Faultless Starch Reading Library
January 13th, 2021by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week’s postcard is a bit of a departure from the penny postcard we normally profile in […]
New year, new calendar
January 6th, 2021by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we continue our novelty postcard series with a couple of postcards that follow our “Remember […]
Come to Kansas City soon
December 30th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher Given the year we’ve had, this postcard seems fitting to close out 2020. “If you don’t soon […]
Downtown Christmas decorations live on
December 23rd, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we feature a Chrome-style postcard showing Kansas City’s downtown shopping district decorated for Christmas. The […]
Escape from The Rock
December 16th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher On December 16, 1937, one of the densest fogs to ever occur in San Francisco blanketed the […]
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
December 9th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we’re taking a nostalgic look back at the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, that cool piece of […]
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
December 2nd, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher Just in time or the holidays, we bring you this postcard of the iconic Sears Distribution Center […]
Thanksgiving Greetings
November 25th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher What Americans celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their […]
The Wish Bone
November 18th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher Phillip Sollomi opened the Wishbone Restaurant in 1948 in a renovated private residence, just north of the […]
The Westgate Hotel
November 11th, 2020by Bryan Stalder
Michael Bushnell Publisher The Westgate Hotel was constructed at the junction of 9th and Main and Delaware in 1916 at […]
Chocolate Treats at the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
November 4th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher In today’s market, a case could easily be made against Joseph Loose for collusion and the sharing […]
Ghostly guests at Kansas City’s Coates House
October 28th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher The foundation for the Coates House, originally the Broadway Hotel, was laid in 1857 prior to the […]
A chardonnay with spirits please!
October 21st, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher Originally built in stages between 1900 and 1935 on a 240-acre hillside just outside the county seat […]
Ghostly Guardians at The John B. Wornall House
October 14th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher The description on the back of this Chrome style postcard published by James Tetrick, 619 W. 33rd […]
Ghostly check-ins at the Elms Hotel
October 7th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
Michael Bushnell Publisher For the month of October, since Halloween everywhere else seems to be cancelled, we here at the […]
Historic Postcard Extra: Oregon Trail History in KC
October 5th, 2020by Michael Bushnell
On October 5, 1910, 110 years ago today, Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker was in Kansas City with his team […]


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