An oasis during the dog days of summer
Michael Bushnell Publisher With the dog days of summer wrapping up, it seems fitting to showcase something cool and historic at the same time. Hence, we offer this linen style…
Michael Bushnell Publisher With the dog days of summer wrapping up, it seems fitting to showcase something cool and historic at the same time. Hence, we offer this linen style…
Dorri PartainContributor America’s favorite collie was created for a short story written by a British author. Eric Knight (1897-1943) used the country of his childhood as the setting for “Lassie…
Michael BushnellPublisher This real photo postcard was published by the North American Postcard Company of Kansas City, Mo. The view shows vehicles, both motorized and horse drawn, owned by the…
Dorri PartainContributor Rock and Roll music’s “British Invasion” started off in a big way when The Beatles arrived in America to tour during the summer of 1964. Any live appearance…
Michael BushnellPublisher The intersection of Thompson Avenue and Gladstone Boulevard looks only a little different in 2023 than it did in 1910 when this hand colored postcard was published by…
Dorri PartainContributor Now I know my ABC’s, won’t you spell along with me? Whether used at school or at home, educational toys have served the purpose of keeping children entertained…
Michael BushnellPublisher In 1886 Thomas Stafford and Charles Murray, students at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo., along with some members of the Olive Street Baptist Church, organized a mission…
Dorri PartainContributor Can you fit all your school supplies inside a cigar box? Elementary school students in the 1960’s often used empty cigar boxes to corral the array of pencils,…
Dorri PartainContributor Whether one is sewing a button on a coat or quilting, a thimble can be a handy sewing accessory that saves the sewer from sore or pricked finger…
Michael BushnellPublisher Sweeney’s Army Motor Mechanics School is shown on this real photo postcard dated Aug. 18, 1918. The school was founded by Emory J. Sweeney in 1908 at 429…