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Michael 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…
Michael 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 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.…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor Quarter or dollar? After the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin was introduced in 1979, users quickly discovered it was hard to distinguish from the Washington quarter…
Michael BushnellPublisher Located on the Northwest corner of 12th and McGee, the Empress Theater was built for the Sullivan and Considine Vaudeville circuit. The theater opened on May 29th, 1910…
Dorri PartainAssistant Editor I Vote, you vote, we all vote for ice cream! Generations of Kansas Citians “voted” for Velvet Freeze Ice Cream after the St. Louis brand expanded operations…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week, in conjunction with National Happiness Day and the Spring Equinox, we feature an iconic Historic Northeast institution that served up not only cheeseburgers but deli sandwiches,…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor As the final section of the reconfigured intersection at Independence Avenue and The Paseo nears completion, The Northeast News journeys back in time to when the intersection…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor Who cut the cheese? And the butter and the egg? Following the American Industrial Revolution of the late 19th Century, inventors were busy devising all types of…
Michael BushnellPublisher Postcards such as this have long been used to convey greetings conveniently to friends and relatives afar. The man who became St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland,…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week’s postcard shows the view of Fairyland Park from the top of the roller coaster in the 1930s. Published by Max Bernstein, the unmailed postcard shows a…