River trade diminished near turn of century
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News June 7, 2017 “Boats on the river at the foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo.” is the title of this photographic postcard published by…
From packing meat to packing heat
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 31, 2017 Patrick Cudahy started in the meat packing business as a carrying boy for the Roddis Packing House in Chicago in 1862. Cudahy…
The ‘most beautiful’ steel bridge
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 24, 2017 In 1936, the American Institute of Steel Construction selected the Hurricane Deck Bridge that carries Missouri Highway 5 between Versailles and Camdenton…
Memorial an expression of gratitude
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 17, 2017 H. Van Buren Magonigle of New York was selected from a field of roughly 15 architectural firms from across the United States…
And the rains came
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 10, 2017 Seems fitting with the spring rains we’re experiencing that we run a photo-postcard showing a scene in the West Bottoms during the…
Spring has flowed for nearly a century
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News May 3, 2017 People from throughout the Midwest have enjoyed drives along Cliff Drive’s rugged bluffs overlooking the Missouri River bottoms. The spring shown here…
Aviation history took flight at Fairfax
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 26, 2017 This 1942 Max Bernstein linen postcard depicts the Aircraft Assembly Plant, Fairfax Industrial District, Kansas City, Kan. Sent on Feb. 11, 1942,…
The Pony Express led the way from St. Joseph
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 19, 2017 “Beginning April 3, 1860, from St. Joseph, Mo., and continuing through Oct. 24, 1861, the Pony Express carried the mail to Sacramento…
Coaches offered first-class tours of Kansas City
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 12, 2017 These Real Photo postcards show Coach No. 503 of the Kansas City Public Service Company, an agent for Gray Line Tours. The…