New Years Greetings
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News December 28, 2011 “Sweet are the ties of friendship. Greetings of the season to you. Yours sincerely, Addie R. Vanable.” Sent to Mrs. Frank Sanders…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News December 28, 2011 “Sweet are the ties of friendship. Greetings of the season to you. Yours sincerely, Addie R. Vanable.” Sent to Mrs. Frank Sanders…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News December 21, 2011 This real photo postcard of the Holy Rosary Church’s Christmas Crib was taken during the 1941 holiday season. Holy Rosary Parish, 911…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News December 14, 2011 This Max Bernstein pre-linen style postcard, circa 1925, was sent to Miss May Clifford, R.F.D. of Sedalia, Mo., on Aug. 5, 1925.…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News December 7, 2011 Overcrowding, frequent escapes, unclean bedding, vermin, lack of medical attention, poor food, habitual gambling, prisoners kept in cells in idleness, and intoxicating…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News November 30, 2011 In 1950, motorists in the Kansas City area used four bridges to cross the Missouri River – the ASB (Armour Swift &…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News November 23, 2011 Thanksgiving, as an observed national holiday, had very humble beginnings in a tiny settlement bordering the Massachusetts Bay in the year following…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News November 16, 2011 Published by the Webb-Freyschlag Mercantile Company of Kansas City, this undivided back postcard shows a river scene from Ft. Quindaro in Kansas…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News November 9, 2011 This week’s black and white photo postcard spotlights the central part of the great frieze carved in to the north wall of…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News November 2, 2011 This week we feature a real photo promotional postcard produced by the Denver Omnibus & Cab Company of Denver, Colo. The description…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News October 26, 2011 The word Halloween actually traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday Samhain (pronounced sow-in) celebrating the end of the traditional summer…