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Title
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Kansas City Illustrated 1902
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Description
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Photo of the Sewer Pipe Plant Number 1 in an ad for the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company, owned by Walter S. Dickey.
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Date
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1902
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Walter S. Dickey
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Walter S. Dickey, "president of the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company," moving to this city in 1885 from Toronto, Canada, involved in Republican party politics.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Kansas City Centennial 1850-1950 - Souvenir Program
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Description
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Souvenir program book the Kansas City centennial celebration. The book details the events, organizations involved, and people associated with the celebration. The book contains many advertisements and brief articles detailing the history of various Kansas City area businesses, organizations, and public figures. An index for the book can be found on page 144.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Sewer Pipe Special
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Description
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Article describing the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company and the sewer pipe goods being shipped to various parts of Mexico. Mr. Dickey sees the advantages of Mexico as a trade field for other manufacturers in the Kansas City area.
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Date
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1899-06
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Developing New Products
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Description
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The W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company is developing new products such as the sportsmen's target known as the "Dickey Bird" and fruit can cement [a sealing product] in granulated form rather than the standard stick form.
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Date
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1900-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City's Carnival
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Description
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Article describes a street fair held by Kansas City's leading retail establishments in a five-block bazaar sponsored by Karnival Krewe. It describes the different companies and details their merchant booths that were set up, providing numerous images.
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Date
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1899-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 5, 1909-1938, Page p614
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City at the intersection of N. Monroe Avenue and Nicholson Avenue, showing the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company and Missouri Pacific Railroad roundhouse. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1909/1938
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1896-1907, Page p349
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Description
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Northeastern part of early Kansas City in the industrial areas along the rail lines, showing buildings, streets, and the railroad lines. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1896/1907
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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A Huge Job in Ceramics
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Description
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Photo and article about the "[h]eroic masks of comedy and tragedy, said to be the largest ceramics [sic] pieces ever fired in this country" completed for placement in "the University of Kansas City Playhouse." Designed and built by "Thomas R. Thomas [or Thomas Thomas], University of Kansas City art instructor, and Walter C. Millson [or Walter Millson], vice-president of the W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh [sic], Kans., in whose kilns the gigantic pieces were fired." Description of operations and history of the clay products company founded by Walter Dickey in 1885 (headquartered in Pittsburg, Kansas, "130 miles from Kansas City, Mo."), a late Kansas City citizen donating his house "as the first university building" facing the site of the mask display.
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Date
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1951-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
