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Title: Jack Henry: 75 Years as Kansas City's Outfitters to Gentlemen
Description: Book details the history of Jack Henry and the Jack Henry Clothing Store with its slogan "Outfitters to Gentlemen." According to the book, "In 1931 Jack Henry opened a very small shop--offering only hats and furnishings--on the north side of the Plaza's 47th Street." The success of the business and later expansion is noted. Jack Henry was born and grew up in Liberty, Missouri. Sections of the book include: The Arvanitakis family; Memories; Confessions from Rick Hughey; Jack Henry today.
Date: 2006
Object Type: Book

Title: George Laurence Mailliard, Sr. Obituary
Description: 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 there were several stores located in the Kansas City area. Mr. Mailliard was born on October 31, 1915. He leaves his second wife Viva and four children. Includes his picture.
Date: 2008-12-10
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: G. A. Houghton & Co.
Description: Description of business at the corner of 4th and Main streets carrying American clothing. His business "should be understood that this is the only American CLothing House in the city."
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Biography of Herbert M. Woolf (1880-1964), Founder of Woolf Brothers Clothing Store
Date: 2007
Object Type: Biography

Title: Burton Oscar Lisman
Description: Obituary for Burton O. Lisman who died May 3, 2007 at age 87. He was born in Cincinnati on October 15, 1919. "Mr. Lisman started working at Kaplan's Fabrics, which led to a career in ladies fashions and ready-to-war stores. In 1951 he opened 'Lisman's,' his first in a chain of seven women's clothing stores located in every major shopping center in the Kansas City metro area." Lisman later began All Pro Advertising and was an original founder of the Red Coaters and Chiefs Club. In 2006 he received the Life Time Achievement Award from Lamar Hunt and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Date: 2007-05-11
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Hammerslough & Co.
Description: Advertisement of Hammerslough clothing company. Below portrait drawing of Hammerslough is, "This is not General grant, but it is the Famous Kansas City Clotheir, Hammerslough. Spring Orders filled from all over the American Continent."
Date: 1882-03-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Country Club Plaza
Description: Street level view of the Cricket West clothing store located at 308 W. 47th Street at the northwest corner of 47th Street and Wornall Road in the Country Club Plaza. Also in view is the Neptune Fountain purchased in 1952 by the J. C. Nichols Company.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Negative

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1909-1938, Page p019
Description: A portion of Kansas City from W. 7th Street south to W. 9th Street and from Bank Street east to May Street, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1938
Object Type: Map

Title: Golden Eagle
Description: Advertising card for Golden Eagle Clothing House showing a collection of shells. Front of card says: "Call and buy your Men's and Boys' Clothing of the Golden Eagle." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 512 and 514 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: A. Holland
Description: Advertising card for A. Holland with an image of a girl and boy standing under an umbrella superimposed over a bell and surrounded by flowers. Card is cut in the shape of the bell. Front of card says: "A. Holland...Clothing, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 551 and 553 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Golden Eagle Clothing House
Description: Advertising card for Golden Eagle Clothing House showing house in winter scene and a pink rose. Card is embossed. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 512 and 514 Main St., Kansas City, MO.."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Golden Eagle Clothing House, The
Description: Advertising card for Golden Eagle Clothing House showing young Asian boy holding a fan. Card is cut in shape of boy. Front says: "Retails Goods at Wholesale Prices." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 514 and 516 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Sadler, The Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher
Description: Advertising card for Sadler, the Clothier, Hatter and Haberdasher showing nine children sitting in and around a broken egg. Card is embossed. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 7th and Main Streets, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: A. Holland, Shoe and Clothing House
Description: Advertising card for A. Holland, Shoe and Clothing House showing a long, rutted road in snow. The image is bordered by flowers and a bird. Front lower left corner has number 838. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 551 and 553 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: A. Holland, Shoe and Clothing House
Description: Advertising card for A. Holland, Shoe and Clothing House showing a framed scene of a river surrounded by snow bordered by pink roses and a flying bird. Front lower left corner has number 840. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 551 and 553 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: A. Holland, Shoe and Clothing House
Description: Advertising card for A. Holland Shoe and Clothing House showing a scene of a church in winter inside a cresent moon next to a pink rose. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 551 and 553 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Holland's Shoe and Clothing House
Description: Advertising card for Holland's Shoe and Clothing House showing two young children polishing a large boot on wheels. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 551 and 553 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Missouri's 'Good' Penney
Description: Photos and biographical article about James Cash Penney, or J. C. Penney (1875-1971), founder of the J. C. Penney national clothing store chain and native of (near) Hamilton, Missouri. Description of his life and career as a farmer, livestock breeder, and clothing store owner learning his business in Hamilton before starting his own stores in Wyoming and opening the 500th store back in Hamilton.
Date: 1976-03
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: 'Treasure Hunt' Coming to End
Description: Article discusses the closing of the Junior League Resale Boutique. For more than 75 years the shop provided clothes for needy families. Article gives more information about other programs run by the Junior League. One of their new projects is "a partnership with University Academy, a charter school that will allow the Junior League to begin a five-year emphasis on childhood fitness, nutrition and obesity prevention."
Date: 2010-09-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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