Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor What would you like to be for Halloween? Whether it’s an animal, an occupation, or the latest superhero, store-bought costumes are the easy choice. As trick-or-treating became the…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Since the initial construction of Cliff Drive in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, it was often thought that the Scarritt Spring was under where the existing Carl…
Michael BushnellAbby HooverManaging Editor & Michael BushnellPublisher The Northeast Kansas City Historical Society’s 10th Annual Historic Homes Tour drew crowds to the Scarritt Renaissance neighborhood on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Dozens…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Along a mud road that later became 40 Highway, a family produce stand developed into a dining experience that lasted over 60 years. In 1870, the grandparents of…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher This postcard published by Max Bernstein of Kansas City, Mo., shows the mid-1920’s Kansas City skyline. The printed description on the back of the card reads, “This shows…
Michael BushnellScarritt Point North National Register Historic District as seen through Historic Postcards Seeing Kansas City Scarritt Renaissance gets its name and its beginnings from Methodist minister, Reverend Nathan Scarritt. To…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor The Dial-A-Matic Automatic Adding Machine needs no batteries or solar power to calculate the answer. A series of connected rotary wheels and gears could be dialed to compute…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Hardly the downtown of today, this black and white lithographed postcard shows a view looking east-northeast from the Coates House Hotel at 11th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Published…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher In order for lumber baron Robert Alexander Long to build his new home at 3218 Gladstone Blvd., three homes needed to be moved off the lot. One, a…
Michael BushnellBy Michael Bushnell, Publisher The streetcars dominate the scene in this postcard published by Max Bernstein in the late teens or early 1920’s. Several automobiles are also in view, but…
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