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adminMichael BushnellReporter This week’s historic postcard, published by Max Bernstein in the 1920’s, shows a bird’s eye view looking north toward downtown from General Hospital. The actual vantage point for…
adminMichael BushnellReporter What Americans celebrate today as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621. The previous winter had claimed…
adminMichael BushnellReporter Seen in this Linen era, “Bursheen” finished, advertising postcard published by MWM, of Aurora, MO, is Bowman’s Restaurant, featuring chicken, steak dinners and cocktails. Note the sign on…
adminMichael BushnellReporter In honor of the upcoming Veteran’s Day holiday, we offer this historic postcard, titled “United States Troops Crossing Intercity Viaduct, Kansas City, Mo.,”which shows what seems to be…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Looking east on Armour Boulevard from Main Street today, this is hardly the sight we see. That said, in the 1920’s when the SouthWest News Company took the…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Since the initial construction of Cliff Drive in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, it was often thought that the Scarritt Spring was under where the existing Carl…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This postcard published by Max Bernstein of Kansas City, Mo., shows the mid-1920’s Kansas City skyline. The printed description on the back of the card reads, “This shows…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Hardly the downtown of today, this black and white lithographed postcard shows a view looking east-northeast from the Coates House Hotel at 11th Street and Broadway Boulevard. Published…
adminBy Michael Bushnell, Publisher The streetcars dominate the scene in this postcard published by Max Bernstein in the late teens or early 1920’s. Several automobiles are also in view, but…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher “Dear Cousin, I like the chickens fine. We got two eggs today. They are all counted here. Jennie, if you have the lard you don’t need to save…
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