Business and Industry • Achning Hardware Interior Predecessor to Ernst Hardware. The inside of Achning Hardware, one of several German businesses on M... • Advertising Card for Steinberg and Brother Steinberg & Brother, Clothiers, Hatters, and Furnishers. This advertising card features a black and... • Barteldes' 1887 Price List and Descriptive Catalogue of Seeds F. W. Barteldes Kansas Seed House catalog. A copy of the "1887 Price List and Descriptive Catalogue ... • Beal & Godding's Livery Stable Beal & Godding's Livery Stable. A front view of the livery stable located at 812 - 814 Vermont ... • Beuerman, Leo and Cart Leo Beuerman and his cart. Leo is photographed in his cart he constructed to allow him to trave... • Bismarck Grove Historic Maps of Bismarck Grove. Three maps produced by Vera Sehon Dellwig show changes in Bi... • Brooks, Paul R. Terrirorial legislator: also Lawrence's first store, first building, first wedding. Paul R. Brook... • Bullene, Lathrop Bullenes' mercantile became Weavers. Lathrop Bullene (1826-1915), a pioneer merchant of Lawrence was... • Clark's Livery Stable Clark's Livery Stable. A front view of the livery stable located at 733 -735 New Hampshire St... • Consolidated Barb Wire Co. J.D. Bowersock's Consolidated Barb Wire Company (CBW Co.) This industry on the south bank of ... • Donnelly Bros.' Livery Stable Donnelly Brothers' Livery Stable. A front view of the Donnelly Bros.' Livery Stable located at ... • Douglas County Mills and Elevator The Bowersock Milling Company The Bowersock Milling Company operates two mills - the Douglas Co... • Eldridge House The Eldridge House,9th & Winthrop(7th) Streets. The Eldridge House (and later Eldridge Hotel) i... • Ernst , Philip Sr. Making a Sale Early businessman in Lawrence. Here Philip Ernst Sr. is pictured making a sale to the sixth gen... • Gardner, Theodore Early pioneer to Douglas County and member of the First Kansas Battery. Theodore Gardner was bo... • Hamlin's Livery Stable Hamlin's Livery Stable, New Hampshire & Winthrop (7th) Streets. Front view of Hamlin's Livery S... • Harold Hird Long-time employee of the Poehler Mercantile Company, 1925. The photo shows Harold H. Hird stan... • Hartford Insurance Travelers Insurance Ticket This accident insurance, issued to A. Whitcomb, Esq., of Lawrence, Kansas, bears four detachable cou... • Home Store An early business on Massachusetts St.,1890. These picture postcards show the brick house that ... • Home Store Interior Early Grocery Store in Lawrence. An interior view of the Annie J. Prentiss Home Store, located ... • Home Store Interior 2 Early grocery store in Lawrence. An interior view of the Home store located at 1105 Massachuset... • Inside view of the Lawrence National Bank 8 The Lawrence National Bank,1898. In 1898 the bank was located at 647 Massachusetts Street. ... • Julius Fischer & N.N. Vinquest Ads Business ads for Julius Fischer and N.N. Vinquest. An ad placed in the 1892 Lawrence City Direc... • Kansas Seed House An early Lawrence business,1886. A picture of the "Kansas Seed House," as owned and operated by... • Kennedy & Ernst Hardware Earnst Hardware store at 826 Massachusetts Street, 1905. The front of Kennedy & Ernst Hardwar... • Lawrence Bridge and Dam, circa 1898 The Lawrence bridge, crossing the Kaw (Kansas) River and dam. The dam, repeatedly and consiste... • Lawrence Electric Light Plant The Lawrence Electric Light Plant. Image taken from E.F. Caldwell's "A Souvenir History of Law... • Lawrence House The Lawrence House, 51 Vermont Street. The Lawrence House was erected in 1858 by F. W. Sparr ... • Lawrence Ice Plant The Lawrence Ice Plant. Image from E.F. Caldwell's "A Souvenir History of Lawrence, Kansas, 189... • Lawrence National Bank Building The Lawrence National Bank Building,1898. This bank,located at 647 Massachusetts Street, was ... • Machinery Hall Machinery Hall. This photo is of the building in Bismarck Grove known as Machinery Hall and w... • Map of Lawrence Businesses in 1860 A map of Lawrence businesses, 1860. Created from a display at the Watkins Community Museum show... • Map of Lawrence Businesses in 1890 Lawrence businesses, 1890. Created from a display at the Watkins Community Museum showing the l... • Map of Lawrence Businesses in 1919 Lawrence businesses, 1919. Created from a display at the Watkins Community Museum showing the l... • Map of Lawrence Businesses in 1950 Lawrence businessess, 1950. Created from a display at the Watkins Community Museum showing the ... • Map of Lawrence Businesses in 1978 Lawrence businesses, 1978. Created from a display at the Watkins Community Museum showing the l... • Marks, Alexander Lawrence businessman. Mr. Alexander Marks was born in Bayreuth Bavaria, Germany, on January 6, ... • Merchants Bank Building The Merchants National Bank building, 1880. The bank was located at 8 th and Massachusetts S... • Place Hotel The Place Hotel located on the northeast corner of Warren (9th) and New Hampshire Streets. The ... • Poehler Merchantile Company Poehler Merchantile Company. The old Poehler Merchantile Company looking from the east. The bui... • River and Manufacturing District View of the Kaw River(Kansas,1898). A view from north side of the Kaw River(Kansas) looking tow... • Round Corner Drug Early Lawrence business. Round Corner Drug is at 801 Massachusetts Street. It is one of the old... • Sands Building The Sands Building 700 block of Massachusetts Street. This view of the Sands building, on the e... • Sands, James Gilbert Early Lawrence businessman. Mr. J. G. Sands was born at Gilbertstown, Montgomery County, Pennsy... • Santa Fe House The Sante Fe Hotel. A front view of the Santa Fe Hotel located a 301 Winthrop(8th)Street. ... • Steinberg, Leo Leo Steinberg of Nuremberg, Germany. Leo Steinberg, native of Nuremberg, Germany joined his bro... • St. Nicholas Hotel Lawrence Kansas Second hotel in Lawrence. Work was started on the St. Nicholas Hotel on September 26, 1854. It... • Streetcar named "Progress" A horse drawn streetcar. Photograph of a white horse attached to an enclosed, four-wheel street... • Sunflower Business on Massachusetts Street. The Sunflower Surplus Shop we know today was originally a see... • The Stables at Bismarck Grove The Stables at Bismarck Grove. This view of Bismarck Grove was taken from the roof of the sta... • Vick's Place Lawrence business. Vick's Place was a confectionary store located at 14th and Massachusetts in th... • Walruff, John German mechanic became regional brewer. Originally named Walraff, John Walruff was born in Germany. ... • Watkins National Bank Building The Watkins National Bank. The Watkins National Bank was located on the northwest corner of 11t... • Weaver, Mr. Arthur Namesake of a landmark downtown store Arthur Dunham Weaver, noted Lawrence businessman,came t... • Wiedemann, William Lawrence businessman. Mr. William Wiedemann was a prominent German-American in Lawrence's early... • W. S. Tough Home Captain W. S. Tough Home. This photo was taken in 1912. The owner, either Captain W.S. Tough... Project Coordinator Email Project Coordinator / Lawrence Public Schools This site made possible by • the National Endowment for the Humanities • the Southwestern Bell Foundation Project Partners • The Lawrence Journal-World • Watkins Community Museum of History • Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas