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A portrait of Peter D. Ridenour. In 1858, he and Harlow Baker founded Ridenour-Baker Grocery Company in Lawrence, Kansas. On August 21,1863, Quantrill's raiders destroyed the company's entire stock of goods valued at $40,000, and Mr. Baker was seriously wounded. The company moved from its Lawrence downtown location to Kansas City, Missouri in 1878 and began operating as the Kansas City Terminal Warehouse Company.
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
Item Number: 215450
Call Number: B Ridenour, Peter D. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215450
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Grocers
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1890s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
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