admin- October 11, 2017
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Park lit up the night and imaginations
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Electric Park View is the title of this postcard published in 1913 for Electric Park in Kansas City, Mo. Electric Park was named for the…
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- October 4, 2017
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In the beginning, Northeast High School is newly constructed
Michael Bushnell Northeast News According to the Nor’easter, Volume 1, Number 1, under the leadership of Editor Nathan Scarritt, the first journalistic endeavor at Northeast High School was launched on…
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- September 27, 2017
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Racetrack’s legacy endures
Michael Bushnell The Northeast News The Kansas City-Smithville Race Track grandstands and the first turn are pictured on this postcard published by the Auburn Greeting Card Company in the 1920s.…
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- September 20, 2017
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Kansas City’s First Streetcars
by Michael Bushnell Northeast News Kansas City’s street railway began humbly in 1869 with the advent of small, animal-drawn cars along rails laid in existing city streets. They were usually…
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- September 13, 2017
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Benton Circle: The Early Days
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News This week, we feature a card John Straley published between 1925-1930 titled “The Benton Circle,” shown in its original configuration at the intersection of St.…
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- September 6, 2017
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Community still served from stately edifice
In January of 1885 a lot at the corner of 9th and Harrison was purchased by T.M. James for the construction of a new church on the city’s near east…
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- August 30, 2017
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A tribute to the American worker
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News The postcards shown this week are real photo postcards from the estate of long-time Northeast residents Bill and Mary Ann Davis. Bill and Mary Ann…
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- August 23, 2017
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Memories of the 1908 flood
By M. Bushnell The Northeast News This week’s postcard shows the result of countless days of rain and the lack of a levee system in the West Bottoms during a…
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- August 16, 2017
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“One of the greatest playgrounds in America”
by Michael Bushnell Northeast News The description inside this vintage 1930s Curt Teich linen postcard folder of the Lake of the Ozarks reads, “Lake of the Ozarks is formed by…
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- August 9, 2017
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The Mother Of All Rallies
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News In honor of the 77th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota, we offer this lovely linen postcard of Needles Highway…
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