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21. Arnold Brothers Long Associated with Meat Business Arnold Brothers Long Associated with Meat Business 1950 Prominent meat-purveying business originally at 810 Independence Avenue in 1906.
22. Bankruptcy Sought for Rich-Con: Creditors Want to Make Sure Liquidation at Oldest KC Family-Owned Firm Bankruptcy Sought for Rich-Con: Creditors Want to Make Sure Liquidation at Oldest KC Family-Owned Firm Was Proper February/17/2000 News about the bankruptcy and piecemeal liquidation of "Richards & Conover Steel Co., Kansas City's oldest family-owned business," started as far back as 1857, with its main unit at 6333 Saint John Avenue....
23. Beggs Wagon Company Beggs Wagon Company
24. Belger Cartage Service, Inc., Keeps Pace with Industrial Age Belger Cartage Service, Inc., Keeps Pace with Industrial Age 1950 Started in 1919 by Richard Belger.
25. 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.
26. Bernheimer Brothers Bernheimer Brothers May 1886 Dry goods company at 912 Main Street founded in September of 1885.
27. Bernheimer Brothers Bernheimer Brothers March 10, 1905 Dry goods company at 12th and Main Streets.
28. Blacks in Kansas City, Part III--Business and Industry Blacks in Kansas City, Part III--Business and Industry February 21-February 28, 1986 Third in a series of four articles about the history of African Americans in Kansas City. It provides an overview of black business and industry, from the period before emancipation in 1865 to the present...
29. Blatz Brewery Blatz Brewery May 1886 Branch of Milwaukee brewery since 1880.
30. Boston Shoe Store Boston Shoe Store May 1886 Description of the shoe store located at 4th and Main streets.
31. Buildings by Hucke & Sexton Contracting and Building Company, Kansas City, Missouri, U. S. A. Buildings by Hucke & Sexton Contracting and Building Company, Kansas City, Missouri, U. S. A. 1902 Photos of the company's office interiors.
32. Bullene, Moore, and Emery Bullene, Moore, and Emery Photocopy of Shopping Guide from August 20, 1891 and the Spring and Summer 1888 catalog.
33. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company
34. Business Patterns in the Growth of a Midwestern City: The Kansas City Business Community before the Business Patterns in the Growth of a Midwestern City: The Kansas City Business Community before the Civil War Summer 1959 Descriptions of numerous early businesses and merchants in Kansas City before the Civil War (antebellum), including Charles Kearney (founder of "the largest prewar wholesale grocery house in Kansas City")...
35. Business Patterns in the Growth of a Midwestern City: The Kansas City Business Community Before the Business Patterns in the Growth of a Midwestern City: The Kansas City Business Community Before the Civil War Summer 1959 Copy of an article about business patterns in early Kansas City by historical author Charles Glaab.
36. Business Patterns in the Growth of a Midwestern City: The Kansas City Business Community before the Business Patterns in the Growth of a Midwestern City: The Kansas City Business Community before the Civil War Summer 1959 Article about the history of Kansas City's business and economy, with reference to its street railways on page 171 and description of members of the Chick family--William Chick, Washington Chick, and Joseph...
37. 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.
38. Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri May 28, 1905 During the late civil war [sic] the town was occupied as a military post. Most of its business men left, and the town emerged from the contest with no trade and less population than in 1860.
39. Catalogue of Great Western Stove Company Catalogue of Great Western Stove Company 1897 Numerous descriptions and illustrations of stoves.
40. Charles Englehart, Tailor Charles Englehart, Tailor 1905 Photos of the establishment of Charles Englehart, tailor, at the Bunker Building.