admin- December 30, 2020
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Come to Kansas City soon
Michael Bushnell Publisher Given the year we’ve had, this postcard seems fitting to close out 2020. “If you don’t soon come to Kansas City, I’ll come after you with an…
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- December 23, 2020
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Downtown Christmas decorations live on
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we feature a Chrome-style postcard showing Kansas City’s downtown shopping district decorated for Christmas. The massive crowns that hung over key intersections downtown were the…
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- December 16, 2020
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Escape from The Rock
Michael Bushnell Publisher On December 16, 1937, one of the densest fogs to ever occur in San Francisco blanketed the Bay Area, bringing visibility to near zero. That was just…
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- December 9, 2020
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The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
Michael Bushnell Publisher This week we’re taking a nostalgic look back at the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, that cool piece of Americana that kids and adults love. Carl Mayer founded what…
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- December 2, 2020
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Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Michael Bushnell Publisher Just in time or the holidays, we bring you this postcard of the iconic Sears Distribution Center that once stood at 15th and Cleveland, just east of…
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- November 25, 2020
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Thanksgiving Greetings
Michael Bushnell Publisher What Americans celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621. The previous winter had claimed…
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- November 18, 2020
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The Wish Bone
Michael Bushnell Publisher Phillip Sollomi opened the Wishbone Restaurant in 1948 in a renovated private residence, just north of the Country Club Plaza at 4455 Main St. The restaurant specialized…
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- November 11, 2020
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The Westgate Hotel
Michael Bushnell Publisher The Westgate Hotel was constructed at the junction of 9th and Main and Delaware in 1916 at a cost of roughly $400,000. The “new” Westgate Hotel was…
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- November 4, 2020
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Chocolate Treats at the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company
Michael Bushnell Publisher In today’s market, a case could easily be made against Joseph Loose for collusion and the sharing of trade secrets when, as a Board Member of National…
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- October 28, 2020
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Ghostly guests at Kansas City’s Coates House
Michael Bushnell Publisher The foundation for the Coates House, originally the Broadway Hotel, was laid in 1857 prior to the formal onset of the Civil War. However, escalating border skirmishes…
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