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Title
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Larkin & Young
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Description
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Description of "Jobbers of Fancy Groceries, Fruits and Produce" at 222 West Fifth Street, owned by William Larkin and E. S. Young.
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Date
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1879
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Title
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Biographical sketch of Thomas Green
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Thomas Green, a grocer and co-founder of the T. Green Grocery Company who was born Ireland in 1837 and emigrated to Kansas City in 1858, starting out as a carpenter and then entering the grocery business in 1860, establishing his present (1888) store in 1886.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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August Haner
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Description
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Obituary for August J. Haner from the "Kansas City Times," August 16, 1898. States that he opened the first grocery store in Kansas City, Kansas. He was also a freighter across the plains on the Santa Fe Trail and a toll collector on the Hannibal Bridge.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Frank Muehlbach Obituary
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Description
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Obituary for Frank Muehlbach, dying at the age of 87, former president of the George Muehlbach and Sons, Incorporated grocery business established in Kansas City about 1875. He arrived in Kansas City about 1919 and is not to be confused with George Muehlebach of brewery and hotel fame (spelled differently). Frank Muehlbach died in 1973.
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Date
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1973-07-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Corner Market Did Business on Ninth Street
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Description
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Postcard image and short article about Benedict L. Bredburg's Metropolitan Grocery. The store was located at 5000 E. Ninth St. in Kansas City, Missouri. The postcard dates from the early 1900s.
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Date
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2008-12-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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A Good Man
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Description
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Article profiles grocer Gus Fleming who operated Lynn's Market on the 800 block of Newton Street from the 1950s through the 1970s. The author and other Old Northeast residents reminisce about Gus and their childhood years shopping at the neighborhood market.
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Date
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2008-04-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Leon's Thriftway Celebrating 40 Years of Service
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Description
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Article profiles Leon's Thriftway, located at 39th and Kensington, and reported to be "the nation's oldest black-owned and operated grocery store." The owner, Leon Stapleton, managed a Safeway store at 12th and Brooklyn before opening his own business in 1968. In 2008 the store celebrated its fortieth-year anniversary.
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Date
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2008-06-13
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
