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1. A Toy Store's Story: Brookside Toy and Science a Fixture For Many A Toy Store's Story: Brookside Toy and Science a Fixture For Many December 5, 2007 Article that features the Brookside Toy and Science store located in the Brookside area at 330 W. 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The store is owned by Mary Jo and Jim Ward with Jim's mother buying...
2. Biography of Robert E. Arfsten (1930-2002), Shopkeeper Biography of Robert E. Arfsten (1930-2002), Shopkeeper 2003
3. Gaylord & Barcley Gaylord & Barcley ca. 1880-1900 Advertising card for Gaylord & Barcley made of two cards tied together with a pink ribbon on the upper left side. Top card shows five birds sitting on a tree branch and says: "The wood birds call the opening...
4. George Laurence Mailliard, Sr. Obituary George Laurence Mailliard, Sr. Obituary December 10, 2008 George L. Mailliard, Sr., known as Mr. M., died on December 9, 2008. He owned Mailliard's Incorporated, a men and boys clothing store which began in the Prairie Village Shopping Center in 1954. Eventually...
5. Kansas City's Oldest Motorcycle Store Kansas City's Oldest Motorcycle Store December 15, 2010 Short article and postcard image of Kenny's Harley Davidson, 403 Southwest Boulevard, known as Kansas City's oldest motorcycle dealership. The shop's origin dates back to 1918 when a local mechanic named...
6. Main Street Main Street 1952-09-05 Street level view of the east side of Main Street at 40th, looking toward the northeast. Businesses in view include the Hotel Netherlands, Warwick Theater, Leighter's, Lerners, and a Western Auto store....
7. Missouri Theater, Exterior Missouri Theater, Exterior circa 1950 Exterior of Missouri Theater at 14th and Main, looking northwest along Main Street. Shops neighboring the theater include Mary Ann Shikles and McCaskey Registers.
8. Places to Shop and Eat Continue to Expand Places to Shop and Eat Continue to Expand September 2, 2008 A sidebar article accompanying "Going Out of Business," lists 10 new retail centers "despite the slowing economy." These include Adams Dairy Landing (in Blue Springs, Missouri); Briarcliff Village (4151...
9. Pryde's Old Westport Pryde's Old Westport April 14, 2007 The "About Town" column features Pryde's Old Westport store, now run by the founders' daughter Louise Meyers. John and Connie Perucca started the store taking the name from Connie's middle name. The building...
10. Ridge Building Ridge Building circa 1950s View of the Ridge Building, 913 Main, occupied by The Store Without a Name and Kansas City Trunk Company.
11. Secrets from the Bottoms Secrets from the Bottoms August 9, 2009 Article spotlights the unique businesses in the West Bottoms industrial district including a variety of home-decor stores, artist studios, and specialty shops. The district is expected to grow as more...
12. Seeing Double Seeing Double February 2011 The two new Trader's Joe, "a California-based chain with cult-like followers," are only six miles apart. This violates one of the basic tenets of retailing of keeping a 10 to 30 mile radius between stores....
13. Sisters Keep Women-Owned KC Shop in Family Sisters Keep Women-Owned KC Shop in Family March 30, 2011 Sisters Abbey Fields and Sarah Douglas believe their business, Shop Beautiful, is the only retail store in Kansas City to have been continuously owned and operated by women for at least 75 years. The business...
14. Store's Still Got 'the Floor' Store's Still Got 'the Floor' April 25, 2007 The New Dime Store located at 314 W. 63rd Street in Brookside is set to open April 28, 2007. Fifi Wiedeman is the new owner and a long-time Brookside resident. Even though the store was updated, the creaky...
15. The Dime Store in Brookside The Dime Store in Brookside 2003 Street level view of The Dime Store located at 314 W. 63rd Street in the Brookside Shopping area.
16. The Pop-Up Trail The Pop-Up Trail October 25-31, 2012 Article describes the trend of pop-up stores in Kansas City. The story of Jessica Rogers, a pop-up clothing and jewelry retailer, is highlighted. Rogers describes the negative reaction to pop-up retailers...
17. The Unplanned Glory of Wornall Road The Unplanned Glory of Wornall Road April 2012 Column spotlights the "eclectic" and "bustling" Waldo business district along south Wornall Road, described by the author as an "urban planner's vision of hell." Some of the long-time Waldo businesses...
18. Trigg's Pharmacy Trigg's Pharmacy Interioir view of Trigg's Pharmacy located in Oak Grove, Missouri. Taken apparently at Christmas time as decorations are in view. Small child standing by counter is not identified.
19. Weidenmann Family Came to Westport Area in 1850s Weidenmann Family Came to Westport Area in 1850s July 20, 1988 Article tells of the Weidenmanns, one of the early families in Westport. They operated a store in the building that now houses Kelly's Westport Inn from the 1860s until 1927 and had extensive land holdings...
20. Woodward, Faxon and Co. Woodward, Faxon and Co. 1879 Description of wholesale druggists at 511 Delaware, establishedd in 1878, "having moved from Lawrence, where they had both a retail and a wholesale department."