adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News William H. “Dad” Martin of Ottawa, Kan., is considered to be the father of the exaggerated postcard. Some of his better work featured huge ears of…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Over the Memorial Day holiday of 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt visited Kansas City as a guest of the Commercial Club. He spoke to a large audience…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News In March 1867, the Missouri Legislature granted permission to allow Kansas City to organize an official fire department. In August of that same year an…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News The old Union Depot went out with a wild party in the fall of 1914, when the new Union Station on Pershing Road opened for business.…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News In continuing with our 7-11 themed issue for July 11th, we offer this Max Bernstein-published Linen-type postcard of Big Eleven Lake in Kansas City, Kansas. The…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News During the American Revolution, a number of patriots made flags for our new nation. Among them were Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross and Rebecca Young –…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News A small signpost that bears the number “1933” in downtown Chicago near the intersection of Lake Shore Drive and Jackson marks the starting point of what…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News What was once the shining gem in the newly developed Executive Park area of Kansas City’s East Bottoms will become a pile of rubble this Sunday…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Making the floods of 1903 and 1908 seem insignificant in comparison, the flood of 1951 was dubbed “The Great Flood” with the local mantra “May there…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News In 1888, when the Forest Hill Cemetery was incorporated, it lay outside the Kansas City city limits at 69th and Troost Avenue. The limestone building shown…
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