and brittleness to the paper. Folded but placed in and on an acid free backing board within a bag. Completely ORIGINAL! Very Rare! See photos for condition.10 324 Print Ad 1
Price: 26.58 USD
Location: Belton, Missouri
End Time: 2024-12-03T20:36:50.000Z
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Industry: Theater
Object Type: Playbill
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
