capital from the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company, Henry van Brunt; Joseph Roblado Frazee

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capital from the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company, Henry van Brunt; Joseph Roblado Frazee
capital from the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company, Henry van Brunt; Joseph Roblado Frazee
Henry van Brunt ; Joseph Roblado Frazee
capital from the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company
1890
Henry van Brunt, architect
1832–1903
Joseph Roblado Frazee, carver
capital from the Emery, Bird, Thayer Company, 1890
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: carving; paint; sandstone
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 71.1 x 147.3 x 96.5 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 28 x 58 x 38 in
Credit line: Gift of the United Missouri Bank of Kansas City
Accession number: 1977.0006
Not on display
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Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU

In 1890 the Kansas City department store Bullene, Moore and Emery opened its signature location at East 11th Street stretching from Walnut to Grand. The Kansas City press promoted the expansive new shopping location as a major historic event for the city. In 1894 the store became known as Emery, Bird, Thayer, or EBT, when William Bridges Thayer became a partner and investor with W.E. Emery and Joseph Taylor Bird, Sr. The store closed in 1968, and the building was torn down in 1971.

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Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU
Celka Straughn, curator
2017–2018

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Listen to former director Charlie Eldredge discuss this “unheralded” object.
Listen to former director Charlie Eldredge discuss this “unheralded” object.