Thanksgiving purely an American tradition
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 20, 2013 What we celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621.…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 20, 2013 What we celebrate as Thanksgiving is traditionally tied to a three-day feast involving the Pilgrims after their first American harvest in 1621.…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 13, 2013 Showing “‘Some of the Finest,’ Metropolitan Police Force, Kansas City, Mo.,” this postcard was published by the Elite Postcard Company of Kansas…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News November 6, 2013 In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the Kansas City Fire Department was not only the talk of the town, it was…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 30, 2013 The word “Halloween,” actually traces its origins to the ancient Celtic holiday “Samhain” (pronounced “sow-in”) celebrating the end of the traditional summer…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 23, 2013 This week we take a look at the Queen Anne-styled James Ogelbay residence after its conversion to the Fraternal Order of Eagles…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 16, 2013 This Kodachrome postcard published in the late 1950s shows the numerous apartment buildings built on the south side of Brush Creek near…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 9, 2013 The Sheffield Car & Equipment Co. began to show up in Kansas City, Mo., city directories around 1911. Listed at an address…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News October 2, 2013 In the late 1880s, Kansas City was awash with excitement that it, too, would soon have its own “harvest festival.” An up-and-coming…
The American Royal in Kansas City means it must be October. This week’s postcard shows the old American Royal building, built in 1921 and opened to the public in 1922.…
By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News September 18, 2013 Not long before Fred Harvey had the picture taken for this postcard, the old Union Depot was demolished. A new Union Station…