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Title: J. P. Campbell & Co.
Description: Description of "Jobbers of Teas, Fruits, Fancy Groceries and Confectionary" at 315 and 317 Delaware Street. Besides J. P. Campbell, W. C. Jameson, and C. A. Brown are partners in the business which was established in 1869.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Larkin & Young
Description: Description of "Jobbers of Fancy Groceries, Fruits and Produce" at 222 West Fifth Street, owned by William Larkin and E. S. Young.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Ridenour, Baker & CO.
Description: Description of business at the corner of St. Louis Avenue and Mulberry Street. This business was the "largest grocery house west of the Mississippi." Along with Ridenour, E. P. Baker was also an owner.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: L. B. Austin
Description: Description of businees at 121 East 4th Street carrying "groceries, fruits, wooden and willow ware, tinware, crockery and glassware."
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Biographical sketch of Thomas Green
Description: 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.
Date: 1888
Object Type: Book

Title: George Wiedenmann: Westport Fixture Shared Bright Outlook
Description: Obituary information on George Wiedenmann of Overland Park, Kansas, who died on May 29, 2007 at the age of 82. "Originally from Germany, George Wiedenmann's family settled in the Westport area in 1854. While Wiedenmann was growing up, his grandfather owned a grocery at Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue called Wiedenmann's Brothers Grocery--in the historic building that is now Kelly's Westport Inn." Wiedenmann was a member of the Westport Historical Society and he worked for Russell Stover Candies for 25 years.
Date: 2007-06-19
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Longtime Northeast Grocer Passes
Description: Obituary for Northeast grocer William O. Snyder or Bill Synder. He was the creater and owner of Snyder's Supermarket located in the Northeast area.
Date: 2004-08-25
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: August Haner
Description: 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.
Date: 2002
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Frank Muehlbach Obituary
Description: 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.
Date: 1973-07-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: W. R. Smith and Son Wholesale Grocer
Description: Full frontal view of W.R. Smith and Son Wholesale grocer showing sign reading "Cushman Farm Engines".
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Quality Hill
Description: Looking northeast from Jefferson between 10th and 11th at two of the Quality Hill Apartment buildlings; also shows Jefferson Supermarket.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Peter Kelly
Description: Advertising card for Peter Kelly with an image of yellow roses. Front of card says: "Peter Kelly, Dealer in Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Corn, Oats, Bran, Hay, Etc., Etc." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: N. W. cor. 12th and Harrison Sts., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: H. O. Brewer
Description: Advertising card for H. O. Brewer showing an artist's palette with an image of a bridge over a river. Front of card says: "H. O. Brewer, Staple and Fancy Groceries." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: N. W. Cor. 12th and Charlotte Sts., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Boss Grocery
Description: Advertising card for Boss Grocery showing three men riding ducks carrying a banner. The banner says: "Boss Grocery, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Staple and Fancy Groceries, Country Produce a Specialty." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1511 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: H. O. Brewer
Description: Advertising card for H. O. Brewer with an image of flowers. Front of card says: "H. O. Brewer, Staple and Fancy Groceries.." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: N. W. Cor. 12th and Charlotte Sts., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Ridenour-Baker and The World War 1917-1919
Description: This book honors those employees of Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company who served in World War I. It lists names in an Honor Roll and a Roster delineates those in the Army, Navy, and Marines; includes a chronological list of the history of Ridenour-Baker company along with pictures of their first store in Lawrence, Kansas, and portraits of P. D. Ridenour and H. W. Baker. The bulk of the book is comprised of letters written by some of these company employees to Charles Harris while serving with the armed forces during the years 1917 to 1919; the last entry being March 13, 1919.
Date: 1919
Object Type: Book

Title: Biography of Fred Wolferman (1870-1955), Owner of Wolferman's Gourmet Grocery
Date: 2008
Object Type: Biography

Title: Corner Market Did Business on Ninth Street
Description: 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.
Date: 2008-12-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: A Good Man
Description: 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.
Date: 2008-04-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Lester Milgram
Description: Senior portrait of future grocer and businessman Lester Milgram, class of 1934, Southwest High School, Kansas City, Missouri. Milgram went on to become president of Milgram's Food Stores, Inc.
Date: 1934
Object Type: Photograph

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