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Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912
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Photo and bio of Frank Dean, "president of the Dean Hotel Company," operating the Baltimore Hotel, and "the first president of the Kansas City Hotel and Restaurant Men's Association," born in New York City and taking over his present (1912) company following the death in 1911 of his father, Delevan Dean.
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1912
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Book
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Kansas Citians with Records: City Builders--Representative Missourians
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Biographical sketch of George Muehlebach, Sr. (1831-1905), a native of Switzerland and founder of the Muehlebach Brewing Company in Kansas City in 1868, and his son, George Muehlebach, Jr. (1881-1955), a native Kansas Citian taking over as company president after his father's death and building the Hotel Muehlebach in 1915 and Muehlebach Stadium in 1923 (also known as Municipal Stadium, etc.).
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Date
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1912
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Book
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Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work
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Photo and bio of Edwin Winn, "president of the E. L. Winn Construction Company, 1211 Scarritt Building." Born in Bowling Green, Missouri in 1865 and coming to Kansas City in 1886 as a building contractor, "construct[ing] some of the best buildings in Kansas City, among them being the new addition to the Baltimore Hotel, the Metropolitan Power House, the Studebaker Building in the West Bottoms, the Smith Brothers Manufacturing Company's building in the East Bottoms, and the beautiful stone building on the Jackson County Farm."
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1912
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Book
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Men of Affairs in Greater Kansas City, 1912: A Newspaper Reference Work
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Photo and bio of Ford Harvey, "president of the great Fred Harvey System [of restaurants and hotels along the Southwestern railroads] and one of the receivers for the Metropolitan Street Railway Company of Kansas City," born in Leavenworth, Kansas, as the son of Fred Harvey, founder of the Fred Harvey Company restaurant chain. Description of Ford's life and career, joining the company in his youth and influencing the company's practices since before his father's death.
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1912
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Book
