Remember This? Plaza Bunnies
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Whether the photo is black and white or taken in today’s digital format, generations of Kansas City youngsters have posed with the Country Club Plaza’s Easter…
Dorri Partain Managing Editor Whether the photo is black and white or taken in today’s digital format, generations of Kansas City youngsters have posed with the Country Club Plaza’s Easter…
Michael BushnellContributing Historian Just after the turn of the 20th Century, Kansas City, Kan., businessman Willard Merriam got wind of plans for a new dam, which was to be built…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor Hey, Hey, we’re The Monkees, come and watch us sing and play. We’re the young generation, and we’ve got something to say… Made for television band The…
Michael BushnellPublisher In honor of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, we offer this black and white C.T. (Curt Teich) Photo-Platin multi-view postcard that spotlights The Great Frieze, from end to…
Michael BushnellPublisher Sixty seven years ago this week, a string of savage storms rose from the southern plains states and tore a devastating path across the Kansas City area that…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor A handy companion to the fountain pen, the ink blotter prevented smears and blotches that often occurred while waiting for the ink to dry. Paper manufacturer Joseph…
Michael 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 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.…
Dorri Partain Assistant Editor Quarter or dollar? After the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin was introduced in 1979, users quickly discovered it was hard to distinguish from the Washington quarter…
Michael BushnellPublisher Located on the Northwest corner of 12th and McGee, the Empress Theater was built for the Sullivan and Considine Vaudeville circuit. The theater opened on May 29th, 1910…