adminNortheast News Construction of the Hannibal Bridge almost didn’t happen in Kansas City.
Leavenworth, Kan., and Kansas City were both in a literal race for their city’s future in the mid-1860s.
adminNortheast News The third annual convention of the American Legion was held in Kansas City, Mo., on Oct.
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 19, 2014 What we celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621.…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 12, 2014 This postcard published by the Webb-Freyschlag Mercantile Company shows a peaceful view of The Rest in Mount Washington Park. The divided-back postcard…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 5, 2014 This week we take a look at the Queen Anne-styled James Ogelbay residence after its conversion to the Fraternal Order of Eagles…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 29, 2014 Marked by old greeting postcards like these, the tradition of Halloween traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday “Samhain” (pronounced “sowe-in”),…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 22, 2014 In March 1867, the Missouri Legislature granted permission to allow Kansas City, Mo., to organize an official fire department. In August of…
adminThis postcard published by the Elite Postcard Company of Kansas City doubles as an advertising postcard for the Jenkins Music Company, also of Kansas City. The view on the front…
adminBy MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 8, 2014 This week’s historic postcard is a Real Photo postcard that shows a shot of the Shrine Parade in Kansas City in 1924.…
adminBy Michael Bushnell Northeast News October 1, 2014 About two years after the opening of the “new” Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River, Kansas City’s first Livestock Exchange building was…
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