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1. Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Kansas City //1911, ca. Business at 1407-1409 Wyandotte Street, "manufacturers of drug, bank, jewelry, store and office fixtures."
2. Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development Kansas City: Its Resources and Their Development 1890 Photo and description of Herman Oppenheimer, founder in 1880 of H. Oppenheimer & Company, "wholesale dealers in watches, diamonds, jewelry, etc.," at "Nos. 706 Main and 707 Delaware streets."
3. Eugene Jaccard Eugene Jaccard 1896 Biographical sketches of Eugene Jaccard, "a jeweler of Kansas City," and his father, D. C. Jaccard, a jeweler and watchmaker born in Switzerland emigrating to Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1845. Description...
4. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo. A Memorial and Biographical Record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo. 1896 Photo and bio of Frederick Esslinger, "the owner of fine vineyards" and "an improved wine garden" in Westport, born in Germany in 1818 and emigrating to the United States in 1850. Description of his career,...
5. Jaccard's Jewelry Store Jaccard's Jewelry Store 1898-1899 Photo of the jewelry store's interior "said to be the most richly furnished salesroom in the West."
6. Imperial Kansas City 1900: Her Wonderful Growth and Resources Imperial Kansas City 1900: Her Wonderful Growth and Resources 1900 One paragraph about the jewelry business of Charles Lasky established at 1027 Main Street about 1886.
7. Eugene Jaccard Eugene Jaccard 1908 Photo and bio of Eugene Jaccard, founder of "the Jaccard Watch & Jewelry Company," born in Saint Louis in 1861 and coming to Kansas City in 1888, establishing his business that year and serving as its...
8. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Photo and bio of George Edwards, "president of the Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Company of Kansas City," born in Saint Louis in 1860 and arriving in Kansas City in 1889, taking over a jewelry business the...
9. Eugene Jaccard Eugene Jaccard 1908 Photo and bio of Eugene Jaccard, former president of the Jaccard Watch & Jewelry Company. He was born in Saint Louis in 1861 and came to Kansas City in 1888, establishing his business and heading it until...
10. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Charles Hoefer, "of the Woodstock-Hoefer Watch & Jewelry Company," born in Wisconsin in 1855 and coming to Kansas City in 1887, establishing his watch and jewelry business that year,...
11. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Samuel Everett Woodstock, or Samuel Woodstock, "president of the Woodstock-Hoefer Wholesale Jewelry Company of Kansas City." Born in New York in 1846 and coming to Kansas City in...
12. James Kenmuir James Kenmuir 1908 Biographical sketch of James Kenmuir (1838-1902), "associated with the jewelry trade" of Kansas City, a native of Ireland emigrating to Kansas City in 1873 with "a store on Main Street" between 7th and...
13. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Oscar Kaempff, "the head of the oldest jewelry manufacturing establishment of the city," born in Baltimore in 1871 and coming to Kansas City in 1874. Also "vice president of the...
14. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of John Landes, "purchasing agent for the board of public works of Kansas City," born in Pennsylvania in 1846 and starting out a a jeweler in Sedalia, Missouri, before coming to Kansas...
15. Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work 1912 Photo and bio of Charles Hoefer, "of the Woodstock-Hoefer Watch and Jewelry Company," born in Wisconsin in 1855 and coming to Kansas City in 1885.
16. Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work 1912 Photo and bio of George Edwards, "member of the upper house of the city council and president of the Edwards & Sloane Jewelry Company and the Mercantile Bank," born in Saint Louis in 1860 and arriving...
17. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature 1912 Illustrated caricature of Calvin Norton, a local jewelry store owner.
18. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature 1912 Caricature of P. Stephen Harris of the Harris-Goar Jewelry Company.
19. Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work 1912 Photo and bio of Louis Oppenstein, "one of the firm of Oppenstein Brothers, jewelers, and a member of the upper house of the city council." Born in Chicago in 1874 and coming to Kansas City in 1902 as...
20. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Fred Goldman, president of the Goldman Jewelry Company at 1107 Walnut Street, born in Hodgeman County, Kansas, in 1886 and raised in Kansas City, taking over the jewelry store of...