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Title
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Imperial Kansas City, 1900: Her Wonderful Growth and Resources
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Description
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Description of the piano and organ business of Carl Hoffman at 1012-1014 Walnut Street, founded in 1869 in Leavenworth, Kansas, and moved to Kansas City about 1894. Description of the proprietor, Carl Hoffman, as a 56-year-old "musician and composer," born in Germany and residing "in Kansas City for the past six years."
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Date
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1900
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Dictionary
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Description
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Photo and bio of Carl Hoffman, a pianist and organist born in Germany in 1847 and coming to Kansas City in the 1890s, incorporating his music business about 1901 "under the firm name of the Carl Hoffman Music Company."
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Date
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1902
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Carl Hoffman
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Description
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Advertising card for Carl Hoffman showing a ship sailing on the ocean. Front of card says: "The Sterling Pianos.." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1012-1014 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Carl Hoffman Music Co.
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Description
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Advertising card for Carl Hoffman Music Co. showing two kittens leaning on flowers watching a butterfly. Front of card says: "Carl Hoffman Music Co...Sole Representative of the Celebrated Steger & Sons Pianos." followed by some advertising copy about the pianos. Back of card has image of the Steger Piano Factories and says: "Largest Piano Factories in the world located at Steger, Illinois, occupy, with lumber yards, 32 acres. Capacity 30,000 pianos per annum. Established 1879." Address given on front of card:
1120 Walnut St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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SC59 Local Sheet Music Collection Finding Aid
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Description
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This collection of 49 boxes is arranged by imprint and state: Missouri, Kansas, and outside the local area and then by city, with the two largest groupings for Kansas City and St. Louis. Within the Kansas City arrangement is a separate category for Jenkins Music Company and for Charles Johnson. Local composers besides Charles Johnson include Scott Joplin, Carl Hoffman, Charles N. Daniels, and others. The type of music includes traditional music of the time period with emphasis on ragtime selections. The bulk of the music is published but there are some original, handwritten compositions. Also included are songs about Kansas City as well as sheet music covers with illustrations depicting Kansas City.
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Date
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1880/1960~
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Object Type
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Finding Aid
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Title
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Carl Hoffman Music House
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Description
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Advertising card for Carl Hoffman Music Co. showing a woman playing a piano next to a Christmas tree surrounded by children with candles. The piano has "Mason & Hamlin" on it. Front of card has two stanzas from a Christmas song and says: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Mason & Hamlin Co." Lower left corner of image says: "Irene Weir." Lower right corner of card says: "W. B. Jones, Lith. Boston, Mass." Back of card is blank except for stamp which says: Car[l Hoffman] Music House in the west. Also Chickering Hall, Leavenworth, Ka." Address given on back of card:
1012-1014 Walnut St.,
Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Carl Hoffman
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Description
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Advertising card for Carl Hoffman showing three young girls in white dresses sitting on a log with armfuls of branches with pink blossoms. Front of card says: "Sterling Pianos. Factories, Derby, Ct." Front lower left corner says: "Tobin, N. Y." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1012-1014 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
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Title
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Carl Hoffman
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Description
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Advertising card for Carl Hoffman showing a young, blonde girl's face through a large rip in a newspaper called the "Public Opinion" and dated 1895. Front of card says: "Public Opinion is in Favor of the Sterling Piano." followed by more advertising copy about the pianos. Front lower right corner says: "Tobin, N. Y." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1012-1014 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo.
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Date
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1895~
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Object Type
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Advertising Card
