Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher The venerable Densmore Hotel located at 906-914 Locust was part of Kansas City’s downtown for almost 100 years. Built in 1898, the Densmore was unique in that it…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Making the floods of 1903 and 1908 seem insignificant in comparison, the flood of 1951 was dubbed “The Great Flood” with the local mantra, “May there be no…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher This 1920 Fred Harvey postcard is entitled “Gladstone Boulevard looking North” and shows the 400 block of one of Kansas City’s first two boulevards. Kansas City’s impressive park…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher This week’s linen style postcard features a typical boat and fishing dock at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.An 1893 relief map of the Osage River shows a meandering…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher In their 1950 book, “City of the Future,” which celebrates Kansas City’s first 100 years, Henry Haskell Jr. and Richard B. Fowler give this description on the inaugural…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher In 1889, when cattle, pigs and all manner of livestock still roamed the streets of Kansas City, voters approved the then massive sum of $300,000 for the construction…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher Downtown Kansas City’s Stats Hotel at 12th & Wyandotte was proclaimed to be at the center of everything when it was built in 1923 by Samuel J. Stats.…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher On October 4, 1946, “Pearle” sent this black and white, photo postcard to her mother, Mrs. Walter Cochran of Frankfort, Kan. The personal message reads: “Dear Mother, how…
Michael BushnellBy Michael Bushnell, Publisher This week, in tandem with our summer interns’ story on Juneteenth, we spotlight the Paseo YMCA located at 18th and The Paseo. It is a prominent…
Michael BushnellMichael BushnellPublisher This week, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Worlds of Fun on May 26, 1973, we offer this Chrome-era postcard of the Cotton Blossom, one…
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