The city’s finest, circa 1908
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 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…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News May 9, 2012 The Collinwood Apartments, located at 2501-2519 E. Linwood Blvd., were developed and built by William H. Collins and his architect, John W.…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News May 2, 2012 Designed by noted Kansas City architect Henry Hoit, the R.A. Long building was Kansas City’s first skyscraper. The 14-story Long building at…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News April 25, 2012 This advertising postcard for the M&T Tire Company at 4629 Troost was produced in the late 1920s and is an excellent example…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News April 18, 2012 This week we take a look at one of the most iconic buildings in downtown Topeka, Kan. – The Jayhawk Tower office…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News April 11, 2012 No publisher’s mark exists on this card postmarked Feb. 18, 1938, which shows the Sni-A-Bar Gardens in Kansas City, Mo. Originally, outside…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News April 4, 2012 One of the highlights of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair was the Firestone Singing Color Fountain. The description on the back of…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News March 28, 2012 Originally designed as an ornate drinking fountain by noted Kansas City Sculptor Robert Merril Gage, the American Legion Fountain was a fixture…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News March 21, 2012 You might visit the area around 103rd Street and State Line Road if you were interested in purchasing an automobile these days,…