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Michael Bushnell Northeast News Fifty years ago this month, on November 11, 1972, Kansas City International Airport opened for the first time, ushering in a new concept in air travel…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Fifty years ago this month, on November 11, 1972, Kansas City International Airport opened for the first time, ushering in a new concept in air travel…
Michael Bushnell Publisher Published for the Missouri Pacific–Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, this promotional postcard shows a picturesque view as described by the caption, “Along the Missouri River for more…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News This week’s historic postcard is once again a companion to our Independence Avenue Community Improvement District (CID) center spread, offering a glimpse into the history of…
Michael Bushnell Publisher The November midterm election is next Tuesday and right along with that we’ve got two vintage political postcards from the November election of 1908. First off, “our…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News Traveling east on Independence Avenue approaching Hardesty today, it is difficult to comprehend that, at one point in time, the Forest Park amusement park occupied the…
Michael Bushnell Publisher The roots of today’s American Royal can be traced to 1899 when the fledgling event was referred to as the National Hereford Show. Billed as the first…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it too would soon have its own Harvest Festival. The Priests of Pallas, an annual,…
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we celebrate October as Italian Heritage Month by featuring this Electric Park postcard published by I.I. Norton exclusively for Electric Park, showing Eugenio Sorrentino, leader…
Michael Bushnell Northeast News The year was 1871 when Phillip Danforth Armour, in partnership with John Plankington, opened a small slaughterhouse at State Line and Central Avenue in what was…
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week’s Historic Postcard column delves into how Elmwood Cemetery, integrated on all levels, is a reflection of Kansas City’s population racially, socio-economically and professionally. Paupers lay…