Clapsaddle postards: Christmas personified
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 26, 2012 This artist-signed Clapsaddle “Santa” postcard was sent to Ernest Julien of Amsterdam, Mo., on Dec. 23, 1907. Born Ellen Hattie Clapsaddle on…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 26, 2012 This artist-signed Clapsaddle “Santa” postcard was sent to Ernest Julien of Amsterdam, Mo., on Dec. 23, 1907. Born Ellen Hattie Clapsaddle on…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 19, 2012 The description on the back of this real photo postcard describes Camp Prairie Schooner Girl Scout Camp of the Pioneer Trail Council…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 12, 2012 Karnes Boulevard meanders through the Coleman Highlands, Volker neighborhoods and Roanoke Park, between Southwest Trafficway and 31st Street, and southwest to roughly…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News December 5, 2012 This week’s commemorative postcard is an official souvenir card from the American Legion Convention held here in Kansas City in 1921 commemorating…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 28, 2012 When Kirkland B. Armour began construction of his palatial mansion on the boulevard that bears the name of his uncle, Simeon…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 12, 2012 When John Warneke arrived in Jackson County, Mo., in 1866, Kansas City’s population barely topped 15,000 souls, all intent on making a…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 14, 2012 Published by and for the Thornton & Minor Sanitarium, this week’s card shows the second location of the hospital originally started by…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 7, 2012 This historic postcard was published by the South West News Company of Kansas City, Mo., and shows what was then referred to…
October 31, 2012 Halloween traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”), celebrating the end of the traditional summer growing season on Oct. 31. The Celts, who…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 24, 2012 Electric Park once boasted over 100,000 electric light bulbs that outlined buildings and rides; then after dark they turned night into day.…