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adminMichael Bushnell Publisher While William J. Lemp Brewing Company did not have a brewing presence in Kansas City, the Romanesque and Gothic-styled, one-story Lemp Depot at 215 E. 20th Street…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher Royal Brewing Company of Weston, Mo., was founded in 1842 by John Georgian. Upon his death in 1857, the operation was purchased by August Kunz of Leavenworth,…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we continue our summer postcard series featuring early local brewery operations and their families. No local brewing history would be complete without a focus on…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This summer The Northeast News will be spotlighting local beer history through our weekly historic postcard column. Kansas City has a rich brewing history through families like…
adminBy Michael Bushnell This early hand-colored postcard shows the Sugar Creek Refinery, Standard Oil Co., near Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri River and the operations of the refinery can easily…
adminBy Michael Bushnell This week, once again in conjunction with our “Remember This” column, we bring you a linen era postcard number 232, published by Curt Teich of Chicago, Ill.,…
adminBy Michael Bushnell This week we feature two postcard-like, ink blotter cards marketed by the Kellogg’s Cereal Company of Battle Creek, Michigan. The cards were released sometime in the early…
adminBy Micheal Bushnell About two years after the opening of the Hannibal Bridge over the Missouri River in 1869, the first building for the commission was 24 feet square, one…
adminBy Michael Bushnell This black and white photo postcard, published by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City, shows Union Avenue during the Great Flood of 1903. The Blossom House…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Rose Marie Serrone opened her flower and gift shop in a single story Art Deco-style building in 1946 located at 2659 Independence Blvd. Rose Marie’s Floral & Gift…
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