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adminMichael Bushnell Contributing Historian With the Arts and Crafts Movement in full swing at the time, we bring you this simple, Christmas greeting postcard sent from Chicago, Illinois to Miss…
adminDorri Partain Managing Editor “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” That’s the response Ralphie gets everytime he mentions that he wants a Red Ryder Range BB gun for Christmas in…
adminDorri Partain Managing Editor Whether hung on a door, a wall, or in a window, these bright-colored decorations were a holiday staple for several decades. Proudly made in the U.S.A.…
adminMichael Bushnell Contributing Historian What Americans celebrate today as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621. The previous winter…
adminMichael BushnellContributing Historian This week’s postcard offers a look at Fairmount Park from Independence Avenue. This view was from the vantage point of the old A&P store (now Dollar General)…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor Ruler fight? Touché! Many school supplies inside the grade school desk provided options for the creative-minded student. When a teacher wasn’t looking, that bottle of glue could…
adminMichael BushnellContributingHistorian Not long before noted railroad restaurateur Fred Harvey had a photograph taken for this color postcard, the old Union Depot had just been demolished. Kansas City’s new Union…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor When the “father of the American Christmas card” needed art supplies for his young daughter, he launched a campaign to bring art instruction to all American school…
Julia WilliamsJulia Williams Editor-in-Chief Kansas City’s Historic Garment District Museum (801 Broadway Blvd) opened its doors for the very last time at 11 a.m., Aug. 30. Following a recent ‘for sale’…
adminMichael BushnellContributing Historian The great Kansas City real estate developer J.C. Nichols is not known to blunder often — especially in matters of real estate. His two man-made lakes in…
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