Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we feature a Chrome-style postcard showing Kansas City’s downtown shopping district decorated for Christmas. The massive crowns that hung over key intersections downtown were the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Out of the attic and into our hearts, Raggedy Ann and her brother Andy have been having adventures and telling stories for over 100 years. Created by…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher On December 16, 1937, one of the densest fogs to ever occur in San Francisco blanketed the Bay Area, bringing visibility to near zero. That was just…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The sales ladies that displayed plasticwares to homemakers during in-home parties had a new product to share in time for Christmas in 1965. TupperToys joined the array…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we’re taking a nostalgic look back at the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, that cool piece of Americana that kids and adults love. Carl Mayer founded what…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Once upon a time, children’s toy boxes contained charming puppets made right here in Kansas City, and sold around the world. It’s not make-believe that Hazelle Hedges…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Just in time or the holidays, we bring you this postcard of the iconic Sears Distribution Center that once stood at 15th and Cleveland, just east of…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor The development of children’s toys followed the development of new vehicles. Once the gas-powered farm tractor was invented in 1892, smaller versions that could be powered by…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Contributor Gobble, gobble! Make room on your Thanksgiving dinner table for this turkey decoration, then just fold it away until next year. Often called “honeycomb tissue” due to…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher What Americans celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621. The previous winter had claimed…
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