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Title: Novelty Carriage Works
Description: Description of business owned by W. H. Brundage at the corner of Wyandotte and Fourth Street.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Grimes Wagon CO.
Description: Description of a business located at the corner of Second and Main streets manufacturing wagon and carriages owned by W. C. Grimes.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Sam'l L. Yourtee & Co.
Description: Description of dealer in "Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Farm and Spring Wagons" at 410 Main Street, established in 1879.
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Young & Bradley
Description: Description of business between Main Street and Walnut Street that manufactured "superior carriages and buggies."
Date: 1879
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Buggy Top Factory
Description: An article on Bonniwell, Calvin & Massey, manufacturers of buggy tops and wholesale dealers in heavy hardware. Located on the top floor of 1212 Union Avenue, it is the largest factory of its kind in Kansas City.
Date: 1899-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 82 with Photographic Postcards
Description: Scrapbook page containing five photographs or photographic postcards. Four images are of graves in Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone and one is of horses and buggies outside of the Tombstone Epitaph building. The grave markers say:1. "Dan Dowd, Red Sample, Tex Howard, Bill DeLaney, Dan Kelly, Legally Hanged Mar. 8 1884."2. "Billy Clanton, Tom McLowery, Frank McFlowery, Murdered on the streets of Tombstone 1881." 3. "John Heath, Taken from County Jail and Lynched by Bisbee Mob in Tombstone, Feb. 22, 1884."4. "George Johnson, Hanged by mistake."
Object Type: Postcard

Title: President Grover Cleveland and Wife Frances
Description: President Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances sit in an open horse-drawn carriage in front of homes/buildings at 1216-1218 Broadway Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. Scene includes on-lookers as well as a good view of the horses pulling the carriage. Handwritten in ink at the bottom of the photo is "Pres. Cleveland in K.C. 1887" and "In front of 1216-1218 Broadway."
Date: 1887
Object Type: Photograph

Title: War Bond Drive Parade
Description: Parade procession along the north side of the Independence Square. Featured prominently are a man and woman seated in a horse-drawn carriage and several men on horseback. The parade was held May 16, 1949 as part of the Opportunity Bond campaign.
Date: 1949-05-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: J. S. Black
Description: Advertising card for "J. S. Black, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Farm and Spring Wagons." Card has image of Andrew Jackson in front of pillars and caption giving personal and presidential dates. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 421 Walnut St., Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: McFarlan Carriage Co.
Description: Advertising card for McFarlan Carriage Co. with portrait of girl in a blue hat. One of two cards with similar portraits. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1413 and 1415 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, MO.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: McFarlan Carriage Co.
Description: Advertising card for McFarlan Carriage Co. showing child sitting in grass by the sea. One of two cards with similar image. Front lower left corner has number C-774. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1413 and 1415 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, MO.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 80 with Kansas City Businesses
Description: Scrapbook page containing 11 advertising cards including four for businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. The cards show the following:1. A woman's face over a field of cows. Card says: "The Great American Drama. Only a Farmers Daughter." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."2. A woman and child sitting looking at a piano labeled: "Packard Grand."3. Three horses drinking at a trough. Card says: "$1,000 reward for the proof of the existence of a better liniment for human and animal flesh than 'Merchant's Gargling Oil' or a better worm remedy than 'Merchant's Worm Tablets' Manufactured by Merchant's Gargling Oil Co., Lockport, N.Y. John Hodge, Secy." Bottom of card says: "The Courier Lith. Co. Buffalo, N.Y."4. A geisha wearing collar and cuffs and using an umbrella and shoes made of cuffs. Card says: "Celluloid Waterproof Collars, Cuffs, and Shirt Bosoms." Bottom of card says: "Donaldson Brothers, Five Points, N.Y."5. A woman with a man in a bathrobe holding a bottle. Card says: "Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The Deacon: 'Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man.' Ayer's Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract-the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine."6. A woman wearing a fancy collar. Card says: "Yours for Health, Lydia E. Pinkham. Put this in your album." Handwriting on card says: "Something New."7. A smiling cat. Caption says: "Ha! Ha! Ha! I've eaten the canary!"8. A small image of a sewing machine and two scenes with a woman speaking to a man entitled "A Painful Alternative." One says: "I will have a 'New Home' Machine!" and the other says: "A 'New Home' or a divorce, Take your choice, Sir!" Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., 1030 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. F. M. Weaver and Co. Wholesale Dealers."9. Price list for purveyor of alcohol, "Louis Robidoux, Kansas City, Mo." Card includes prices for "W. H. McBrayer, Breckenridge, Golden Wedding Rye, J. W. Dant, Old Crow, Maple Leaf, Anderson County, Howard County Bourbon, Duncan County Bourbon, Jim Crow."10. "Columbus presenting to the King and Queen of Spain Trophies secured in the New World 1492." Native Americans are huddled in the corner and a carriage is displayed. Card says: "Columbus Buggy Co., Columbus, Ohio. Branch House, 806 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo." Bottom of card says: "The Krebs Co., Cin.O."11. A cat playing with yarn on knitting needles. Card says: "New Home Sewing Machine Co., No. 101 West Ninth Street, Kansas City, Mo."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: McFarlan Carriage Co.
Description: Advertising card for McFarlan Carriage Co. showing girl sitting in grass by the sea with a bucket and spade. One of two cards with similar image. Front lower left corner of card has number C-774. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1413 and 1415 W. Tenth St., Kansas City, MO.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. J. Foster
Description: Advertising card for J. J. Foster showing a man and woman with arms around each other riding in a horse-drawn carriage. Front of card says: "J. J. Foster, Harness and Saddlery, Turf Goods a Specialty." Front lower left corner has number C-935. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 511 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: J. J. Foster
Description: Advertising card for J. J. Foster showing a horse and carriage with a man standing at the horse's head and one sitting in the carriage. Front of card says: "J. J. Foster, Harness and Saddlery, and Jobber of Turf Goods Specialties. Telephone 2028." Front lower left corner has number C-683. Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 511 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 78 with Christmas Cards
Description: Scrapbook page containing ten advertising cards with a Christmas theme. Of seven smaller cards, there are three with Santa, three with angels and flowers, and one with a woman in flowered dress and crown. The three larger cards show a nativity scene; a sleigh laden with a Christmas tree being pulled by horses through a covered bridge; and a carriage being pulled by a team of four horses.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 42 with Animals
Description: Scrapbook page with five advertising cards including two large cards (25 x 12 cm.) showing a lion and a tiger lying down. Two cards show sheep and one card shows three children, two riding in a carriage being pulled by two goats.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Advertising Card Scrapbook Page 65 with Horse-Drawn Carriage and Ships
Description: Scrapbook page containing seven advertising cards showing the following:1. Two steam boats on the water. Caption says: "A spurt for the lead, Boston Harbor."2. Five men on a ship looking across the sea to land on which a sign says: "Ayer's Sarsaparilla." Caption says: "The Discovery of America."3. Fans (two small cards cut to shape).4. Six people riding in a carriage pulled by four horses. Side of carriage says: "Old Judge." Card is large (18 x 26 cm.) and cut to shape.5. Girl wearing a hat holding a teddybear.6. Men working on a ship with large spools of thread. Card says: "J. and P. Coats' Best Six-Cord Spool Cotton and Cleopatra's Needle."
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: F. Weber's Sons
Description: Advertising card for F. Weber's Sons with a photograph of a horse hitched to a sulky carrying a man. Front of card says: "Joe Patchen, 2:01 1/4 --The Kansas-bred Cyclone. Presented by F. Weber's Sons, 1004-1006 Walnut St., Sole Agents in Kansas City for Harrold's Hoof Ointment, the greatest remedy in the world for Horses' Feet." Back of card is blank. Address given on front of card: 1004-1006 Walnut St.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Advertising Card

Title: Sanborn Map, Kansas City, Vol. 1, 1895-1907, Page p019
Description: Northwestern part of early Kansas City in West Bottoms from Union Avenue south to W. 13th Street and from Wyoming Street east to Mulberry Street, showing buildings, streets, and railroad lines. Large numbers on edges of page refer to page with adjoining area.
Date: 1895/1907
Object Type: Map

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