Industry dominate Blue Valley District
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 9, 2013 The Sheffield Car & Equipment Co. began to show up in Kansas City, Mo., city directories around 1911. Listed at an address…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 9, 2013 The Sheffield Car & Equipment Co. began to show up in Kansas City, Mo., city directories around 1911. Listed at an address…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 2, 2013 In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it, too, would soon have its own “harvest festival.” An up-and-coming…
The American Royal in Kansas City means it must be October. This week’s postcard shows the old American Royal building, built in 1921 and opened to the public in 1922.…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News September 18, 2013 Not long before Fred Harvey had the picture taken for this postcard, the old Union Depot was demolished. A new Union Station…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News This week’s postcard was published by the R.B. Harness Greeting Card Company of Kansas City, Mo. The view is described as the “Business Section of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News September 4, 2013 In 1888 when the Forest Hill Cemetery was incorporated, it lay outside the Kansas City city limits at 69th and Troost…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 28, 2013 Chautauqua was a popular educational movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries in America. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 21, 2013 The Grand Opera House located at Seventh and Walnut is this week’s historic postcard, made in Germany and a wonderful example of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 14, 2013 Located on the corner of Prospect Boulevard and Amie Court, Garfield Elementary School was one of the first ward schools in…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News August 7, 2013 These days all you’ll find near the intersection of Eighth and Delaware streets is some green space and a few surface parking…