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1. Awash in Luxury Awash in Luxury December 10, 2006 According to the article, there are only a handful of French laundries in the United States and one of them is located in the Kansas City area. It is called Blanc Plume and is in North Kansas City. French...
2. Brownell Cleaners Brownell Cleaners July 1923 Partial frontal view of Brownell Cleaners, located at 537 Woodland.
3. Charles Marshall Charles Marshall January 20, 1956 File containing a photo and biographical article about Charles Marshall, 1926 E. 24th Street Terrace," "one of 12 men awarded" the Boy Scouts' Silver Beaver medal. Native of Texas coming to Kansas City...
4. Cleaning Up Cleaning Up January 18-24, 2008 Description of Ace ImageWear started by Ed and Clara Heilman in their basement in 1932. Formerly Ace Linen Service & Laundry, the company now supplies laundry services, garments, and customized images....
5. Description of the Silver Laundry & Towel Company's Plant Description of the Silver Laundry & Towel Company's Plant May//1906 Description of the Silver Laundry and Towell Company plant located at 1012-1020 Campbell Street in Kansas City, Missouri. The architect for the building is Rudolf Markgraf of Kansas City. Includes a picture...
6. Downtown Kansas City at the Crossroads Downtown Kansas City at the Crossroads February//1997 Special section of the issue focusing on Downtown, examining its most pressing issues for survival and growth as a business district, and to a lesser extent as a residential district. Includes its prestige...
7. Hong Sung Tung at Rest Hong Sung Tung at Rest November/8/1887 Funeral ceremony in the Chinese tradition for Chinese owner of laundry business at 6th and Main Streets.
8. Independent Laundry Co. Independent Laundry Co. n.d. Exterior view of horse drawn delivery wagon for the Independent Laundry Co. Two men, possibly employees, standing by wagon. Location unknown.
9. Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance May//1886 Laundry at 208 Independence Avenue.
10. Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance May//1886 Illustration and description of the laundry business at 512-514 Wyandotte Street.
11. Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance May//1886 Cleaning and dyeing establishment. The oldest steam dye house in Kansas City, no. 20 East Eleventh Street.
12. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature 1912 Caricatures of George Gillpatrick and William Roberts of the Ideal Laundry Company.
13. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature 1912 Illustrated caricature of E. R. Perry, a laundry machinery operator.
14. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature March 26, 1905 Illustrated caricature of Horace Walker of the Walker Laundry Company.
15. Kansas City in Caricature Kansas City in Caricature 1912 Illustrated caricature of Ben Jacobson of the Westport Hand Laundry.
16. Kansas City Women of Independent Minds Kansas City Women of Independent Minds 1992 Photo and bio of Kate Hinkle (~1877-1931), founder of "Kansas City's first French laundry." Description of her life and career, cleaning her Kansas City customers' "fine laces and linens" starting in 1908...
17. 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 Jacob Walker (1849-1906), former "proprietor of Walker's Laundry." Native of Indianapolis coming to Kansas City in 1885 as purchaser of "the old Philadelphia laundry" at 6th and Broadway...
18. 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 Woolf, "serving as alderman of Kansas City." Born in Nashville in 1875 and raised in Kansas City, starting out in 1895 "in the laundry business on Grand avenue" and then...
19. KCResources, page 114 KCResources, page 114
20. KCResources, page 74 KCResources, page 74