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adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 23, 2014 In 1890, when Judge Azariah Budd donated 20 acres to the city’s fledgling Parks Department, the city limits had barely reached Hardesty…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 16, 2014 This panoramic post card of downtown Kansas City, MO. looking east from Broadway, was copyrighted by G.H. Otto in 1899, just a…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 9, 2014 One of the highlights of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair was the Firestone Singing Color Fountain. The description on the back of…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 2, 2014 “One smile from you in Kansas City would transfer me to heaven.” So indicates the message on the front of this card…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 26, 2014 This real photo postcard showing the Blue River near 15th Street was published in the early 1900s by the North American Postcard…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 19, 2014 “See Kansas City and know what you’re seeing,” states the description on the back of this Curt Teich 1920s vintage postcard showing…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 12, 2014 Born in 1856 in the Ohio River town of Gallipolis, James Pendergast was the second of nine children. His Irish Catholic family…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 5, 2014 Spring Valley Park, located between 28th Street at Woodland Avenue and 29th Street at Brooklyn Avenue, lies in a natural canyon carved…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News February 26, 2014 By 1912, Kansas City’s Parks and Boulevards system had a budget of a little over $7 million per year. The Kessler designed…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News February 19, 2014 This Linen era advertising postcard showcases the famous Durand’s Restaurant in Platte Woods, Mo. Platte Woods is not often thought of as…
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