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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of August Kron, a Saint Louis businessman born in Europe in 1840.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Dr. Thomas Potter, "president of the Central Medical College, of St. Joseph," born Clinton County, Missouri, in 1849.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Charles Keith, "general manager of the Central Coal & Coke Company," born in Kansas City in 1873 as the son of the company's founder, Richard Keith.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Photo and bio of John Howard, an architect in Saint Louis, born in Saline County, Missouri, in 1867 and designing buildings in central and eastern Missouri, as well as abroad, starting in 1890.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Photo and bio of Richard Keith, "president of the Central Coal & Coke Company," born in Lafayette County, Missouri, in 1842 and serving the Confederacy in the Civil War before coming to Kansas City in 1871, opening his coal business that year on Bluff Street.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of George Smith, president of the "Smith-McCord-Townsend Dry Goods Company" in Kansas City. Native of Cooper County, Missouri moving to Saint Joseph and then Kansas City as a grocer before co-founding his dry goods store in 1893 at 7th and Wyandotte Streets and moving in 1903 to 7th and Central Streets.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of Henry George Griffin, or Henry Griffin, "[c]ontractor of steel bridges" in Kansas City, born in Pennsylvania in 1862 and starting in his career in 1880, arriving in Kansas City about 1902 with offices in the Nelson Building and residence at 3633 Central Street here, constructing the following structures: "the Missouri Pacific Company's shops at Sedalia, Mo.; First National Bank building; several of the Kansas river bridges, and prominent structures in Kansas City and elsewhere."
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of John Perry, a "[c]oal operator" in Kansas City as co-founder of the Keith & Perry Coal Company, later called the Central Coal & Coke Company. Born in England in 1850 and emigrating to Kansas as organizer of the company before moving it to Kansas City around 1890 and "construct[ing] the Perry Memorial Home, in Westport, a suburb of Kansas City."
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Book of Missourians
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Description
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Biographical sketch of George Henry Griffin, or George Griffin, "[c]ontractor of steel bridges" in Kansas City, born in Pennsylvania in 1862 and starting his career in 1880 and his own company in 1902, "construct[ing] the Missouri Pacific Company's shops at Sedalia, Mo.; First National Bank building; several of the Kansas river bridges, and prominent structures in Kansas City and elsewhere," with offices in the Nelson Building and residence at 3633 Central Street.
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Date
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1906
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Object Type
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Book
