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adminMichael BushnellPublisher The venerable Densmore Hotel located at 906-914 Locust was part of Kansas City’s downtown for almost 100 years. Built in 1898, the Densmore was unique in that it…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor During a road trip along the developing interstate highway system, our nation’s 36th First Lady was appalled at the number of billboards and junkyards that were springing up…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Making the floods of 1903 and 1908 seem insignificant in comparison, the flood of 1951 was dubbed “The Great Flood” with the local mantra, “May there be no…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor All aboard, for a riverboat cruise on the Missouri River from the Port of Kansas City. Whether you call them riverboats, steamboats or paddlewheelers, these large vessels were…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This 1920 Fred Harvey postcard is entitled “Gladstone Boulevard looking North” and shows the 400 block of one of Kansas City’s first two boulevards. Kansas City’s impressive park…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Can’t find your car keys? The earliest models of automobiles had neither doors, roofs, nor keys. With the earliest designs based on carriages, the term ”horseless carriage” was…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Does your patriotism stack up? For the nation’s Bicentennial in 1976, which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, hundreds of collectables…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This week’s linen style postcard features a typical boat and fishing dock at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.An 1893 relief map of the Osage River shows a meandering…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher In their 1950 book, “City of the Future,” which celebrates Kansas City’s first 100 years, Henry Haskell Jr. and Richard B. Fowler give this description on the inaugural…
Dorri PartainDorri PartainContributor Whether you’re packing a picnic for a day at the park or traveling long distances on a family vacation, this picnic jug holds a gallon of your favorite…
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