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Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor Cool tools for school – useful for math and art classes too. The protractor was first used by mariners to create or read maps and navigational charts…
adminMichael Bushnell Contributing Historian Chautauqua was a popular American educational movement of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout the rural U.S.until the mid-1920s.…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor 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…
adminMichael BushnellContributing Historian Located on the corner of Prospect Boulevard and Amie Court, Garfield Elementary School was one of the first Ward schools in Kansas City. The imposing red brick…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor Head back-to-school with the cartoon cat “that even cat-haters can love.” As created by cartoonist Jim Davis, Garfield first appeared in newspaper comic sections June 19, 1978…
adminMichael BushnellContributing Historian “Boats on the river at the foot of Main Street, Kansas City, Mo,” which is the title of this photographic postcard published in 1908 by the Elite…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor Vending machines make the sale of anything possible: anywhere, anytime. Nearly any cafe, filling station, souvenir shop or tavern once offered cigarette packs for the convenience of…
Dorri PartainGenerations of Northeast youngsters have gathered to splash, stay cool and hang out with friends at the Budd Park pool (5600 Budd Park Esplanade). According to Kate Warfield, historian for…
adminMichael BushnellContributing Historian This week’s postcard — published by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City — shows the bandstand and comfort station in Observation Park, Kansas City, Mo. This…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Managing Editor It was “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” when Apollo 11 landed on the moon — and a grand opportunity to create all…
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