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adminMichael BushnellPublisher In 1885, Mr. Alfred Zartman, assisted by a J.W. Jenkins and a George Larkin, conducted a Sunday School class in the Oakley School, a small frame building near…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Patrick Cudahy started in the meatpacking business as a carrying boy for the Roddis Packing House in Chicago in 1862. Cudahy was barely 13 years old at the…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This week, we showcase an advertising postcard published for the Vanderslice-Lynds grain brokerage company of Kansas City, Mo. The card depicts a beautiful woman, attired in the finest…
adminMichael BushnellReporter Electric Park, originally located in Kansas City’s East Bottoms community was named for the over 100,000 electric light bulbs that lined the perimeter of park buildings and rides,…
adminMichael BushnellReporter With the Arts and Crafts Movement in full swing at the time, we bring you this simple, Christmas greeting postcard sent from Chicago, Illinois to Miss Ella O’Connor…
adminMichael BushnellReporter This week’s postcard published by the North American Postcard company of Kansas City, MO, shows a scene in Budd Park. Budd Park was Kansas City’s third park, with…
adminMichael BushnellReporter Leisure activities have long been a part of Northeast life. This historic postcard published by Max Bernstein of Kansas City, MO shows the tennis courts on the Concourse…
adminMichael BushnellReporter This week’s historic postcard, published by Max Bernstein in the 1920’s, shows a bird’s eye view looking north toward downtown from General Hospital. The actual vantage point for…
adminMichael BushnellReporter What Americans celebrate today 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…
adminMichael BushnellReporter Seen in this Linen era, “Bursheen” finished, advertising postcard published by MWM, of Aurora, MO, is Bowman’s Restaurant, featuring chicken, steak dinners and cocktails. Note the sign on…
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