admin- December 5, 2018
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Newman Theater was a beauty downtown
Michael Bushnell Northeast News The Newman Theater is shown on these 1919 postcards. It was the third and finest of Frank L. Newman’s movie houses in Kansas City. The Newman…
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- November 28, 2018
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Warneke’s TipTop: A Kansas City icon
Michael Bushnell Northeast News When John Warneke arrived in Jackson County, Mo. in 1866, Kansas City’s population barely topped 15,000 souls, all intent on making a life in the newly-settled…
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- November 21, 2018
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Day of thanks develops into national holiday over 240 years
Michael Bushnell Northeast News What we now celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first harvest in 1621. After the long winter…
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- November 14, 2018
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Mt. Washington still a peaceful respite
Michael Bushnell Northeast News This postcard published by the Webb-Freyschlag Mercantile Company shows a peaceful view of The Rest in Mount Washington Park. The divided-back postcard was mailed on July…
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- November 7, 2018
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Flood waters inundate city in 1951
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Making the floods of 1903 and 1908 seem insignificant in comparison is the flood of 1951, which was dubbed The Great Flood with the local mantra,…
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- October 31, 2018
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Kansas City elections a century ago
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Election season is in full swing and right along with that we’ve got two vintage political postcards from the November election of 1908. First off “our…
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- October 24, 2018
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Sears played a role in the residential development of Northeast Kansas City
Michael Bushnell Northeast News On the heels of the Sears bankruptcy filing last week, we bring you this postcard of the iconic Sears distribution center that once stood at 15th…
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- October 17, 2018
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Fairmount Park: Arthur Stillwell’s vision
Michael 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)…
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- October 10, 2018
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After Hannibal bridge, Kansas City would boom
Michael 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…
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- October 3, 2018
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The Northeast’s “Tiffany Castle”
Michael 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…
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