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Title: Emery, Bird, Thayer Building
Description: Full frontal and side view looking northeast; located on the north side of 11th between Walnut and Grand.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Emery, Bird, Thayer Building, Street Level
Description: Street level view of display windows, canopy, and entrance, Grand Avenue.
Date: 1935
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Emery, Bird, Thayer Building
Description: Distant, full frontal and side view looking northeast, Walnut and 11th Street.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 3, 1909-1957, Page p302
Description: A portion of Kansas City from Truman Road south to E. 17th Street and from Grand Avenue east to Locust, showing buildings, streets, and additions. Large numbers at edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1909/1957
Object Type: Map

Title: Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions
Description: Advertising card for "Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions" with image of a rose and other flowers. One of three cards with similar design. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1008 Main St., Opposite W. W. Morgan.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions
Description: Advertising card for "Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions" with image of a cala lily and other flowers. One of three cards with similar design. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1008 Main St., Opposite W. W. Morgan.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Gentry's Dollar Store
Description: Advertising card for Gentry's Dollar Store showing a man in armor on a horse holding a flag. Front lower left corner has number 305 and lower right corner has number 7. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card:103 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Karges and Cartwright Dry Goods Co.
Description: Advertising card for Karges and Cartwright Dry Goods Co. showing a girl twirling a pink ribbon. One of two cards with similar design. Lower left corner has "No. 29." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1109-1111 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Bernheimer Bros. and Co.
Description: Advertising card for Bernheimer Bros. and Co. showing a boy sitting with a cat and a bowl of soup. One of two cards with similar theme and design. Front of card says: “Bernheimer Bros. and Co., One Price Bargain Dry Goods Emporium.” Lower left corner has "No. 811." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 912 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Bernheimer Bros. and Co.
Description: Advertising card for Bernheimer Bros. and Co. showing a portrait of a girl wearing a necklace. Portrait has a border of roses. One of two cards with similar theme and design. Front of card says: “Bernheimer Bros. and Co., One Price Bargain Dry Goods Emporium.” Lower left corner has "No. 817." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 912 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Boutin's Department House
Description: Advertising card for Boutin's Department House showing a portrait of vice-presidential candidate General John A. Logan (ran on ticket with James G. Blaine). One of two cards showing portraits of presidential and vice-presidential hopefuls in the 1884 election. Card is torn down one edge and appears to have been once attached to something else. Front of card says: “For any thing you want go to Boutin's Department House." Back of card has some penciled arithmetic calculations. Address given on front of card:Main and 12 Sts., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions
Description: Advertising card for "Lloyd and Thomas, Dry Goods and Notions" with image of flowers and a bee. One of three cards with similar design. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1008 Main St., Opposite W. W. Morgan.Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Gentry Dollar Store
Description: Advertising card for Gentry's Dollar Store showing a sunflower with company name and address in center. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 103 W. 9th St., Kansas City
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Karges and Cartwright Dry Goods Co.
Description: Advertising card for Karges and Cartwright Dry Goods Co. showing a girl picking up autumn leaves. One of two cards with similar design. Lower left corner has "No. 22." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1109-1111 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: William E. Emery Is Dead
Description: Article reports the death on October 11, 1912, of William E. Emery, "senior member of the firm of Emery, Bird, Thayer." Emery died suddenly of heart disease while riding a train from Jersey City to his country home, Rose Lodge, New York.
Date: 1912-10-12
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: George B. Peck Dry Goods Company Building
Description: Peck Dry Goods Building, designed by Root & Siemens, is now on National Register.
Date: 1980-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: The Individualist: An Autobiography by J. Logan Jones
Description: Autobiographical book about J. Logan Jones (1859-1945), founder of the Jones Store Company in Kansas City, born in a wigwam on an Ottawa Indian camp in Kansas and moving to Kansas City in the 1890s. History of the Jones Store Company from its establishment in Stafford, Kansas (as the Jones Dry Goods Store), to its buildings in the Kansas City area, especially its headquarters at 12th and Main, with photo and illustrations.
Date: 1942
Object Type: Book

Title: George Peck
Description: Photo of George Peck, president of the Doggett Dry Goods Company and a native of Detroit coming "to Kansas City at the date of the organization" of the company under article called "Kansas City Business Men."
Date: 1899-02
Object Type: Magazine Article

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