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Author: L. A. Little Publisher: Vintage Antique Classics ISBN: 9780982352700 Category : American newspapers Languages : en Pages : 221
Book Description
Meet the mayor of Kansas City as he's called upon to remove the spell of an evil hypnotist. Meet Bottles, the beer guzzling canine, as he makes his way around town on the streetcars. See a tiny Russian prince fall in love, celebrate the birth of the Gypsy King's son, and relive the days of vaudeville and ragtime with these true, whimsical, Vintage Kansas City Stories, taken from the pages of The Kansas City Journal during the years 1907-1909. More than 75 illustrated stories go beyond the history of an American metropolis to tell what it was like to live in an age where old-world people were meeting new technologies, embracing modern thought, and facing a century that promised a world of possibility. Includes a bonus, The Story of Kansas City, the town's early years as seen through the eyes of John Henderson Miller, who moved to Kansas City in 1857 as a small child and grew up as the town was growing, through the Civil War and the birth of the railroads.
Author: L. A. Little Publisher: Vintage Antique Classics ISBN: 9780982352700 Category : American newspapers Languages : en Pages : 221
Book Description
Meet the mayor of Kansas City as he's called upon to remove the spell of an evil hypnotist. Meet Bottles, the beer guzzling canine, as he makes his way around town on the streetcars. See a tiny Russian prince fall in love, celebrate the birth of the Gypsy King's son, and relive the days of vaudeville and ragtime with these true, whimsical, Vintage Kansas City Stories, taken from the pages of The Kansas City Journal during the years 1907-1909. More than 75 illustrated stories go beyond the history of an American metropolis to tell what it was like to live in an age where old-world people were meeting new technologies, embracing modern thought, and facing a century that promised a world of possibility. Includes a bonus, The Story of Kansas City, the town's early years as seen through the eyes of John Henderson Miller, who moved to Kansas City in 1857 as a small child and grew up as the town was growing, through the Civil War and the birth of the railroads.
Author: Monroe Dodd Publisher: Kansas City Star Books ISBN: 096795195X Category : Kansas City (Kan.) Languages : en Pages : 140
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Relive the history of Kansas City as you travel in time back to the days of the fur trappers, the riverboat captains, the cowpunchers, and the railroad workers. Brief stories and photographs bring context and meaning to the history of Kansas City.
Author: Darlene Isaacson Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 9780738531793 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 136
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Kansas City, Missouri, has long been a bustling center of activity in the heart of the Midwest, hosting the railroads that rambled through its stockyards and the jazz pioneers who made a lasting mark on music history. This collection of vintage postcards from the late 1800s through the 1950s brings to life the people, places, and events of old Kansas City. The unique postcards printed in this book capture the historic downtown area and the Country Club Plaza as well as the private notes of a homesick visitor, paying homage to a time long gone, but not forgotten.
Author: Ralph A. Monaco Publisher: Monaco Publishing ISBN: 0578104261 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 276
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$800 REWARD FOR THE ARREST & CONVICTION OF THE LEEDS GANG!Enter a Turn of the 20th Century World of Ruthlessness, Railroads, Robbers,Rebels & Rogues . . .
Author: Darlene Isaacson Publisher: ISBN: 9781592234875 Category : Historic buildings Languages : en Pages : 0
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Photographs of Kansas City landmarks, with vintage b&w photos next to new color photos. Features landmarks such as the Scout statue, Union Station, JC Nichols fountain in the Country Club Plaza, City Market, Coates House, Municipal Auditorium, Downtown's Boley Building, and much more.
Author: Paul Kirkman Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1614237387 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 104
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Meet the folks who slip out of history books like they're playing the Kansas City shuffle. In this fascinating collection of stories, Paul Kirkman has dug up all sorts of head-scratchers: how did Jesse James rob a bank with John F. Kennedy, and how could a Beatles concert in the 1960s fail to make money? Watch a cow explode in a kitchen, frogs rain down from the sky and dogs pay for a public library system. Learn how Harry Houdini was trapped in a phone booth, why Clark Gable haunted street corners in a clown outfit and what kept Kansas City in Missouri.
Author: Midwest Writers Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781722677435 Category : Languages : en Pages : 276
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Kansas City Story, a rich collection of short stories blending history with fiction, takes the reader from the muddy banks of the Mighty Mo to the gleaming glass and steel of the Sprint Center. The journey highlights memorable moments in our river city's intriguing history, beginning as a wilderness settlement in 1821. Written by local authors, this unique anthology showcases the KC Spirit that overcame floods, fires, and disasters to create the quintessential American metropolis that thrives today.
Author: L. A. Little
Author: L. A. Little
Author: Monroe Dodd
Author: Darlene Isaacson
Author: John Olinskey, III
Author: Delia C. Gillis
Author: Ralph A. Monaco
Author: Darlene Isaacson
Author: Monroe Dodd
Author: Paul Kirkman
Author: Midwest Writers