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adminMichael BushnellContributing Historian During the American Revolution, a number of patriots created flags for our new nation. Among them included Cornelia Bridges, Elizabeth (Betsy) Ross and Rebecca Young — all…
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…
adminPublished by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City, this week’s postcard shows the old Elks Lodge No. 26 that for over half a century was located at Seventh and…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This chrome-style postcard showcases one of the many service areas along the newly completed Kansas Turnpike. The Kansas Turnpike was the brainchild of two influential Kansans, who had…
adminMichael 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,…
adminMichael 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…
adminMichael 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 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…
adminMichael 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…
adminMichael 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…
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