adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This week’s postcard gives us a look at Fairmount Park from Independence Avenue. This view would have been from where the old A&P (now Dollar General)…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Construction of the Hannibal Bridge almost didn’t happen in Kansas City in 1867. Leavenworth, Kan., and Kansas City were in a race for their city’s future…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Flavel B. Tiffany was born in New York in 1846 and migrated to Kansas City in 1878, becoming one of Kansas City’s first ophthalmologists. Founding the…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This photo-chrome postcard showing two scenes from the American Royal Parade was mailed on October of 1965 with a 4-cent, Abraham Lincoln stamp to Miss Agnes…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This card, titled “Entrance to Swope Park, Kansas City,” may have been sent by a prominent Kansas City architect of its day. The message reads, “Don’t…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This week, in conjunction with our National Cheeseburger Day promotion, we feature an iconic Historic Northeast location that served up not only cheeseburgers, but deli sandwiches, ice cream…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Ferdinand Heim, along with his brothers Michael and Joseph, purchased the Star Ale Brewery at 14th and Main Street in 1884 and promptly began to change…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This year, in honor of the approaching Labor Day holiday, we get a rare glimpse inside of one of the meat packing houses located in the…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News “This house roofed by Northwest Ready Roofing Company,” reads the description on the front of this postcard showcasing the Northwest Ready Roofing Company of Kansas City,…
adminNorman School in the 3500 block of Jefferson was built in 1898 by John Perry, Principal of the Keith & Perry Coal Company. Architect for the project was Charles A.…
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