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Title
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George Peck
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Description
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Photo and bio of George Peck (1863-1906), president of the dry goods or department store, the George B. Peck Company. Native of Detroit coming to Kansas City in 1889 as a partner of John Doggett as organizers of their dry goods business before purchasing Doggett's interest in the company in 1898.
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Date
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1908
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Frederick Heath
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Description
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Photo and bio of Frederick Barber Heath, or Frederick Heath, president and treasurer of the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company, born in New York in 1863 and coming to Kansas City in 1889 as a stockholder of "the new Doggett Dry Goods Company."
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Date
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1925
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Pecks Store Front
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Description
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Listed under the title, "An Example of Improvement in Retail District," this photo appeared in the February 18, 1936, "Kansas Citian." It shows the store front with current fashions. The caption below the picture reads: "These new show windows installed by the Pecks store are representative of many such improvements in the retail shopping district. Investments in new facilities have reflected steadily improving trade conditions here and confidence in continued betterment of retail sales. The Pecks modernization program totals approximately $400,000. The Swenson Construction Co. is doing the work." Pecks was located on the northwest corner of Main and 11th streets. Formerly it was the Doggett Dry Goods Store, and in 1901 the name changed to the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company, and later simply called Pecks.
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Date
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1936
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Title
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George Peck
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Description
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Photo of George Peck, president of the Doggett Dry Goods Company and a native of Detroit coming "to Kansas City at the date of the organization" of the company under article called "Kansas City Business Men."
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Date
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1899-02
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
