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adminMichael Bushnell Contributing Historian Seventeen carloads of 8-inch ice, direct from the Nemaha River near Lincoln, Nebraska were received in this city on Sunday last by the K.C. & Wyandotte…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor Need a chip off the block? Then this ice pick advertising the Kansas City Ice Company will pointedly do the job. Despite the similarity of names,…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor When Scarritt Elementary was completed in 1890, not one teacher or student could have imagined its cornerstone would end up thousands of miles away as a…
adminMichael Bushnell Contributing Historian With the Arts and Crafts Movement in full swing at the time, we bring you this simple, Christmas greeting postcard sent from Chicago, Illinois to Miss…
adminDorri Partain Managing Editor “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid!” That’s the response Ralphie gets everytime he mentions that he wants a Red Ryder Range BB gun for Christmas in…
adminDorri Partain Managing Editor Whether hung on a door, a wall, or in a window, these bright-colored decorations were a holiday staple for several decades. Proudly made in the U.S.A.…
adminMichael Bushnell Contributing Historian What Americans celebrate today as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621. The previous winter…
adminMichael BushnellContributing Historian This week’s postcard offers a look at Fairmount Park from Independence Avenue. This view was from the vantage point of the old A&P store (now Dollar General)…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor Ruler fight? Touché! Many school supplies inside the grade school desk provided options for the creative-minded student. When a teacher wasn’t looking, that bottle of glue could…
adminMichael BushnellContributingHistorian Not long before noted railroad restaurateur Fred Harvey had a photograph taken for this color postcard, the old Union Depot had just been demolished. Kansas City’s new Union…
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