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Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Planning a vacation? Long before the creation of GPS and Google Maps, travelers relied on their handy road atlas loaded with fold-out maps and updated highway information.…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor “The finest buffet in the USA” operated for over 30 years in two distinct locations- North Kansas City and Winterset, Iowa. Eventually “known coast to coast”, the…
Michael BushnellPublisher This week we feature a postcard advertising the Ralph Sanitarium, once located at 529 Highland that treated drug and liquor addictions along with nervous and mental diseases. An…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor For girls who want curls, the Lady Sunbeam Vista model VHD-9 provided the “fastest, easiest way to always enjoy lovelier hair” without a salon appointment. From the…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher Risqué postcards, like the one shown here, have been around for as long as postcards themselves. Prior to the advent of postcards as a private communication medium, those…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Red and blue make purple, except for when one eye sees red and the other blue, then the eye is tricked into seeing a three-dimensional (3-D) image.…
adminMichael BushnellPublisher This chrome-style postcard showcases one of the many service areas along the newly completed Kansas Turnpike. The Kansas Turnpike was the brainchild of two influential Kansans, who had…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor For over 100 years, felt pennants have been a colorful way to show team spirit, whether at the stadium or on your bedroom wall. To this day,…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor The Chiefs are going to the Super Bowl, baby! While those young ones who drink from baby bottles are more interested in the contents inside than the…
Dorri PartainDorri Partain Assistant Editor Savvy, modern day cooks may have a computer in their kitchen that stores all their favorite recipes and searches for new ones, but the Foley Kitchen Komputer…
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