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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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Woolford Ranch, Burial Place of Derby Winner, Vanishing. ..
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Description
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File containing an article with photos, illustrations, and description of Herbert Woolf (1884-1960), president of the Woolf Brothers Company of clothing stores in Kansas City, and owner since 1925 "of the Woolford farm, renowned in the 1930's and 1940's as one of the top racing stables in the U. S. and farmed as the breeding ground of Johnson County's own Kentucky Derby winner," Lawrin (raced by Eddie Arcaro and dying in 1955, the same year of the ranch's sale to the J. C. Nichols Company). Ranch land surrounding 81st and Mission Roads later developed by into the Corinth subdivisions.
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Date
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1977-06-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Leaders in Our Town
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Description
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Photo and bio of Herbert Woolf, president of the Woolf Brothers clothing store chain in Kansas City and a race horse breeder and owner of "Lawrin, winner of the 1938 Kentucky Derby" with rider Eddie Arcaro. Born in Kansas City in 1880 at 913 Locust Street and taking over his father's clothing store at 11th and Walnut Streets in 1913 before going on to become a world-class race horse breeder at his 200-acre Woolford farm at 82nd and Mission Roads in Johnson County, Kansas.
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Date
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1952
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Larwin the Horse
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Description
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Article about a 3-year-old horse named Larwin, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, winning the Kentucky Derby horse race. The horse was owned by Herbert Woolf of Kansas City, co-owner of the Woolf Brothers clothing store.
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Date
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1938-05-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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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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Notable Kansas Citians of 1915-1916-1917-1918
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Description
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Photo and bio of Herbert Morris Woolf, or Herbert Woolf, president of the "Woolf Bros. Furnishing Goods Co." Born in Kansas City in 1880 at 913 Locust Street and taking over his father's business in 1911 and becoming a racing horse breeder with residence at 3720 Holmes Street.
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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
