Goblins and ghosts & ghouls oh my!
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 30, 2013 The word “Halloween,” actually traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”) celebrating the end of the traditional summer…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 30, 2013 The word “Halloween,” actually traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”) celebrating the end of the traditional summer…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 23, 2013 This week we take a look at the Queen Anne-styled James Ogelbay residence after its conversion to the Fraternal Order of Eagles…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 16, 2013 This Kodachrome postcard published in the late 1950s shows the numerous apartment buildings built on the south side of Brush Creek near…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 9, 2013 The Sheffield Car & Equipment Co. began to show up in Kansas City, Mo., city directories around 1911. Listed at an address…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 2, 2013 In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it, too, would soon have its own “harvest festival.” An up-and-coming…
The American Royal in Kansas City means it must be October. This week’s postcard shows the old American Royal building, built in 1921 and opened to the public in 1922.…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News September 18, 2013 Not long before Fred Harvey had the picture taken for this postcard, the old Union Depot was demolished. A new Union Station…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News This week’s postcard was published by the R.B. Harness Greeting Card Company of Kansas City, Mo. The view is described as the “Business Section of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News September 4, 2013 In 1888 when the Forest Hill Cemetery was incorporated, it lay outside the Kansas City city limits at 69th and Troost…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 28, 2013 Chautauqua was a popular educational movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries in America. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout…