Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter Electric Park, originally located in Kansas City’s East Bottoms community was named for the over 100,000 electric light bulbs that lined the perimeter of park buildings and rides,…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter With the Arts and Crafts Movement in full swing at the time, we bring you this simple, Christmas greeting postcard sent from Chicago, Illinois to Miss Ella O’Connor…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter This week’s postcard published by the North American Postcard company of Kansas City, MO, shows a scene in Budd Park. Budd Park was Kansas City’s third park, with…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter Leisure activities have long been a part of Northeast life. This historic postcard published by Max Bernstein of Kansas City, MO shows the tennis courts on the Concourse…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter This week’s historic postcard, published by Max Bernstein in the 1920’s, shows a bird’s eye view looking north toward downtown from General Hospital. The actual vantage point for…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter 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 claimed…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter Seen in this Linen era, “Bursheen” finished, advertising postcard published by MWM, of Aurora, MO, is Bowman’s Restaurant, featuring chicken, steak dinners and cocktails. Note the sign on…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellReporter In honor of the upcoming Veteran’s Day holiday, we offer this historic postcard, titled “United States Troops Crossing Intercity Viaduct, Kansas City, Mo.,”which shows what seems to be…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Looking east on Armour Boulevard from Main Street today, this is hardly the sight we see. That said, in the 1920’s when the SouthWest News Company took the…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Since the initial construction of Cliff Drive in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, it was often thought that the Scarritt Spring was under where the existing Carl…
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