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  • April 23, 2013
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Kansas City’s convention hall

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 24, 2013 Dedicated on Feb. 22, 1899, Kansas City’s new Convention Hall was as state-of-the-art as you could get for that time period. City…

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  • April 9, 2013
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Town owes history to oil

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News April 10, 2013  This early postcard shows the Sugar Creek Refinery, Standard Oil Co., near Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri River and the operations of…

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  • March 19, 2013
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Plaza living – old school finery

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News March 20, 2013  This Kodachrome postcard published in the late 1950s shows the numerous apartment buildings built on the south side of Brush Creek near…

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  • February 13, 2013
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Perchance a kiss to steal

By MICHAEL BUSHNELL Northeast News February 13, 2013 Around 200 AD (CE), the Roman Emperor Claudius was busy conquering various parts of Europe and Asia, making a general nuisance of…