Remember This? Bruce R. Watkins
By Dorri Partain In the 1979 Kansas City, Mo., mayoral election, Democratic candidate Bruce R. Watkins faced Republican candidate Richard Berkley. Born in 1924, Watkins was adopted by his step-father…
By Dorri Partain In the 1979 Kansas City, Mo., mayoral election, Democratic candidate Bruce R. Watkins faced Republican candidate Richard Berkley. Born in 1924, Watkins was adopted by his step-father…
By Michael Bushnell The message on this Hall Brothers color postcard, mailed on April 24, 1917, to Miss Lula Mercer, care of The Hotel Washington, room 516, Portland, Ore. reads:…
By Dorri Partain Does your TV set still need rabbit ears? Prior to the direct television signal offered through cable providers, television viewers relied on either an outdoor or indoor…
By Michael Bushnell The Hotel Victoria, located at the northeast corner of Ninth and McGee streets, was a fine, substantial hotel when it originally opened in 1888. It was especially…
This week, in tandem with our weekly “Remember This” column, we feature an advertising postcard for Spalding’s Commercial College located at Tenth and Oak streets in downtown Kansas City. Spalding’s…
This week, in tandem with our weekly “Remember This” column, we feature an advertising postcard for Spalding’s Commercial College located at Tenth and Oak streets in downtown Kansas City. Spalding’s…
Much like today’s text abbreviations, language users have looked for ways to write faster. Shorthand, also known as stenography from the Greek “stenos” (narrow) and “graphein” (to write), was first…
Which version of Coca-Cola do you prefer? That was the question everyone was asking when new Coke debuted on store shelves for a brief period of 79 days in 1985.…
In 1910, Asa G. Candler, president of the Coca-Cola company, along with Charles Candler, vice president, completed an almost year-long tour of over 20 states and determined that Kansas City…
By Michael Bushnell This black and white, promotional postcard was produced for the Staley Milling Company of North Kansas City, Mo. Staley Milling Plant No. 1 was located at 1717…