Southtown History: Where They Lived
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Southtown History: Where They Lived
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Photos and biographical description of Tom Pendergast (1872-1945), a resident of southern Kansas City (on Ward Parkway) and political boss of the city as a whole in the 1920s-1930s. Native of Saint Joseph coming to Kansas City in the 1890s as a bouncer in his older brother's West Bottoms saloon before becoming owner of the T. J. Pendergast Wholesale Liquor Company, Ready Mixed Concrete Company, and the Jefferson Hotel, with huge gambling debts on horse racing, etc.
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Creator: Wilding, Jennifer
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Date(s)
1985-08
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Subject (local)
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Digital Collection(s)
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Related Item
Southtown News Magazine
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Shelf Locator
Microfiche
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Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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