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Title
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J. E. Vincent and Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for J. E. Vincent and Co. showing two sailing ships and a border of flowers. Front of card says: "Vincent's Millinery Opening, April 19 and 20, 1883." Front lower left corner has number 27 and says: "Copyright by Robinson Eng. Co. Boston U.S.A. 1880." Card folds and inside says: "Our 4th Annual Opening of Fine French Millinery and Hair Goods, and Exhibition of Pattern Bonnets and Round Hats, also all the Latest Novelties, Thursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th, 1883." Back of card is blank except for tiny text: "Harrington, Typ." Address given inside card: 701 Main St., cor. Seventh, Kansas City.
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Date
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1883
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Carl Hoffman
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Description
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Advertising card for Carl Hoffman showing a ship sailing on the ocean. Front of card says: "The Sterling Pianos.." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1012-1014 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Cady and Olmstead, Jewelers
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Description
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Advertising card for Cady and Olmstead showing a ship at full sail. Front of card says: "Cady and Olmstead, Jewelers." Front lower left corner has number C-862. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1024 and 1026 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 67 with People
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards all cut to shape showing mainly people including a man in decorated military uniform, a king, three women, two men in feathered hats, and a woman in a flowered dress. Cards also show a sailing ship and a church with mountains behind.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 65 with Horse-Drawn Carriage and Ships
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards showing the following:1. Two steam boats on the water. Caption says: "A spurt for the lead, Boston Harbor."2. Five men on a ship looking across the sea to land on which a sign says: "Ayer's Sarsaparilla." Caption says: "The Discovery of America."3. Fans (two small cards cut to shape).4. Six people riding in a carriage pulled by four horses. Side of carriage says: "Old Judge." Card is large (18 x 26 cm.) and cut to shape.5. Girl wearing a hat holding a teddybear.6. Men working on a ship with large spools of thread. Card says: "J. and P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Spool Cotton and Cleopatra's Needle."
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Ferd. Heim Brewing Co.
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Description
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Set of three advertising cards for the Ferd. Heim Brewing Co. tied together with a ribbon on the left side. Top card is blue and shows a framed sailing ship and some flowers. Second card is blue and shows a scene of two people sitting in a boat fishing next to a small bridge. Third card is pink and shows a view of the sea with sail boats and a lighthouse. Only the top card is scanned. One of two such sets of cards (second and third cards are identical in each set). Front of each card says: "Compliments of Ferd. Heim Brewing Co. Kansas City, Mo." Back of each card is blank. Address given on front of card: Kansas City, Mo. No street address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Hershfield, The Jeweler
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Description
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Advertising card for Hershfield, The Jeweler showing a boy sitting on a rock by the ocean waving his hat at a ship. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: No. 920 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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T. Lee Adams
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Description
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Advertising card for T. Lee Adams showing a boat sailing on the ocean at sunset and a large rose. Front of card says: "Seeds! T. Lee Adams.." .English Blue Grass, Red Top Clover, Timothy Blue Grass, Seed Wheat, Orchard Grass, Rock Salt. Write for Prices or Telephone 432." Front lower left corner has number C-763. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 419 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., The
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Description
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A brown paper shopping bag from The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Picture shows a train and two ships, all marked with "GAandPTC." The company's name is spelled out in the steam cloud coming from the train. A flying flag says: "The largest importers and retailers in the world. 110 branch stores in the U.S. Headquarters 35-37 Vesey St., N.Y." Four addresses are given for stores in Cincinnati. No Kansas City address is given.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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SC164 KCPL Reference Hard to Find Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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The materials within the KCPL Reference Hard to Find (HTF) Collection were compiled by Kansas City Public Library reference librarians and staff members to provide an easy to access source of information concerning topics of local and regional interest. The collection primarily consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets, brochures, other forms of printed material, and typed notecards.
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Date
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1980/2005
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Navy Readies a Missouri Namesake
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Description
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The name, USS Missouri, "will live on, assigned to a $2 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine now being welded together in Groton, Conn." The original USS Missouri was the "mighty battleship on which the Japanese formally surrendered to end World War II" and is now a museum at Pearl Harbor. This is the fifth vessel to bear the USS Missouri name. Includes a sidebar with USS Missouri stats, earlier ships named Missouri, and How You Can Participate.
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Date
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2009-04-20
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Last Battleship: USS Missouri
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Description
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Article about the history of the "world's last battleship," the U. S. S. Missouri, the site of the surrender of Japan to the United States in World War II and later a "cold war icon," with photos.
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Date
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1992
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 29 with Scenes of Country Life
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Description
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Scrapbook page containing six advertising cards mainly showing scenes of country life including the following:1. A person in the mountains with sheep. Card says: Morning in the Highlands." and in lower right corner: "Bufford."2. A man and team of two horses pulling a reaper. Card says: "Deering Light Reaper."3. Card has two images: A man carrying a bucket walking arm in arm with a woman, followed by a cow; a man and team of two horses plowing a field. Card says "Sowing" and in lower right corner: "Copyright. Richmond and Co., Buffalo, N.Y."4. A winter scene with house in snow and person with cane.5. A sailing ship by moonlight with border of flowers. Card says: "at W. C. Winnie and Co."6. Children leaning over a river bank looking at something. Card says: "Juvenile Curiosity."
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
