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  • September 27, 2017
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Racetrack’s legacy endures

Michael Bushnell The Northeast News The Kansas City-Smithville Race Track grandstands and the first turn are pictured on this postcard published by the Auburn Greeting Card Company in the 1920s.…

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  • September 20, 2017
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Kansas City’s First Streetcars

by Michael Bushnell Northeast News Kansas City’s street railway began humbly in 1869 with the advent of small, animal-drawn  cars along rails laid in existing city streets. They were usually…

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  • September 13, 2017
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Benton Circle: The Early Days

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News This week, we feature a card John Straley published between 1925-1930 titled “The Benton Circle,” shown in its original configuration at the intersection of St.…

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  • August 30, 2017
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A tribute to the American worker

By Michael Bushnell Northeast News The postcards shown this week are real photo postcards from the estate of long-time Northeast residents Bill and Mary Ann Davis. Bill and Mary Ann…

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  • August 23, 2017
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Memories of the 1908 flood

By M. Bushnell The Northeast News This week’s postcard shows the result of countless days of rain and the lack of a levee system in the West Bottoms during a…

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  • August 9, 2017
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The Mother Of All Rallies

By Michael Bushnell Northeast News In honor of the 77th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota, we offer this lovely linen postcard of Needles Highway…

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  • August 2, 2017
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Orange Crate Carpenters

This week, in place of our weekly Historic Postcard feature we publish the final installment of a four-part series of short articles by the late John Dods written exclusively for…

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  • July 26, 2017
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A Dime and the Dinky

This week, in place of our weekly Historic Postcard feature we publish the third of a four-part series of short articles by the late John Dods written exclusively for The…