Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection (UMKC)

Pla-Mor Ballroom Photograph Collection (UMKC)
ID Description
Date
Image Credit
Notes
1 Unidentified man decorating a cake
[n.d.]
Anderson (Kansas
City, Missouri)
2 Chic Soggin (middle, right, leaning over
phonograph) and ten unidentified members
of his band; listening to a record in an
unidentified room
[n.d.]
Cresswell (Kansas
City, Missouri)
3 Unit organ interior of the Pla-Mor Ballroom's
Page Organ
[n.d.]
Cresswell (Kansas
City, Missouri)
same as P04 and P05
4 Unit organ interior of the Pla-Mor Ballroom's
Page Organ
[n.d.]
Cresswell (Kansas
City, Missouri)
same as P03 and P05
5 Unit organ interior of the Pla-Mor Ballroom's
Page Organ
[n.d.]
[Cresswell (Kansas
City, Missouri)]
same as P03 and P04
6 Cocked Hat Alleys [bowling]; 4451 Troost
Avenue; Kansas City, Missouri
[n.d.]
Anderson (Kansas
City, Missouri)
7 Proposed development for Pla-Mor Realty
Company
[1920s]
Charles A. Smith
(architect)
Architectural
rendering
8 Plan of grounds and buildings for the Pla-Mor
Realty Company
[1920s]
Charles A. Smith
(architect)
Architectural
rendering; same as
P09 and P10
9 Plan of grounds and buildings for the Pla-Mor
Realty Company
[1920s]
Charles A. Smith
(architect)
Architectural
rendering; same as
P08 and P10
10 Plan of grounds and buildings for the Pla-Mor
Realty Company
[1920s]
Charles A. Smith
(architect)
Architectural
rendering; same as
P08 and P09
11 Pla-Mor, building exterior
[n.d.]
Anderson (Kansas
City, Missouri)
12 Pla-Mor, empty skating rink
[n.d.]
Anderson (Kansas
City, Missouri)
13 Pla-Mor, empty skating rink
[n.d.]
Anderson (Kansas
City, Missouri)
14 Pla-Mor, skating rink showing several players
competing (outer ring) while medical
personnel attend to people lying on cots
(interior space)
[n.d.]
Cresswell (Kansas
City, Missouri)
ID Description
Date
Image Credit
Notes
15 Chic's 14 Pla-Mors [Chic Scoggin and the PlaMor Boys; Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra]
[n.d.]
[unknown]
photo caption: "The
Music's the Thing /
Have it!"; stylized
photo with framed
pictures of band
members arranged
on a shamrockshaped graphic
background
16 Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell's (Kansas
City, Missouri)
17 Unidentified violinist
[n.d.]
A. Schupack (Chicago)
18 Unidentified woman [vocalist of the Pla-Mor
house band?]
[n.d.]
[unknown]
19 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
Bert (Kansas City,
Missouri)
20 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
Coffey Studio (Kansas
City, Missouri)
21 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
Bert (Kansas City,
Missouri)
22 Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell's (Kansas
City, Missouri)
23 Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell (Kansas
City, Missouri)
24 Fred Agnew (first alto sax, clarinet, piano,
vocalist) of the Pla-Mor house band
[n.d.]
Bert (Kansas City,
Missouri)
see also P15 and P28
insets (third row from
top, right)
25 Hank Lishin
[n.d.]
Amusement Service
Corporation (Chicago)
photo caption:
"Amusement Service
Corporation of
Chicago presents
Hank Lishin and his
Orchestra"
26 Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell's, Kansas
City, Missouri
27 Chic Scoggin, Pla-Mor house band director
[n.d.]
Theatrical Studio
(Chicago)
same man in P36
same as P30; see also
P28 inset (top row,
right)
same as P59
same as P52
ID Description
Date
Image Credit
Notes
28 (Front photo) The Pla-Mor Orchestra; (back
photo) Dott Massey, Director
[n.d.]
[front photo:
unknown] / [back
photo] Bert (Kansas
City, Missouri)
photos glued back-toback; front photo
caption: "Up to the
Minute"; front photo:
stylized photo with
framed pictures of
band members
arranged on a
shamrock-shaped
graphic background;
back photo: see also
P28 (front photo)
inset (top row,
middle) and P15 inset
(fourth row from top,
left)
29 Unidentified theatrical performance with two
women and two men on a raised stage
[n.d.]
Payne & Payne
(Liberty, Missouri)
30 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
Bert (Kansas City,
Missouri)
same as P19; see also
P28 inset (top row,
right)
31 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
[unknown]
see also P28 inset
(bottom row, middle)
32 Unidentified pianist
[n.d.]
Bert (Kansas City,
Missouri)
33 Unidentified violinist
[n.d.]
[unknown]
34 Page Organ
[n.d.]
[unknown]
35 Unidentified woman [vocalist of the Pla-Mor
house band?]
[n.d.]
[unknown]
36 Unidentified man
[n.d.]
A. Schupack (Chicago)
37 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
Coffey Studio (Kansas
City, Missouri)
38 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
Bert (Kansas City,
Missouri)
39 Unidentified band/orchestra/group of men
[n.d.]
[unknown]
typed description on
back: "Page Organ / 3Manual console
finished in Stipple
Gold and Mahogany
for Colonial Theatre,
Philidelphia. Threequarter front view."
same man in P17
ID Description
Date
Image Credit
40 Dave Harman and his Greater Orchestra
[n.d.]
Apeda (New York) /
Orchestra
Corporation of
America
41 Chic Scoggin's Pla-Mor Ball Room Ochestra
[c. 1929]
Cresswell's Photo
Service (Kansas City,
Missouri)
42 Chic Scoggin, Pla-Mor house band director
[n.d.]
[unknown]
43 Chic Scoggin, Pla-Mor house band director
[n.d.]
[unknown]
44 Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell's (Kansas
City, Missouri)
45 Phil Baxter and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell's (Kansas
City, Missouri)
46 Phil Baxter and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell's (Kansas
City, Missouri)
47 Phil Phillips
[n.d.]
[unknown]
48 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
[unknown]
49 Don Redman and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
[unknown]
50 Unidentified orchestra
[n.d.]
G.A. Terry (Kansas
City, Kansas)
51 Unidentified group of men huddled around a
radio console
[n.d.]
[unknown]
52 Chic Scoggin, Pla-Mor house band director
[n.d.]
Theatrical Studio
(Chicago)
53 Chic Scoggin, Pla-Mor house band director
1929
Coffey Studio (Kansas
City, Missouri)
Notes
picture postcard;
photo caption: "Yours
for dance
satisfaction"; back of
postcard has written
correpondence to the
Pla-Mor Ballroom
manager (Sam) from
Roger Leahy,
postmarked from
Pawhuska,
Oklahoma, December
30, 1929
see also P15 and P28
insets (bottom row,
left)
mounted on 10x8
paperboard
same as P27
ID Description
Date
Image Credit
Notes
54 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
[n.d.]
Music Corporation of
America
photo caption:
"Music Corporation
of America presents
America's Favorite
Radio Dance
Orchestra / Ted
Weems and his
Orchestra / Victor
Artists"; stylized
promo photo
consisting of three
image insets: one of
Ted Weems and two
of Ted Weems with
his orchestra
55 Isham Jones
[n.d.]
Amusement Service
Corporation (Chicago)
photo caption:
"Chicago Amusement
Service Corporation
presents Isham Jones
and his Brunswick
Recording Orchestra"
56 Unidentified member of the Pla-Mor house
band
[n.d.]
[unknown]
see also P15 and P28
insets (fourth row
from top, right)
57 Pla-Mor Instructors, Season 1935-1936
[1935]
Cresswell (Kansas
City, Missouri)
58 Joie Lichter's Strand Symphonists; includes
Woody Herman (seated, right)
December 13,
1930
Kuhli Photo Service
(Milwaukee)
inscribed: "Best
wishes and thanks to
Bennett Stidham
from Joie Lichter and
Orch."
59 Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Cresswell's (Kansas
City, Missouri)
same as P22
60 Unidentified band/orchestra in novelty fur
costumes with hoods
[n.d.]
[unknown]
stamped on back:
"This is a Max Hart
act / Return to act or
1560 Broadyway /
New York"
61 Paul Whiteman
[n.d.]
[unknown]
62 Abe Lyman
1929
James Hargis
Connelly (Chicago)
inscribed: "To
Bennett / Best
Wishes / Always /
Abe Lyman / Good
News / 1929 / K.C.
Mo."
ID Description
Date
Image Credit
Notes
63 Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Mitchell (New York)
inscribed: "To
Bennett Stidham /
With Best Wishes /
Vincent Lopez"
64 Chic Scoggin and his Orchestra
[n.d.]
Anderson (Kansas
City, Missouri)
65 Phil Baxter
[n.d.]
Bert (Kansas City,
Missouri)
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