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Title
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Muffin Maker Changes Hands
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Description
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Wolferman's, known for its English muffins, has been acquired by Harry & David Holdings Inc., a specialty foods retailer. They acquired them from Williams Foods Inc. of Lenexa, Kansas, who had acquired Wolferman's in 1999 from the Sara Lee Corp. "Besides its well-known muffins, Wolferman's sells other breakfast gift items through its catalog and Web site." Wolferman's was founded in 1888 in Kansas City and started making the muffins in 1910.
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Date
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2008-01-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Wolferman Building
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Description
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Full frontal view of the Wolferman Building located on the northeast corner of 59th and Main. Also shows delivery cars and men presumed to be Wolferman employees.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wolferman's Grocery Store
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Description
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Full frontal view of Wolferman's Grocery Store located at 317 E. 9th Street. Also shows unidentified men in front of store and Fred Wolferman in horse-drawn wagon.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wolferman Building
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Description
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Full frontal view of the Wolferman Building located at 1108 Walnut.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wolferman Building
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Description
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Full frontal and partial side view of the Wolferman Building located on the northeast corner of 59th and Main. Also shows delivery cars and men presumed to be Wolferman employees.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Wolferman's Grocery Store
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Description
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Interior view of Wolferman's Grocery Store. Also shows unidentified men.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 6, 1917-1957, Page p816
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Description
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A portion of Kansas City from W. 58th Street south to Morningside Drive and from Brookside Boulevard east to Grand Avenue, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
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Date
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1917/1957
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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Wolferman's Grocery Store
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Description
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Street level view of Wolferman's Grocery Store, located in the Country Club Plaza at 47th and Wyandotte streets.
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Date
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1930~
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Raises His Own Coffee
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Description
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Description of Fred Wolferman's grocery store and his company known as Dos Amigos Rubber and Coffee Co. The Dos Amigos plantation was in Mexico near the Isthmus [of Tehuantepec]. Exact location is not given. Includes two photographs of the plantation where Wolferman raised coffee to sell in his store.
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Date
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1902-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City Blues Parade
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Description
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Looking west along Armour from Main at cars lined up to honor the Kansas City Blues in a South Central Business Association parade. Also shows Wolferman's grocery store, located at 15 E. Armour.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Tidbit about Wolferman's
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Description
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History of the Wolferman's grocery store and restaurant chain from 1888 to 1972, established by Fred Wolferman (1870-1955), giving locations of former stores.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Magazine Article