Elks Building gone but Lodge 26 still vibrant
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News September 21, 2011 Published by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City, this week’s postcard shows the old Elks Lodge No. 26 that for over…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News September 21, 2011 Published by the Southwest News Company of Kansas City, this week’s postcard shows the old Elks Lodge No. 26 that for over…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News September 14, 2011 Around the turn of the 20th Century, it was not uncommon for local photo-postcard companies to go door to door in Kansas…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News September 7, 2011 This week’s postcard is published by Johnny Baker Postcards of Denver, Colo., and is entitled: Gateway to Lookout Mountain Park, Colo. The…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 31, 2011 The postcards shown this week are real photo postcards from the estate of long-time Northeast residents Bill and Mary Ann Davis. Bill…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 24, 2011 Just after the turn of the 20th Century, Kansas City, Kan., businessman Willard Merriam got wind of plans for a new dam…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 17, 2011 This Fred Harvey postcard, circa 1920, is entitled “Gladstone Boulevard Looking North” and shows the 400 block of Kansas City’s first Boulevard.…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 10, 2011 In honor of the 71st annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in the Black Hills of South Dakota, we offer this lovely linen postcard…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News August 3, 2011 It’s back-to-school time, so we recognize the old Scarritt Bible & Training Institute. Established in 1890 as a school for girls, the…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 27, 2011 Swope Park was a donation to the City of Kansas City made by Col. Thomas Swope, prominent area real estate developer. Swope…
By Michael Bushnell Northeast News July 20, 2011 This real photo postcard published by the North American Postcard company of Kansas City, Mo., (Ottawa, Kan.) shows the “new” 12th Street…