Palatial City Hall once stood in River Market District
Michael BushnellPublisher In 1889, when cattle, pigs and all manner of livestock still roamed the streets of Kansas City, voters approved the then massive sum of $300,000 for the construction…
Michael BushnellPublisher In 1889, when cattle, pigs and all manner of livestock still roamed the streets of Kansas City, voters approved the then massive sum of $300,000 for the construction…
Michael BushnellPublisher Downtown Kansas City’s Stats Hotel at 12th & Wyandotte was proclaimed to be at the center of everything when it was built in 1923 by Samuel J. Stats.…
Michael BushnellPublisher On October 4, 1946, “Pearle” sent this black and white, photo postcard to her mother, Mrs. Walter Cochran of Frankfort, Kan. The personal message reads: “Dear Mother, how…
By Michael Bushnell, Publisher This week, in tandem with our summer interns’ story on Juneteenth, we spotlight the Paseo YMCA located at 18th and The Paseo. It is a prominent…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Worlds of Fun on May 26, 1973, we offer this Chrome-era postcard of the Cotton Blossom, one…
Michael BushnellPublisher Upon its completion in 1914, the Montgomery Ward Distribution Center in Historic Northeast Kansas City was billed as the largest building west of the Mississippi River. Measuring a…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week’s Historic Postcard is a Real Photo Postcard published by the North American Postcard Company of Kansas City, Mo., showing the handsome, new three-story Morse Elementary School…
Michael BushnellPublisher “One smile from you in Kansas City would transfer me to heaven.” So indicates the message on the front of this card designed to resemble a railroad ticket…
Michael BushnellPublisher This advertising postcard for the M&T Tire Company at 4629 Troost was produced in the late 1920s and is an excellent example of advertising postcards of the day.…
Michael BushnellPublisher “Cliff Drive, Kansas City, Missouri.” So reads the description on the front of this postcard published by the Fred Harvey Company. The cliffs, located in Historic Northeast Kansas…