• Northeast Newscast

    173: Local Historian David Jackson

    February 27th, 2021
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  • Faces Of Northeast

    Faces Of Northeast: Charmainne Sanders

    February 24th, 2021
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  • Postcard

    Flying High in Kansas City

    January 20th, 2021
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  • Remember This?

    Remember This? Gates Ol’ Kentuck Barbecue

    February 24th, 2021
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  • retorts illustrated by bryan stalder

    retorts illustrated by bryan stalder

    November 25th, 2020
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  • Faultless Starch Reading Library

    January 13th, 2021
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    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, 2021
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    Michael Bushnell Publisher Just in time or the holidays, we bring you this postcard of the iconic Sears Distribution Center […]

    Thanksgiving Greetings

    November 25th, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    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, 2020
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    On October 5, 1910, 110 years ago today, Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker was in Kansas City with his team […]

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