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Title
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Hold Last Rites for Mrs. Sallie C. Love
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Description
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Vertical file containing an obituary for Mrs. Sallie Love, a former music teacher in Kansas City and Rosedale, Kansas, with residence at 2623 Euclid Avenue. Love was born in Colorado as Sallie Jordan and raised in Kansas City.
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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New Street's Hotel Attracts Keen Interest
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Description
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Biographical article with photos and captions about the new hotel complex known as "Street Enterprises at 1510 E. 18th St," at Paseo Boulevard. The owner was Rueben Street, "ex-railroad chef" and Kansas City hotel pioneer, born in Nashville in 1878 and coming to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1882 as a child. The complex includes a hotel, barbershop, dining hall (known as the Rose Room), and cocktail lounge (known as the Blue Room).
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Date
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1949-12-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Barber Recalls 45 Years on the Plaza
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Description
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File containing a photo and biographical article about Wally Westphal, "owner of the Plaza Hair Cut Shop, 4807 Jefferson" Street. Retiring at the age of 65 and closing the barbershop (with a mural painted in 1950 by Arthur Kraft) on the Plaza since 1929 with residence at 2017 West 92nd Street in Leawood, Kansas.
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Date
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1974-02-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Barber Shop
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Description
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Interior view of unidentified barbers with seated customer in unidentified shop.
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Date
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1910
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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The Singing Barber of Brookside
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Description
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Profile article about Daniel Tomaszczuk, 89-year old Ukrainian who immigrated to the United States after World War II. Tomaszczuk works as a barber at Hank of Hair and frequently sings and hums "Ukrainian and German ditties, and a few American ones, to his Kansas City clients while he cuts their hair."
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Date
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2010-12-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Neighborhood Barber Celebrates 50 Years
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Description
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Joe Vento started his barbering career in 1957. His barbershop has been located on Independence Avenue in the Northeast area of Kansas City for the last 50 years. Vento grew up in that part of town and has maintained his business there even though he now lives in Raytown. His son Mike is also a barber and has his own shop in Peculiar, Missouri.
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Date
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2007-12-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Moler Barber College
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Description
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Street level view of Moler Barber College with students lined up in front. Sign also says: "Moler System of Colleges, founded 1893." Another sign attached to the front of the building lists branches of the school located in other cities. Believed to have been taken in Kansas City. Back of the photograph is stamped: "A. A. Riederer, 2814 West Prospect Pl, H.P.M. 5715, K.C., Mo." This is the photographer's stamp. In the 1910 Kansas City city directory, the Moler Barber College is listed at 503 Delaware. Albert A. Riederer is listed as a photographer with the above stamped address. No identification of people in the view.
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Date
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1910~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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J. Frank Davis
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Description
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Biographical sketch of J. Frank Davis, "the owner of a modern, hygienic [barber] shop in the Gumbel building" in Kansas City and "president of the Barbers' State Board" of Missouri. He was born in Alabama in 1876 and arrived in Kansas City in 1913, becoming "a pioneer in the movement for a better barber business" and "one of the leading members of the barbering profession in the state."
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Date
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1905-04-18
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Object Type
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Book
