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adminMichael Bushnell Publisher Born near Lexington, Ky., on June 6, 1843, young Leannah Loveall would go on to live a long and very interesting life, laced with tragedy, several dust-ups…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher Sarah Walter Chandler was born on March 10, 1829, in Kennett Square, Penn., to Quaker parents John W. and Maria Jane Chandler. At an early age, Sarah…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News As part of our Black History Month, we revisit a set of images we ran in 2019 featuring an amusement park dedicated specifically to the city’s…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week, as part of our ongoing Black History Month series, we spotlight the Paseo YMCA located at 18th and The Paseo. If you caught our article…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher 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 &…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher During Black History Month, our Historic Postcard column will spotlight locations and people important to Black History in the Kansas City region. This week’s historic postcard is…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This circa 1914 hand colored postcard published by the Southwest News company of Kansas City, Missouri shows the new zoo building at Swope Park, and another Southwest…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week, in theme with our Remember This column on a novelty transistor radio, we’re featuring another novelty communication tool from back in the day, the novelty…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week’s postcard is a bit of a departure from the penny postcard we normally profile in order to bring you some unique branding booklets from the…
adminMichael Bushnell Publisher This week we continue our novelty postcard series with a couple of postcards that follow our “Remember This” column by Dorri Partain. Featured are two calendar postcards…
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