Floods, Droughts – All Part Of Midwest Summers
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 25, 2012 This week’s postcard shows the result of countless days of rain and the lack of a levee system on the West Bottoms…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 25, 2012 This week’s postcard shows the result of countless days of rain and the lack of a levee system on the West Bottoms…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL July 11, 2012 This panoramic postcard of downtown Kansas City, looking east from Broadway, was copyrighted by G.H. Otto in 1899, just a year after picture postcards…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News July 4, 2012 During the American Revolution, a number of patriots made flags for our new nation. Among them were Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News June 27, 2012 The venerable Densmore Hotel was part of Kansas City’s downtown landscape for almost 100 years before succumbing to the wrecking ball late…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News June 20, 2012 Wide bell bottoms and long collars aside, the advertising postcard produced by the Mercury Division of the Ford Motor company shows two…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News June 13, 2012 Published for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, C.L. Stone, Passenger Traffic Manager, St. Louis. This promotional postcard shows a picturesque scene as described…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News June 6, 2012 “Providing the very finest in airline service between major cities from coast to coast, this newest Constellation, the TWA Super-G, is the…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News May 30, 2012 This week’s postcard shows the Inter-City Viaduct and the new Helmers Furniture Manufacturing Company to the immediate south. This view is looking…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News May 23, 2012 Showing “some of the finest” metropolitan police force in Kansas City, Mo., this postcard was published by the Elite Postcard Company of…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News May 16, 2012 The new $750,000 M.K. Goetz Brewery wasn’t built in Kansas City until 1836, but its long, storied history had already been a…