Penn Valley Park, a testament to the Kessler legacy
Michael BushnellPublisher This week, a rare treat — a Real Photo postcard showing a newly-completed Penn Valley Drive in Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Mo. Published as a Christmas greeting…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week, a rare treat — a Real Photo postcard showing a newly-completed Penn Valley Drive in Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, Mo. Published as a Christmas greeting…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor Following the attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, American citizens faced shortages of certain items. Whether these items were being shipped overseas to support the…
Michael BushnellPublisher Opening to the public in 1888, Troost Park and adjoining Troost Lake were the brainchild of the Kansas City Cable Railway Company (later known as the Kansas City…
Michael BushnellPublisher “Here I will spend my leisure, secure from the worries of business and the excitement of city life. I will fish and loaf and explore the caves of…
To the victor goes the bragging rights, and what better way to brag that your hometown team is No. 1 than with a novelty license plate for the front of…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor The Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl, baby! While those young ones who drink from baby bottles are more interested in the contents inside than the…
Michael BushnellPublisher Entitled “Elm Ridge Driving Park”, this week’s historic postcard shows the Elm Ridge Race Track. Only in operation from April 28, 1904 through late in 1906, the Elm…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week, we feature a rare advertising postcard showing the old Convention Hall, which was destroyed by fire in early April 1900 — just 90 days prior to…
Michael BushnellPublisher The foundation for the Coates House, originally the Broadway Hotel, was laid in 1857 prior to the formal onset of the Civil War. However, escalating border skirmishes led…
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…