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adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News What we now celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first harvest in 1621. After the long winter…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This postcard published by the Webb-Freyschlag Mercantile Company shows a peaceful view of The Rest in Mount Washington Park. The divided-back postcard was mailed on July…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Making the floods of 1903 and 1908 seem insignificant in comparison is the flood of 1951, which was dubbed The Great Flood with the local mantra,…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Election season is in full swing and right along with that we’ve got two vintage political postcards from the November election of 1908. First off “our…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News On the heels of the Sears bankruptcy filing last week, we bring you this postcard of the iconic Sears distribution center that once stood at 15th…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This week’s postcard gives us a look at Fairmount Park from Independence Avenue. This view would have been from where the old A&P (now Dollar General)…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Construction of the Hannibal Bridge almost didn’t happen in Kansas City in 1867. Leavenworth, Kan., and Kansas City were in a race for their city’s future…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News Flavel B. Tiffany was born in New York in 1846 and migrated to Kansas City in 1878, becoming one of Kansas City’s first ophthalmologists. Founding the…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This photo-chrome postcard showing two scenes from the American Royal Parade was mailed on October of 1965 with a 4-cent, Abraham Lincoln stamp to Miss Agnes…
adminMichael Bushnell Northeast News This card, titled “Entrance to Swope Park, Kansas City,” may have been sent by a prominent Kansas City architect of its day. The message reads, “Don’t…
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