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1. Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid ca. 1860-1910s Collection of cards used for advertising purposes in the late 19th century. Includes colorful illustrations for many types of products. The over 600 cards from Kansas City businesses have been digitized....
2. Barnes, W. J. Barnes, W. J. Information about the flower business of W. J. Barnes, with a 40-acre flower farm in Grandview, Missouri, and a store and greenhouses at 38th and Euclid Avenues in Kansas City "since 1890," according to...
3. Bob Trapp Bob Trapp May 24, 2003 The feature of the "Name Dropping" column is Bob Trapp of Trapp and Company, a local florist and floral design business. The business has done the Jewell Ball floral decorating for 36 years. Mr. Trapp...
4. C. E. Hampton, Importer of Novelties C. E. Hampton, Importer of Novelties ca. 1880-1900 Advertising card for "C. E. Hampton, Importer of Novelties" showing a bouquet of roses. Each rose is numbered and on the back of the card, all twelve rose varieties in "Hampton's 'Standard Bouquet'" are...
5. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of William Louis Rock, or William Rock, president and treasurer of the William L. Rock Flower Company at 1106 Grand Avenue in Kansas City. Born in Cleveland in 1865 and coming to Kansas...
6. Dan Carpenter, Pioneer Merchant and Horticulturalist Dan Carpenter, Pioneer Merchant and Horticulturalist April//1928 Biographical article about Dan Carpenter (ca. 1826-1920), "a pioneer merchant and horticulturalist" raised in Plattsburg, Missouri and moving to Randolph, Missouri in 1845 and then Barry, Missouri (north...
7. Employees in Floral Shop Employees in Floral Shop Interior view of floral shop showing a group of employees and/or customers.
8. Employees in Floral Shop Employees in Floral Shop Interior view of floral shop showing a group of employees and/or customers.
9. Family Brought Flowers into Many Persons' Lives Family Brought Flowers into Many Persons' Lives June/24/1975 Article about Howard Bartlow and his flower shop, closed after being in business since 1923, first at 3111 Troost Avenue in "the first 'suburban' shopping area in Kansas City," moved in the late 1920s...
10. Floral Shop Interior Floral Shop Interior Interior view of floral shop.
11. Historic Northeast Fixture Folds Petals Historic Northeast Fixture Folds Petals July/4/2001 Photo and article about the closing of the Northeast Flowers shop "due to low sales and repeated vandalism" after being "at its current location since 1958."
12. Kansas City Flower, Lawn & Garden Show Kansas City Flower, Lawn & Garden Show June 17, 1905 File contains a program or booklet on the 1995 Kansas City Flower, Lawn & Garden Show presented by the Kansas City Parks & Recreation Department.
13. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature 1912 Illustrated caricature of Samuel Murray, a local florist.
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 William Louis Rock, or William Rock, "president of the William L. Rock Flower Company," the "second largest of Chicago" in its line of business. Born in Ohio in 1865 and coming to...
15. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Biographical sketch of Walter Heite, a florist born in Illinois in 1873 and coming to Kansas City in 1880 with his parents, joining his father's greenhouse business about 1899 as E. L. Heite & Son.
16. Kansas City, Mo., Rehabilitates Its Streets: Work Includes Sidewalk Improvements, Using an Asphalt Surfacing Kansas City, Mo., Rehabilitates Its Streets: Work Includes Sidewalk Improvements, Using an Asphalt Surfacing July//1948 Photos (including before and after views) and article (written by an assistant city engineer) about street and sidewalk improvements made in Downtown Kansas City in 1948. Preliminary study started in 1947...
17. Milo Minkin Milo Minkin June/14/1952 Obituary for Milo Minkin, part owner and manager of the Muehlebach Flower Shop, dying at the age of 43 on June 13, 1952.
18. Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present Missouri Democracy: A History of the Party and Its Representative Members--Past and Present 1935 Biographical sketch of S. Bryson Ayres, the "owner of a fine florist establishment at 1000 Grand avenue in Kansas City," and developer of two new species of flowers through experimental crossings, "celosia...
19. Mrs. Henrietta Tobler Mrs. Henrietta Tobler May/2/1961 Obituary for Henrietta Tobler (dying at the age of 87 in 1961), co-founder with her husband Jacob Tobler of the Tobler Flower Shop at 3847 Broadway Boulevard, established in 1900.
20. N. Jarrett, Florist N. Jarrett, Florist ca. 1880-1900 Advertising card for N. Jarrett showing two kittens and a cat in a basket. Front of card says: "N. Jarrett, Florist..." Decorating and Bedding Plants a Specialty." Back of card is blank. Address given...