Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher No publisher’s mark exists on this card postmarked Feb. 18, 1938, which shows the Sni-A-Bar Gardens in Kansas City, Mo. Originally outside the city limits of Kansas City…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor For centuries, books, documents, and letters were written with a simple quill pen that was dipped into ink. The first advancement by John Mitchell in 1822 was to…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher The Scarritt Building was built in 1907 by the Scarritt Estate Company, formed in 1903 by the children of the prominent early-day Methodist Minister and real estate investor,…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor The development of flash photography was, quite literally, explosive. In order to get the lumens necessary for indoor portraits, early photographers achieved a bright flash of light by…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Around the turn of the 20th Century, it was not uncommon for local photo-postcard companies to go door-to-door in Kansas City’s more affluent neighborhoods. Postcard companies would take…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor The handiest gadget in today’s kitchen drawer was invented several decades following the invention of canned foods. While the canning of food dates back to 1810, the first…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher The Blossom House Hotel was opened at 1048-50 Union Ave. in 1882 by Major George Newton Blossom to capitalize on the growing stock trade and rail traffic in…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Whether wearing sneakers, playing a guitar, or donning a superhero cape, the cartoon cats drawn by artist B Kliban adorned a wide variety of goods through the late…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher This extremely rare, hand-colored postcard depicts the Living Flag presentation done under the auspices of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) at the Grand Army of the Republic…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Whether one thought the embroidered logo was an alligator or crocodile, the Izod Lacoste polo shirt was the most popular brand worn as a status symbol during the…
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