adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Making the floods of 1903 and 1908 seem insignificant in comparison is the flood of 1951, which was dubbed The Great Flood with the local mantra,…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Election season is in full swing and right along with that we’ve got two vintage political postcards from the November election of 1908. First off “our…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News On the heels of the Sears bankruptcy filing last week, we bring you this postcard of the iconic Sears distribution center that once stood at 15th…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This week’s postcard gives us a look at Fairmount Park from Independence Avenue. This view would have been from where the old A&P (now Dollar General)…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Construction of the Hannibal Bridge almost didn’t happen in Kansas City in 1867. Leavenworth, Kan., and Kansas City were in a race for their city’s future…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Flavel B. Tiffany was born in New York in 1846 and migrated to Kansas City in 1878, becoming one of Kansas City’s first ophthalmologists. Founding the…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This photo-chrome postcard showing two scenes from the American Royal Parade was mailed on October of 1965 with a 4-cent, Abraham Lincoln stamp to Miss Agnes…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This card, titled “Entrance to Swope Park, Kansas City,” may have been sent by a prominent Kansas City architect of its day. The message reads, “Don’t…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This week, in conjunction with our National Cheeseburger Day promotion, we feature an iconic Historic Northeast location that served up not only cheeseburgers, but deli sandwiches, ice cream…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Ferdinand Heim, along with his brothers Michael and Joseph, purchased the Star Ale Brewery at 14th and Main Street in 1884 and promptly began to change…
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