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1. Abernathy Furniture Company Abernathy Furniture Company 1878 Brief history of "the furniture establishment of Abernathy, North & Orrison" of Kansas City started in about 1868 at 549-551 Main Street, surviving the panic of 1873 and becoming a "successful and promising...
2. Abernathy Furniture Company Abernathy Furniture Company 1900 Illustration on page 60 of Abernathy Furniture Company at 1501-1525 West 9th Street.
3. Abernathy North & Orrison City Directory Entry Abernathy North & Orrison City Directory Entry 1876 Illustrated catalog and price list for the Abernathy North & Orrison furniture store in the back of the 1876 Hoye's Kansas City Directory.
4. Adelbert Haines Adelbert Haines 1886 Biographical sketch of Adelbert Haines, or A. S. Haines, "General Produce Commission Merchant, 416 Delaware Street," opening his store in 1868 upon arriving in Kansas City, also running a dairy.
5. American Sash & Door Company City Directory Entry American Sash & Door Company City Directory Entry 1906-1970 There are no entries for the American Sash & Door Company from 1903 to 1905 or 1971 to 1973. According to the directories, the company's address from 1906 to 1960 was the southeast corner of 16th and Bellefontaine...
6. Boston Shoe Store Boston Shoe Store May 1886 Description of the shoe store located at 4th and Main streets.
7. Charles Englehart, Tailor Charles Englehart, Tailor 1905 Photos of the establishment of Charles Englehart, tailor, at the Bunker Building.
8. City Art Rooms City Art Rooms May 1886 Description of the City Art Rooms art supply business at 815 Main Street.
9. Economies of 1867 Kansas City and Westport Economies of 1867 Kansas City and Westport 1867 Descriptions of Kansas City and Westport in 1867, concentrating on their economies, listing numbers and types of businesses (including the Westport Border-Star newspaper), climate and natural resources,...
10. George B. Peck Dry Goods George B. Peck Dry Goods 1905 Photo of the Peck Dry Goods store building.
11. Gregory Bros. & Peck Gregory Bros. & Peck circa 1914 Description of Gregory Brothers and Peck, "the largest growers, planters and owners of Texas Orange Orchards, whose local offices in charge of Geo. B. Peck, are located in the Commerce Building, suite...
12. Heim Brewery Heim Brewery 1902 Picture of bottling works at Heim's Brewery.
13. Hiram Hunt City Directory Entry Hiram Hunt City Directory Entry 1891 Listing of Hiram Hunt, or H. B. Hunt (formerly of Cleveland), as a resident of 1800 Summit Street and owner of a tin can factory at 1210 West 9th Street in the West Bottoms, managed by Albert Hunt.
14. Hooser Drugstore Hooser Drugstore 1886 Dealer in pure drugs and chemicals, toilet articles and perfumery. Special attention given to prescriptions, 24 East Missouri Avenue.
15. Moline Plow Co. Moline Plow Co. May 1886 Western branch of the company, manufacturers and jobbers of agricultural implements, located at the northwest corner Mulberry and Thirteenth streets in Kansas City. They covered Kansas, Colorado, and New...
16. Richards and Conover Hardware Richards and Conover Hardware 1982 History of the Richards & Conover hardware, iron, and steel distributing and manufacturing business, starting in Leavenworth in 1857, in Kansas City in 1875 at 3rd and Delaware Streets, moving in 1903...
17. Schiller Brothers Liquor City Directory Entry Schiller Brothers Liquor City Directory Entry 1915 City directory entry with location at 308 West 6th Street.
18. T. M. James T. M. James 1878 Photo and bio of Thomas Martin James, or T. M. James, owner of the "general produce business" of T. M. James & Sons in "the James building" at 6th and Main Streets. Description of his life and career....
19. T. M. James and Sons T. M. James and Sons 1886 Entry describes the business of T. M. James and Sons, "[w]holesale and retail dealers in crockery, glassware and cutlery and direct importers of French china, Main, Sixth and Delaware Streets," headed...
20. United Chemical Company United Chemical Company 1950 History with photo of the United Chemical Company, started in 1913 at 13th and Main Streets before moving into the former Pacific Hotel at 401-403 Delaware Street.