Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Northeast News In observance of Veteran’s Day, we bring you this circa 1919 postcard dedicated to raising funds for French orphans during and after WWI. This postcard, published…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher These two black and white postcards from roughly 1940 show Assumption Parish and Convent located in the 300 block of Benton Boulevard. Construction of the church building…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Northeast News This is the second Historic postcard in a two week series spotlighting the American Legion Convention in 1921, when the Liberty Memorial site was dedicated, and…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we begin a two-card Historic Postcard series that centers on the dedication of the Liberty Memorial site 100 years ago during the American Legion Convention.…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Northeast News This week we offer a circa 1913 Detroit Publishing Phost-Tint postcard showing the original Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River, taken during a period of high…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher General Hospital, or City Hospital as it was originally referred to, got its start in 1870 on a hill overlooking OK Creek near 22nd Street and McCoy…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher This week’s historic postcard is a companion piece to our Remember This column that features Reddy Kilowatt, the advertising mascot for the Kansas City Power and Light…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Trans World Airlines launched its first jet service on January 25, 1959, between New York-Idlewild and San Francisco. The route was chosen by TWA’s then-President Howard Hughes…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher When Isaac “Ike” Katz was 13 years old, he quit school and went to work for the Great Northern Railway selling newspapers to help support his family…
Michael BushnellMichael Bushnell Publisher Who’s always smiling, never sad? It’s Whizzo! Who makes the boys and girls so glad, Whizzo. He’s a merry fellow with a big red shiny nose, dressed…
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