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Title
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Interview with Linda Lighton
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Description
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Interview with Linda Lighton about the history of the Woolf Brothers clothing stores, which he father worked at and later owned. She discusses the company's origins in the late 1800s, selling men's clothing and haberdashery at 1020 Walnut, and its expansion over the decades to locations at the Plaza, area malls, and regional cities, as well as expanding to sell women's clothing. She also discusses the life of Herbert Woolf, the Kansas City Jewish community, and says that she heard Herbert Woolf "discovered" actress Jean Harlow. She connects the decline of the business to the 1977 flood that damaged the Plaza store and her father Alfred being shot in a mugging, as well as the ascendance of clothing and department store chains in the 1980s.
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Date
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2011-05-13
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Object Type
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Video Recording
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Title
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Kansas City and Its One Hundred Foremost Men
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Description
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Photo and bio of Herbert Morris Woolf, or Herbert Woolf, "President of the firm of Woolf Brothers, Inc.," clothiers of Kansas City. Born in Kansas City in 1880 and taking over his father's clothing store in 1911 and becoming a prominent horse breeder, "President of the Midland Theatre Company," and "director of the Kansas City Gas Company" with "a surburan [sic] farm at [85th Street] and Mission Road."
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Date
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1925
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Who's Who in Kansas City
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Description
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Portraits and biographical article about Herbert Woolf, "president [of] Woolf Brothers, Incorporated." Born in Kansas City in 1880 at 913 Locust Street and joining his father's clothing store in 1898 at 712-716 Main Street, becoming president in 1915 with a "320-acre farm at [79th Street] and Mission road."
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Date
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1921-12-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
