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Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Nanu, nanu! Move over baseball cards, for collectable cards featuring television shows and movies. Commonly called trading cards or “bubble gum cards”, Topps Chewing Gum Co. began…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This Linen-style postcard, published by P.K. News Company of Junction City, Kan., shows the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill Rivers, which form the Kansas River. The…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This advertising postcard from The Westmoreland Company, showcases a residence at 74th St. and Mercier. The actual residence shown on the card is a house at 7404 Mercier…
Julia WilliamsJulia WilliamsManaging Editor Kansas City, Mo — May 29, local media relations joined Kansas City Negro League Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick in an official press conference hosted within its…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Planning a vacation? Long before the creation of GPS and Google Maps, travelers relied on their handy road atlas loaded with fold-out maps and updated highway information.…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor “The finest buffet in the USA” operated for over 30 years in two distinct locations- North Kansas City and Winterset, Iowa. Eventually “known coast to coast”, the…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week we feature a postcard advertising the Ralph Sanitarium, once located at 529 Highland that treated drug and liquor addictions along with nervous and mental diseases. An…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor For girls who want curls, the Lady Sunbeam Vista model VHD-9 provided the “fastest, easiest way to always enjoy lovelier hair” without a salon appointment. From the…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Risqué postcards, like the one shown here, have been around for as long as postcards themselves. Prior to the advent of postcards as a private communication medium, those…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Red and blue make purple, except for when one eye sees red and the other blue, then the eye is tricked into seeing a three-dimensional (3-D) image.…
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