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Title
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George Wiedenmann: Westport Fixture Shared Bright Outlook
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Description
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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.
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Date
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2007-06-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Boone's Trading Post (Wiedenmann Brothers Grocery Store)
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Description
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View of the Wiedenmann Brothers store with members of the Wiedenmann family and other unidentified people standing outside, located on the northwest corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Date
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1904
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Intersection of Westport & Pennsylvania
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Description
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Photograph of the intersection of Westport Road and Pennsylvania Avenue circa 1923. Wiedenmann Brothers Grocery Store, at 500 Westport Road, can be seen on the northwest corner of the intersection, and Doerschuk's Prescription Drug Store, at 501 Westport, is on the southwest corner. Signs reading "Mogul Overalls" hang on the building at 433 Westport, on the southeast corner, which was the home to Klein's clothing store. The northeast corner, a vacant lot at the time of the photo, was the original location of the pre-Civil War Harris-Kearney House, a hotel and later a private home, which was moved to a location several blocks away in 1922. It was replaced by a commercial building shortly thereafter.
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Date
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1923~
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Object Type
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Photograph
