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adminMichael Bushnell Publisher The Grand Opera House, located at 704 Walnut Street, is this week’s historic postcard printed in Germany and a wonderful example of a hand-colored postcard from the…
adminThis week’s historic postcard column spotlights one of Historic Northeast’s most iconic and recognizable buildings. Located at 5401 Independence Avenue, The National Cloak and Suit building was built in 1919…
What could be more festive than Santa Claus himself, along with his team of reindeer, on the wings of an early Wright Flyer airplane, laden with bags of presents flying…
adminThe cliffs located in Historic Northeast Kansas City offered noted Landscape Architect George Kessler a great challenge. Kessler, for whom the park that runs along the rocky bluffs north and…
adminBy Michael Bushnell By 1912, Kansas City’s parks and boulevards system had a budget of a little over $7 million per year. The Kessler-designed system of parks connected by wide,…
adminBy Michael Bushnell What Americans celebrate today as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621. The previous winter had…
adminBy Michael Bushnell In today’s world of multi-billion dollar airline mergers and acquisitions, it’s difficult to conceive of a small regional carrier with seven or eight aircrafts with scheduled and…
adminMichael 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…
adminMichael 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…
adminMichael 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…
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