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Title
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Bullene, Moore, Emery, and Co.
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1888
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Object Type
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Pamphlet
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Title
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Swofford Brothers Dry Goods
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Description
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Ad with illustration for the Swofford Brothers Department Store and building at "Broadway, Eighth and May Streets."
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Date
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1905
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Object Type
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Book Section
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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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Emery Bird Thayer
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Description
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File contains photos and information on the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company and store.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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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), co-founder of the George B. Peck Dry Goods Company and a native of Detroit.
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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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Jones Store
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kline's Department Store
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kline's Department Store
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1949
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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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Jones Store
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1999
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Emery, Bird, Thayer Building Exterior Details
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Description
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Close-up view of exterior details with a caduceus of the Emery, Bird, & Thayer department store on 11th Street between Grand Avenue and Walnut.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Emery, Bird, Thayer Building Exterior Details
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Description
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Close-up view of exterior details of a caduceus of the Emery, Bird, Thayer department store building on 11th Street between Walnut and Grand Avenue.
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Date
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1930
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Emery, Bird, Thayer Building
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Description
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Full frontal and side view, looking northeast, 11th Street and Walnut.
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Date
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1901
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Object Type
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Photograph
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