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181. The Grain Trade Reviews Nearly a Century of Progress The Grain Trade Reviews Nearly a Century of Progress 1950 The Board of Trade and its relation to the wheat grain production of the Kansas City hinterlands.
182. The Growth of the Business Men's Assurance Company Is a Story of...Twentieth Century Pioneering The Growth of the Business Men's Assurance Company Is a Story of...Twentieth Century Pioneering 1950 History of the Business Men's Assurance Company insurance organization, established in 1909 and originally located "in one little room in the old Keith and Perry Building," with photo of W. T. Grant, its...
183. The Kansas City Art Institute: Bulwark of Free Expression The Kansas City Art Institute: Bulwark of Free Expression 1950 Description of the art school "founded in 1887" and located on a large campus near the Plaza.
184. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Description of the Altman, Singleton & Company insurance business formed in 1923 by "Native Sons" Frank Altman and Charles Singleton.
185. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Description of the Bachelor's Laundry service at 2004 Broadway Boulevard, only for men.
186. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Description of the Massman Construction Company, organized around 1900 by Henry John Massman, Sr., or Henry Massman, Sr. (dying in 1907) at 4th and Lydia Avenues as "the Builders Sand Company." Description...
187. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Photo and description of the business of "John A. Moore and Company, Realtors," organized about 1879 by John Moore, Sr. (pictured) and Lawrence Rieger as "the Rieger-Moore Realty Company." Description...
188. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Photos and description of Brookings Montgomery, or Monty Montgomery (pictured), "commercial photographer who has been a part of the current Kansas City scene since he moved here at the time of World War...
189. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Information on the Allen Chevrolet company dealership, established in 1920 by William Allen.
190. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 History of the Richards & Conover hardware company expanding into Kansas City in 1875, distributing hardware and steel, with illustrations and photos (including Joseph Woodmansee, president since 1943)....
191. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Illustration and history of one of the country's largest butter plants, the American Butter Company and its brand name "seal of approval" system, the Tastemark Panel of Homemakers.
192. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 History of the Arctic Dairy Products ice cream company on Quality Hill.
193. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Description of the advertising businesses of Henry Wurst, Incorporated (established in 1948 at 16th and Clay Streets in North Kansas City) and Continental Color Press, Incorporated (established in 1937...
194. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Photo and description of the history of Trans World Airlines, or TWA in the Kansas City area.
195. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 History of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company (with offices at 114 West 11th Street) and its founder in 1897, Arthur Stilwell (1859-1928), with photos and map of area covered.
196. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Photo and information on the service of the Chicago & Southern Airlines company here starting in 1948.
197. The Kansas City Centennial The Kansas City Centennial 1950 Photos (including J. F. Richards), illustrations, and history of the Richards & Conover Hardware Company founded by John Richards (1834-1922) in Leavenworth in 1857 before being moved to Kansas City in...
198. The Kansas City Museum The Kansas City Museum 1950 Description of the museum "housing interesting exhibits of natural history and regional history," first opened in 1940, accompanied by a planetarium.
199. The Kansas City School of Watchmaking The Kansas City School of Watchmaking 1950 Photo and text about the Kansas City School of Watchmaking with its "major unit" at 1224 Admiral Boulevard and founded in 1936 by Gustave Van Erp.
200. The Linda Hall Library The Linda Hall Library 1950 History of the Linda Hall Library, its scientific holdings, and building itself at 5109 Cherry Street, the former residence of the Hall family of Herbert and Linda Hall. Description also of its international...