Missouri State Archives
Finding Aid 5.21
Office of Secretary of State
Commissions
Itinerant Vendors' Licenses, 1911-1927
Abstract: Applications and licenses (1911-1927) for itinerant vendors in the state of Missouri.
Extent: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 half Hollinger box)
Physical Description: Paper
Location: MSA Stacks 14A/6/6
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions: No special restrictions.
Publication Restrictions: Copyright is in the public domain.
Preferred Citation: [Name], [Date]; Itinerant Vendors’ Licenses, 1911-1927; Commissions; Office of Secretary of State, Record Group 5; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
Acquisition Information: Agency transfer.
Processing Information: Processing completed by Mary Kay Coker on December 10, 2007.
ITINERANT VENDORS’ LICENSES, 1911-1927
Arrangement: Chronological and thereunder alphabetical
Scope and Content
This series consists of applications and licenses for itinerant vendors in the state of Missouri. Many of the licenses were cancelled or surrendered to the secretary of state for the refund of the deposit. Per RSMo 150.390, last revised in 1929, the director of revenue now oversees these duties.
Itinerant vendors include “all persons, both principal and agents, who engage in, or conduct, in this state, either in one locality or in traveling from place to place, a temporary or transient business of selling goods, wares and merchandise with the intention of continuing in such business in any one place for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty days, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hire, lease or occupy, either in whole or in part, a room, building, or other structure, for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise and do not have a permanent place of business in Missouri” (RSMo 150.380). Peddlars, merchants, and manufacturers have their own licenses apart from itinerant vendors.
Only a handful of applications and licenses remain. Applications contain the name and residence of applicant; whether principal or agent; who owns the wares; who the wares were bought from; and the notarized signature of the applicant. The license itself contains the name and residence of the licensee and is dated and signed by the secretary of state; it may also include an endorsement of the county clerk. There are a few pieces of correspondence and a copy of the 1911 law regarding itinerant vendors.
Container List
| Location | Box | Folder | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 1 | 1911 | Albert F. Linde of St. Louis (agent for Blackwell-Wielandy Book & Stationary Co.) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 2 | 1912 | A. Bedros of St. Louis (agent for Krikor Nahigian & Co. and Nahigian Bros.) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 3 | 1912 | M. Ladeson of Lexington (principal agent for an overstock sale from his own clothing store) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 4 | 1914 | Sam Dumit of Jackson County (principal agent for “fancy goods, jewelry, novelties & cards”) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 5 | 1915 | A.V. Kerns of Adair County (principal agent for Kerns & Lortou) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 6 | 1922 | M.R. Chapin of Scotland County (agent for Royal Sales Company) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 7 | 1922 | William J. Touhey of Boone County (agent for Woolf Bros, Inc., of Kansas City) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 8 | 1923 | Isadore Glassman of Jackson County (agent for Parisian Cloak Company of Kansas City) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 9 | 1924 | Isadore Glassman of Jackson County (agent for Parisian Cloak Company of Kansas City) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 10 | 1925 | Morris Lindenblatt of Jackson County (agent for Parisian Cloak Company of Kansas City) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 11 | 1926 | Morris Lindenblatt of Jackson County (agent for Harzfeld’s, Inc., formerly Parisian Cloak Company) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 12 | 1927 | Morris Lindenblatt of Jackson County (agent for Harzfeld’s, Inc., of Kansas City) |
| 14A/6/6 | 1 | 13 | 1927 | E.C. Suggs of Cedar County (co-agent for clothing, furniture, and hardware store) |