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Title
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A Toy Store's Story: Brookside Toy and Science a Fixture For Many
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Description
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Article that features the Brookside Toy and Science store located in the Brookside area at 330 W. 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri. The store is owned by Mary Jo and Jim Ward with Jim's mother buying the store in 1964. They carry toys made by small manufacturers that may not be available in the bigger box stores. Includes pictures of the interior of the store.
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Date
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2001-12-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Dime Store in Brookside
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Description
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Street level view of The Dime Store located at 314 W. 63rd Street in the Brookside Shopping area.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Store's Still Got 'the Floor'
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Description
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The New Dime Store located at 314 W. 63rd Street in Brookside is set to open April 28, 2007. Fifi Wiedeman is the new owner and a long-time Brookside resident. Even though the store was updated, the creaky wood floors were left in place. "The original Dime Store opened in 1940-- when it switched from a grocery to a general store--and Earnest Arfsten managed it for owner Levin Lanning from 1944 until he bought it from Lanning in 1963. His son, Bob Arfsten, who had worked at the store since 1944, took over after Earnest died at age 86 in 1985."
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Date
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2007-04-25
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Sisters Keep Women-Owned KC Shop in Family
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Description
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Sisters Abbey Fields and Sarah Douglas believe their business, Shop Beautiful, is the only retail store in Kansas City to have been continuously owned and operated by women for at least 75 years. The business began in 1936 by sisters Alice DeVasher and Dorothy Gangwer as an antique and gift store. Fields' and Douglas' mother, Ruthelma Martin, bought the store in 1967. Many Shop Beautiful customers have been coming to the store for decades, and can remember stories about the original owners.
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Date
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2011-03-30
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
