West Bottoms Manufacturing District
Michael 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…
Michael 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…
Julia 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’…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Cool tools for school – useful for math and art classes too. The protractor was first used by mariners to create or read maps and navigational charts…
Michael 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…
Michael Bushnell Contributing Historian Chautauqua was a popular American educational movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout the rural U.S.until the mid-1920s.…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Can you fit all your school supplies inside a cigar box? Elementary school students in the 1960’s often used empty cigar boxes to corral the array of…
Michael BushnellContributing Historian Located on the corner of Prospect Boulevard and Amie Court, Garfield Elementary School was one of the first Ward schools in Kansas City. The imposing red brick…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Head back-to-school with the cartoon cat “that even cat-haters can love.” As created by cartoonist Jim Davis, Garfield first appeared in newspaper comic sections June 19, 1978…
Michael BushnellContributing Historian “Boats on the river at the foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo,” which is the title of this photographic postcard published in 1908 by the Elite…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Vending machines make the sale of anything possible: anywhere, anytime. Nearly any cafe, filling station, souvenir shop or tavern once offered cigarette packs for the convenience of…