Chicago World's Fair: Century of progress
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 9, 2014 One of the highlights of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair was the Firestone Singing Color Fountain. The description on the back of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 9, 2014 One of the highlights of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair was the Firestone Singing Color Fountain. The description on the back of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 2, 2014 “One smile from you in Kansas City would transfer me to heaven.” So indicates the message on the front of this card…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 26, 2014 This real photo postcard showing the Blue River near 15th Street was published in the early 1900s by the North American Postcard…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 19, 2014 “See Kansas City and know what you’re seeing,” states the description on the back of this Curt Teich 1920s vintage postcard showing…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 12, 2014 Born in 1856 in the Ohio River town of Gallipolis, James Pendergast was the second of nine children. His Irish Catholic family…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 5, 2014 Spring Valley Park, located between 28th Street at Woodland Avenue and 29th Street at Brooklyn Avenue, lies in a natural canyon carved…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News February 26, 2014 By 1912, Kansas City’s Parks and Boulevards system had a budget of a little over $7 million per year. The Kessler designed…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News February 19, 2014 This Linen era advertising postcard showcases the famous Durand’s Restaurant in Platte Woods, Mo. Platte Woods is not often thought of as…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News February 12, 2014 Around 200 AD (CE), the Roman Emperor Claudius was busy conquering various parts of Europe and Asia, making a general nuisance of…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News February 5, 2014 Thirty six years ago on Jan. 28, 1978, as hotel guests slept in their roughly $1.75 per night beds, fire broke out in…