When Rockaway Beach rocked
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 24, 2011 Just after the turn of the 20th Century, Kansas City, Kan., businessman Willard Merriam got wind of plans for a new dam…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 24, 2011 Just after the turn of the 20th Century, Kansas City, Kan., businessman Willard Merriam got wind of plans for a new dam…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 17, 2011 This Fred Harvey postcard, circa 1920, is entitled “Gladstone Boulevard Looking North” and shows the 400 block of Kansas City’s first Boulevard.…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 10, 2011 In honor of the 71st annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota, we offer this lovely linen postcard…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 3, 2011 It’s back-to-school time, so we recognize the old Scarritt Bible & Training Institute. Established in 1890 as a school for girls, the…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 27, 2011 Swope Park was a donation to the City of Kansas City made by Col. Thomas Swope, prominent area real estate developer. Swope…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 20, 2011 This real photo postcard published by the North American Postcard company of Kansas City, Mo., (Ottawa, Kan.) shows the “new” 12th Street…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 13, 2011 “The Builders Society of the Ivanhoe Park Congregational Church earnestly requests your subscription or renewal to The Ladies Home Journal or The…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 6, 2011 You might visit the area around 103rd Street and State Line Road if you were interested in purchasing an automobile these days,…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News June 29, 2011 This black and white photo postcard, published by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City, shows Union Avenue during the Great Flood…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News June 22, 2011 The Kansas City Flood of 1908: “The heavy rains during the month of June in the Missouri and Kaw River valleys was…