Sunday School at Oakley UMC
Michael BushnellPublisher In 1885, Mr. Alfred Zartman, assisted by a J.W. Jenkins and a George Larkin, conducted a Sunday School class in the Oakley School, a small frame building near…
Michael BushnellPublisher In 1885, Mr. Alfred Zartman, assisted by a J.W. Jenkins and a George Larkin, conducted a Sunday School class in the Oakley School, a small frame building near…
Michael Bushnell Publisher No Historic Postcard series on the Kansas City beer scene, past or present, would be complete without a profile of our present day hometown beer, Boulevard Brewing…
By Michael Bushnell If a product bore the Katz label, consumers could be sure they were paying the lowest price in town. The same holds true with Katz beer. Like…
By Michael Bushnell The description on the back of this real photo postcard describes Camp Prairie Schooner Girl Scout Camp of the Pioneer Trail Council as “a hideaway of woodlands,…
By Michael Bushnell The Collinwood Apartments, located at 2501-2519 E. Linwood Blvd., were developed and built by William H. Collins and his architect John W. McKecknie. The design was groundbreaking…
This week’s historic postcard is a Chrome era Tetricolor postcard published by James Teterick of Kansas City, Mo. The written description on the back reads, “The old and the new”.…
By Michael Bushnell The Hotel Victoria, located at the northeast corner of Ninth and McGee streets, was a fine, substantial hotel when it originally opened in 1888. It was especially…