S & M Sporting Goods Article in Sports Age Magazine, August, 1955

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S & M Sporting Goods Article in Sports Age, 1955: Copyright: 2017.37.1_1 S & M Sporting Goods Article in Sports Age, 1955
S & M Sporting Goods Article in Sports Age, 1955

Copyright: 2017.37.1_1 S & M Sporting Goods Article in Sports Age, 1955

Name/Title

S & M Sporting Goods Article in Sports Age Magazine, August, 1955

Entry/Object ID

AM2017.37.1

Scope and Content

S & M Athletic Goods Article in Sports Age Magazine, August, 1955. Cover photo and 2-page article highlighting grand opening of S & M Athletic Goods Store, 615 Francis, St. Joseph, Missouri. The article commends the store for introducing "pegboard displays" as the major component of their retail space. Page 18 & 19 has story with 2 photos Mentions purchase of stock of Ellinger Sports Shop. Fritz Cronkite, Manager, had worked for Chris Ellinger for 9 years prior. Ellinger, who retired, had been in business in St. Joseph for 54 years. Man on cover photo is Dennis Mc Taggert, who worked in the store at that time and later became Manager.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Magazine

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Periodical

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Sports, Merchants

Search Terms

Francis Street, 615, S & M Sporting Goods, Francis Street

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 8, 2016

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Fritz Cronkite

Person or Organization

Ben Prentiss

Person or Organization

William Chris Ellinger

Person or Organization

Dennis McTaggert