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.…
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.…
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…
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.…
In January of 1885 a lot at the corner of 9th and Harrison was purchased by T.M. James for the construction of a new church on the city’s near east…
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…
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…
by Michael Bushnell Northeast News The description inside this vintage 1930s Curt Teich linen postcard folder of the Lake of the Ozarks reads, “Lake of the Ozarks is formed by…
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…
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…
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…