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1. 1936 Kansas City Blues Team 1936 Kansas City Blues Team May 4, 1936 Group portrait of the 1936 Kansas City Blues baseball team inside Muehlebach Field (later renamed Blues/Municipal Stadium). The team is posed in front of an oversized baseball display that reads "George...
2. Airialto Accolade Airialto Accolade August//1936 Photos of the performers of three local radio shows: (1) the "Three-on-a Song" musical group on WHB-AM; (2) Walt Lockett's play-by-play announcing of Kansas City Blues baseball on W9XBY-AM; and (3) the...
3. Another Festival That Once Was Another Festival That Once Was June/July//2002 Article citing the lack of attendance and support for the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, leading to its cancellation in 2002.
4. Arts: Keeping the Blues Alive in KC Arts: Keeping the Blues Alive in KC August 2001 Photo and article about the history of the Kansas City Blues Society, founded in 1981 at the Charlotte Street Mission and growing to become "a national force" by 2001 with signing of several prominent...
5. Bad-News Blues Bad-News Blues February 21-27, 2013 Article chronicles the 2013 board election of the Kansas City Blues Society. The organization's history is described. Former members and previous editors of Blues News, the KCBS newsletter, are interviewed...
6. Baseball Players Shaking Hands Baseball Players Shaking Hands circa 1930s Two baseball players or managers in Kansas City Blues uniforms standing outside a dugout shaking hands. The photograph was likely taken inside Muehlebach Field (22nd & Brooklyn).
7. Baseball: An Illustrated History Baseball: An Illustrated History 1994 Minor League Class AAA team "farm club" for the New York Yankees.
8. Blues A ''Mystery'' Team: Uncertain Quality Intrigues Fans' Interest Blues A ''Mystery'' Team: Uncertain Quality Intrigues Fans' Interest April 21, 1931 Pre-1931 season article about the Kansas City Blues baseball team, stating that George Muehlebach has owned the team since 1918. And as of 1931 held the record of all minor league cities for a single day's...
9. Blues Game in Progress Blues Game in Progress N.d. Field view of a baseball game in progress inside an unidentified stadium. One of the teams is likely the Kansas City Blues of the American Association league.
10. Blues Stadium Blues Stadium September 26, 1971 Blues Stadium at 23rd and Brooklyn Streets opened on July 3, 1923, as Muehlebach Field. In 1937, it was renamed Ruppert Stadium; in 1946, Blues Stadium; and in 1954, it was renamed again as Municipal Stadium....
11. Bye-Bye Jazz and Blues Fest Bye-Bye Jazz and Blues Fest May 2002 Article lamenting the loss of the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival. Reasons for the festival being cancelled in 2002 are described.
12. Entertainment: The Best Is yet to Come! Entertainment: The Best Is yet to Come! August//1997 Information about the city's jazz history and its revitalization with the annual festival at Penn Valley Park.
13. Holy Cow! He's Gone Holy Cow! He's Gone August 15, 2007 Article explains the Kansas City ties of former New York Yankee's shortstop and announcer Phil Rizzuto, who died August 13, 2007. Rizzuto payed two seasons with the Kansas City Blues (1939, 1940) and in...
14. It Simply Was Time for the Blues to Go It Simply Was Time for the Blues to Go July/2/1972 Article about the end of the "5-year history of the Kansas City Blues" minor league professional hockey team, a farm team of the Saint Louis Blues.
15. Joe McGinnity Joe McGinnity 2009 Chapter of biography of Joe McGinnity tells about his time with the Kansas City Blues in 1894. It also includes information about some other Blues players and about the team in general.
16. K.C.K. to Honor Legendary Blues Promoter K.C.K. to Honor Legendary Blues Promoter November 2-8, 2012 Article announces that Roger Naber will be honored during the 2012 Historical Thanksgiving Breakfast Dance. Naber's past role in organizing the dance is discussed. Details regarding Naber's 33 year career...
17. Kansas City--A Music Mecca (Blues) Kansas City--A Music Mecca (Blues) May, 2005 Overview of the state of blues music in Kansas City in 2005, penned by the president of the Kansas City Blues Society.
18. Kansas City Blues Kansas City Blues 1942 This vertical file folder contains a K.C. Blues, American Association, schedule for 1942. Games to be played at Ruppert Stadium, 22nd and Brooklyn Avenue. Back of schedule includes how the teams in the...
19. Kansas City Blues and Kansas City Blues Queen Kansas City Blues and Kansas City Blues Queen 1954 Group portrait of Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Blues Queen, and unidentified officials outside Municipal Stadium before parade honoring the baseball team.
20. Kansas City Blues Banquet Kansas City Blues Banquet 1954 South Central Business Association banquet honoring the Kansas City Blues at unidentified location.