Please answer the following question: Clemens Vonnegut Sr. a German former textile salesman in Amsterdam arrived in Indianapolis in 1850 and entered into a partnership with fellow German Charles Vollmer shortly thereafter. Their merchandising store was called Vollmer & Vonnegut. Vollmer left to go out West in 1852 but was never heard from again.In 1858 Vonnegut bought the merchandise store he and his business partner Charles Volmer had run for several years. In 1898 Vonnegut Sr. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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