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Title: Bullene, Moore, Emery, and Co.
Description: Spring and Summer catalog of fashions and other items sold by the Kansas City company of Bullene, Moore, Emery, and Company. Includes an index by item type and has numerous illustrations. Includes fashion accessories for men, women, and children as well as notions and materials for dressmaking.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Pamphlet

Title: Swofford Brothers Dry Goods
Description: Ad with illustration for the Swofford Brothers Department Store and building at "Broadway, Eighth and May Streets."
Date: 1905
Object Type: Book Section

Title: George Peck
Description: 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.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Emery Bird Thayer
Description: File contains photos and information on the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company and store.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: George Peck
Description: Photo and bio of George Peck (1863-1906), co-founder of the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company and a native of Detroit.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Frederick Heath
Description: 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."
Date: 1925
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Biography of William B. Thayer (1852-1907) and Sallie Casey Thayer (1856-1925), Merchant and Art Patrons
Date: 2008
Object Type: Biography

Title: It's Macy's Now: Name Change from John Taylor's Revealed at Dedication Yesterday
Description: Macy's absorbed John Taylor's in 1947. The announcement of the name change from John Taylor's to Macy's was made on October 15, 1949, at a cornerstone-laying ceremony at the store. Macy's formally opened on October 17, 1949. The event marked the completion of two years of planning and actual construction that saw the expenditure of more than $7 million to produce a Macy's store more than double the old John Taylor's space, first established in 1881.
Date: 1949-10-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: George B. Peck Dry Goods Company
Description: The George B. Peck Dry Goods Company, 1044 Main Street (later known as Peck's) was formerly the Doggett Store Company, owned by John Doggett, who opened his first store in Kansas City in 1866. George B. Peck came west from Detroit in 1889 and bought a block of stock in the Doggett store and became active in its management. He served as director and vice-president before buying out Doggett's interest in 1893. In 1901 the directors voted to change the name to George B. Peck Dry Goods Company. Peck's closed early in 1964 after 77 years' operation.
Date: 1970-09-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Emery, Bird, Thayer Building, Sidewalk Alongside
Description: View along sidewalk under canopy of Emery, Bird, Thayer department store building, Grand Avenue.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jones Store
Description: Street level view of the Jones Store, looking toward the northwest on Walnut Street near 12th Street. View also includes a partial view of skywalk across Walnut as well as the Boley Building located on the northwest corner of 12th and Walnut.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Drawing of Emery, Bird, Thayer Building
Description: Photograph of drawing of dry goods store building on 11th Street between Grand and Walnut.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Drawing of Emery, Bird, Thayer Building
Description: Photo of drawing of building on 11th Street between Grand and Walnut.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kline's Department Store
Description: View of the Fairy Princess at the Kline's department store at Christmas time. Child on the left is Ruth Smith and her brother Chris Smith is on the right. Kline's was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Fairy Princess was a Christmas event at the store from 1935 to 1970.
Date: 1950
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kline's Department Store
Description: View of the Fairy Princess at the Kline's department store at Christmas time. Child on the right is Ruth Smith. Kline's was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The Fairy Princess was a Christmas event at the store from 1935 to 1970.
Date: 1949
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Pecks Store Front
Description: 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.
Date: 1936

Title: Jones Store
Description: Street level view of the Jones Store main entrance located on the southeast corner of 12th and Main. View is looking toward the south. Store sign and corner traffic lights in view.
Date: 1999
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Emery, Bird, Thayer Building Exterior Details
Description: Close-up view of exterior details with a caduceus of the Emery, Bird, & Thayer department store on 11th Street between Grand Avenue and Walnut.
Date: 1930
Object Type: Photograph

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