admin- December 20, 2017
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Holiday wishes from the king of rock
Michael Bushnell Northeast News This week we take a break from historic cards and offer up a jewel for the Elvis Presley fans among us. This postcard shows a uniformed…
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- December 13, 2017
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Legion fountain and Van Brunt icon
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Originally designed as an ornate drinking fountain by noted Kansas City Sculptor Robert Merril Gage, the American Legion Fountain was a fixture at Ninth and Main…
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- December 6, 2017
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Iconic igloo inspires museum memories
Michael Bushnell Northeast News If you’ve forgotten what the third floor of the Kansas City Museum looked like when your elementary school booked a field trip there, here’s a little…
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- November 29, 2017
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The House That Beef Built
Michael Bushnell Northeast News When Kirkland B. Armour began construction of his palatial mansion on the boulevard that bears the name of his uncle, Simeon B. Armour, the roadway…
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- November 22, 2017
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Much to be thankful for — in 1621 and today
Michael Bushnell Northeast News The holiday we celebrate as Thanksgiving had very humble beginnings in a tiny settlement bordering the Massachusetts Bay in 1621. The previous winter had been extremely hard,…
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- November 15, 2017
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Highest point in KC housed corruption cleanser
Michael Bushnell Northeast News This advertising postcard from The Westmoreland Company shows a residence at 74th and Mercier streets. The actual residence shown on the card is a house…
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- November 8, 2017
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Remembering the amusement park that shaped south Kansas City
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Kansas City’s Electric Park was named for the 100,000 electric light bulbs that outlined the park’s buildings and rides after dark that literally turned night into…
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- November 1, 2017
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Fire department has storied history
Michael Bushnell Northeast News In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Kansas City Fire Department was not only the talk of the town, it was the talk of the…
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- October 25, 2017
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Priests of Pallas: A gala harvest festival
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it too would soon have its own Harvest Festival. An up and coming group…
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- October 18, 2017
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Delaware one of the city’s oldest streets
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Most of the buildings shown in this Southwest News Company postcard published in 1907 were demolished in the late 1940s to make way for the new…
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