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Title
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Uncle Ben Majors Tells of His Father, a Hardy Pioneer Who Became Kansas City's First Millionaire
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Description
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Photos, illustrations, and biographical article about Ben Majors (Uncle Ben) and his father, Alexander Majors. Description of the life and career of 81-year-old Uncle Ben, born in Cass County, Missouri, in 1845 and brought to Kansas City in 1850, working in the freighting firm until becoming a storekeeper in Oklahoma about 1906. Description of the life and career of Alexander (1814-1900), "one of the founders of Kansas City" and prominent freighter in Westport starting about 1850.
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Date
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1927-01-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Ewing M. Kauffman
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Description
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. ..Ewing M. Kauffman, chairman of Marion Laboratories, Inc., has become a billionaire.
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Date
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1987-03-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Multimillionaire Kept Low Profile
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Description
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Article on Lamon Vernon Harkness, who lived in Kansas City, Missouri from 1888 to 1891. Harkness inherited his wealth from his father, S.V. Harkness, who was a partner in Standard Oil. He was reported to be one of the wealthiest men in the United States, �??second only to Rockefeller.�?� Harkness built a mansion at 3125 Troost Avenue in an area called �??Millionaire�??s Row.�?� He did not stay in Kansas City long, leaving in 1891 to move to Kentucky.
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Date
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1990-02-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Black History Month Feature: Sarah Rector--Kansas City's First Black Millionairess
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Description
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File containing photos and biographical article about Sarah Rector Campbell Crawford, or Sarah Rector (ca. 1901-1963 ca.), "the first black female millionaire to live in Kansas City," and her husband Kenneth Campbell, Sr., owner of "a Hupmobile agency on 19th and [Vine Streets]," with residences at 2000 East 12th Street (a mansion still standing) and later at 2440 Brooklyn Avenue and 2418 Campbell Street. Description of Sarah as a native of Oklahoma inheriting family oil money from the government and leasers (including Walt Disney) there before coming to Kansas City in 1916 as a millionairess, entertaining at her mansion "guests such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Joe Louis and fighter Jack Johnson."
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Date
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1991-02-15
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Kansas City Now Has 190 Millionaires
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Description
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Article about the new millionaires moving to Kansas City in the last 10-15 years, the nature of their wealth, and the inclusion of 20 women of the estimated total 190.
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Date
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1955-06-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Charles Wheatley
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Description
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Biographical article about Charles Wheatley, a millionaire at the age of 78 in 1972.
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Date
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1972-04-04
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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It Happened in Kansas City
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Description
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Short article about the "richest man ever to live in Kansas City," Lamon Harkness, or L. V. Harkness, residing in a brownstone mansion on Linwood Boulevard east of Troost Avenue. Upon his death in 1915 he left an estate of $150 million dollars, garnered from Standard Oil money.
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Date
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1951-09-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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In Memory of Kansas City's 'Mr. Anonymous'
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Description
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Portrait and biographical about William Volker (1859-1947), a Kansas City millionaire and philanthropist "from his arrival here in 1882 until his death in 1947 at the age of 88."
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Date
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1958-10-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article