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1950 (16)
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1. 'Globe-Trotting' Refrigerators Are Made in K. C. 'Globe-Trotting' Refrigerators Are Made in K. C. 1950 Entry for Viking Refrigerators, Incorporated, with the history of the company founded in 1904 by Walter S. Dickey, who also "manufactured miles of clay pipe for the town's water and sewer system and was...
2. A Young Kansas City Institution Writes One of America's Outstanding Success Stories: Locke Stove Co. A Young Kansas City Institution Writes One of America's Outstanding Success Stories: Locke Stove Co. .. 1950 Photo and text of the space heater manufacturing company founded in 1940.
3. Benson Manufacturing Co. Blazing New Trails in Production Fields Benson Manufacturing Co. Blazing New Trails in Production Fields 1950 Founded by John A. Benson in 1907. First a building interior business, later an aircraft manufacturer.
4. C. F. Downey Box Company C. F. Downey Box Company 1950 Description of the C. F. Downey Box Manufacturing company originally at 3rd and Broadway Boulevards in 1880, moving to 1401 Iron Street in North Kansas City in 1919.
5. Carswell Has 40-Year Steel Fabricating History Carswell Has 40-Year Steel Fabricating History 1950 History of the manufacturers specializing in agricultural machinery starting in 1912.
6. Dickey Clay Products Contribute to the Health, Happiness and Safety of the Community Dickey Clay Products Contribute to the Health, Happiness and Safety of the Community 1950 History of the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company, responsible for hundreds of miles of "vitrified glazed clay sewer pipe" underlying Kansas City, founded in 1885.
7. Faeth Celebrates 50th Anniversary Faeth Celebrates 50th Anniversary 1950 Description of the steel manufacturing office at 1608-1614 McGee Street and plant at 217 Missouri Avenue, involved in steel distribution including automobile steel.
8. Gateway Luggage in Impressive Growth Gateway Luggage in Impressive Growth 1950 Description of the Gateway Luggage Company started in 1938 at 415 Delaware Street, manufacturing all sorts of bags.
9. Herb Blickhan Sells the United States on Midwestern Ingenuity Herb Blickhan Sells the United States on Midwestern Ingenuity 1950 Photo and history of the Blick metal manufacturing company started in 1934, called "America's most diversified shop" by the War Production Board during World War II, with some biographical information...
10. Kansas City Centennial Souvenir Program Kansas City Centennial Souvenir Program 1950 Whole book filled with examples of histories of individual businesses.
11. Kansas City Industrial Exposition Reflects a Century of Progress Kansas City Industrial Exposition Reflects a Century of Progress 1950 Article about the 1950 exposition displaying industrial progress of the city since 1850.
12. Marsh Steel Corporation, "Department Store for Metals" Marsh Steel Corporation, "Department Store for Metals" 1950 Drawing and description of the company, founded in 1945.
13. Neevel Manufacturing Company Was a "Depression Baby" Neevel Manufacturing Company Was a "Depression Baby" 1950 History of the Neevel Manufacturing Company, the "largest luggage unit producing factory in the United States," located at 1401-1427 Chestnut Street, incorporated in 1934. Includes two small photos and...
14. Rubon Products Help Whole World to "Clean Up" Rubon Products Help Whole World to "Clean Up" 1950 History of the mop manufacturing and furniture cleaning business, begun in 1912 by T. G. Johnson at 2304 Prospect Avenue and after 1922 at 500 West 7th Street.
15. Spencer Chemical Company Spencer Chemical Company 1950 Full-page ad for the Spencer Chemical Company, located in the Dwight Building, describing its products "for industry and agriculture."
16. Sunshine Biscuits, Inc., Kansas City Plant Sunshine Biscuits, Inc., Kansas City Plant May 3, 1905 History of the Sunshine biscuit manufacturing business starting as the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, with photos and description of the plant and operations.
17. Thirteen Years before Kansas City Was Born Thirteen Years before Kansas City Was Born 1950 History of the farming plow in Kansas City, opening here with the first local branch under Alvah Mansur in 1869 at 1401 West 13th Street.