Super Flea Museum Display Features Nostalgic Treasures
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Built to house a full array of consumer goods, this former warehouse for Montgomery Wards Co. is still packed with items that have been stored away…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Built to house a full array of consumer goods, this former warehouse for Montgomery Wards Co. is still packed with items that have been stored away…
Michael Bushnell Contributing Historian Rose Marie Serrone opened her flower and gift shop in a single story, Art Deco-style building in 1946 located at 2659 Independence Blvd. Rose Marie’s Floral…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor It’s a small item with a big message that’s been translated into multiple languages and sent to loved ones around the world. The iconic “I Am…
Carter Galloway Editorial Assistant The Museum of Kansas City (3218 Gladstone Blvd.) has adopted a new identity — becoming a destination for any curious visitor or resident of Kansas City…
Michael Bushnell Contributing Historian Seventeen carloads of 8-inch ice, direct from the Nemaha River near Lincoln, Nebraska were received in this city on Sunday last by the K.C. & Wyandotte…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Need a chip off the block? Then this ice pick advertising the Kansas City Ice Company will pointedly do the job. Despite the similarity of names,…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor When Scarritt Elementary was completed in 1890, not one teacher or student could have imagined its cornerstone would end up thousands of miles away as a…
Michael 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…
Dorri 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…
Dorri 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.…