CardCow Vintage Postcards

Interior of Watts Mill Branch of Leawood National Bank

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:19:01 +0100

Title:
Interior of Watts Mill Branch of Leawood National Bank
Kansas City (MO), Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Located in the Watts Mill Shopping Center, this reconstructed turn of the century bank offers security, convenience, and service in the time honored tradition of the past

BMA Tower

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:17:31 +0100

Title:
BMA Tower
Kansas City (MO), Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The BMA Tower, home office of one of the nation's leading life and health insurance organizations overlooks the Kansas City area from its high 7 1/2 acre site at Penn Valley Park

Great Ape House - Kansas City Zoo

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:56 +0100

Title:
Great Ape House - Kansas City Zoo
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
Designed to exhibit members of the great ape family--Chimpanzees, Orangutans, Gibbons, and the Great Gorillas. The ape family may be seen through apertures fabricated of one inch thick safety glass. Rising to a height of fifty-five feet, this new structure towers above the Zoo grounds and park woodlands

Ada Mead Hall, Saint Paul School of Theology Methodist

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:56 +0100

Title:
Ada Mead Hall, Saint Paul School of Theology Methodist
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
Truman Road and Van Brunt Boulevard. This residence hall honors Mrs. Charles W. Mead of Omaha, member of the Saint Paul Board of Trustees and long-time friend and benefactor of the seminary

Carondelet Hall of Avila College

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:56 +0100

Title:
Carondelet Hall of Avila College
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
air conditioned residence hall. Student rooms have panoramic view of adjacent residential area. Each floor has spacious lounge area complete with snack kitchen and laundry

View from Washington Square

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:55 +0100

Title:
View from Washington Square
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
The George Washington statue is seen in Washington Square, just East of Union Station, which is shown in the background

Wornall House

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:55 +0100

Title:
Wornall House
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
The Wornall House is owned and restored by the Jackson County Historical Society. Built by Mr. John B. Wornall in 1858 on a 500-acre tract in Western Missouri, it reflects Kentucky family traditions. The Wornall House survived two Civil War Battle and Order No. 11

Holiday Inn Municipal Auditorium

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:55 +0100

Title:
Holiday Inn Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City (MO), Chrome

Description:
Downtown Kansas City, Missouri 64105. 1301 Wyandotte; Telephone: A.C. 816 - 221-8800. 500 rooms, suites - indoor parking - 28th floor revolving restaurant with cocktail lounge and dancing - main floor dining room and lounge - coffee shop - banquet and meeting rooms to 600 - barber shop - beauty salon - country store gift shop - swimming pool

St. Francis Xavier Church

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:54 +0100

Title:
St. Francis Xavier Church
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
52nd and Trost

The Federal Building

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:54 +0100

Title:
The Federal Building
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
John A Calovich The Federal building, latest giant addition to downtown Kansas City. This striking picture of the 18-story, two-block-long structure represents a federal investment of more than 32 million dollars

Union Station and Plaza

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:17:46 +0100

Title:
Union Station and Plaza
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back PM 1920 Aug-5

Petticoat Lane from Main Street

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:17:40 +0100

Title:
Petticoat Lane from Main Street
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back unused

Union Station

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:17:37 +0100

Title:
Union Station
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back unused

The Union Station

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:17:37 +0100

Title:
The Union Station
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back PM 1933 Sep-24

Park View

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:17:08 +0100

Title:
Park View
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back PM Sep-17

Bathing Beach and Natatorium Electric park

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:17:03 +0100

Title:
Bathing Beach and Natatorium Electric park
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back PM 1915 Dec-29

Night Scene, Electric Park

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:17:03 +0100

Title:
Night Scene, Electric Park
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back PM 1911 Apr-18

Electric Park

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:16:51 +0100

Title:
Electric Park
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back unused

The Wish Bone Restaurant

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:20:15 +0100

Title:
The Wish Bone Restaurant
Kansas City (MO), Linen

Description:
Featuring fried chicken and prime rib dinners. Completely air-conditioned. Home of the famous Wishbone Salad Dressing- Available at your neighborhood grocer

Hotel Muehlebach

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:19:30 +0100

Title:
Hotel Muehlebach
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
Terrace Grill, The Middle West's Most Glamorous Dine and Dance Meeting Place Where nationally famous orchestras play

The Home Of Champions

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:18:29 +0100

Title:
The Home Of Champions
Kansas City (MO), Linen PM 1939 Sep-13

Description:
2610 Grand Avenue. Armacost Automobile Comapny, Armacost Norge Company, Armacost Investment Company

Section Main Dining Room - Air-Vue Room On Outside Terrace

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Section Main Dining Room - Air-Vue Room On Outside Terrace
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
Milleman - Gillbert. Food - Famous Airport Restaurant. Kansas City, MO

Union Station and Sky Line By Night

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:24:17 +0100

Title:
Union Station and Sky Line By Night
Kansas City (MO), Linen PM 1952 Sep-22

Description:
Curteich-Chicago

Country Club Plaza

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:22:04 +0100

Title:
Country Club Plaza
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
The third largest municipal playground in America is Swope Park, with golf courses, tennis courts, picnic grounds, outdoor ovens, shelter houses, a zoo, outdoor animal pits, Lagoon for swimming and boating, and a wealth of natural beauty along its wooded drives

Menorah Hospital

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:22:04 +0100

Title:
Menorah Hospital
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
Menorah Hospital (Non-Sectarian), Rockhill Road and 50th Street, Kansas City, 4, Missouri. Kansas City's newest hospital, considered the finest in the United States. Latest Equipment throughout. Graduate nurse service only. Radio in every room. 150 beds. Beautifully located

Entrance to Beautiful Swope Park, Showing the Shelter House

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:22:04 +0100

Title:
Entrance to Beautiful Swope Park, Showing the Shelter House
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Entrance to Beautiful Swope Park, Showing the Shelter House

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:21:06 +0100

Title:
Entrance to Beautiful Swope Park, Showing the Shelter House
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
This is the third largest park in America, containing one thousand three hundred and eighty acres

Municipal Auditorium by Night

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:20:56 +0100

Title:
Municipal Auditorium by Night
Kansas City (MO), Linen PM 1939 Apr-28

Description:
Kansas City's new Municipal Auditorium covers the entire block bounded by Thirteenth and Fourteenth, Central and Wyandotte streets. Its exterior dimensions are 419 by 332 feet and it rises to a height equal to that of a ten story office building. Erected at a cost of $6,500,000, the Auditorium provides facilities for every conceivable kind of gathering, from the smallest lecture or concert to the largest conference, exposition or athletic show

Bryant Bldg., 11th and Grand Ave

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:36:43 +0100

Title:
Bryant Bldg., 11th and Grand Ave
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
Embodying the best traditions of modern architecture, the Bryant building rises twenty-six stories on the Southwest corner of 11th street and Grand Avenue. Opened March 1,1931

Devine Bros. Clinic and Hospital

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Devine Bros. Clinic and Hospital
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
Entrance to a Friendly Hospital

Kersey Coates Drive

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:49:09 +0100

Title:
Kersey Coates Drive
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
61 Curteich-Chicago

Hotel Muehlebach

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:48:38 +0100

Title:
Hotel Muehlebach
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
C.T. Art-Colortone

Kansas City Stock Yards

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:48:20 +0100

Title:
Kansas City Stock Yards
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
View of portion of cattle yards looking northwest from Live Stock Exchange Building. An average of 20,282 head of live stock received at Kansas City Stock Yards every business day for the past twenty years

Commerce Towers

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:21:21 +0100

Title:
Commerce Towers
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
COMMERCE TOWERS Ninth & Main Streets KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Missouri's largest office building--30 stories; 542,553 square feet. Built by Commerce Trust Company and adjoining its main banking quarters at 10th & Walnut. Completion, mid-1964

Golden Ox

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:20:06 +0100

Title:
Golden Ox
Kansas City (MO), Chrome PM 1960 Jul-17

Description:
At the stockyards - where the steak is born 1600 Genesee - Victor 2-2866 ... one of the world's unique dining spots in the heart of Kansas City's famed stockyards - synonymous everywhere with the best steak. Western charm and friendly hospitality are combined with fine service

Interior of Union Station

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:18:19 +0100

Title:
Interior of Union Station
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
Interior view of Union Station showing new ticket office. This area has the largest and highest unsupported ceiling in the world. This depot is the third largest in the World

American Hereford Association Headquarters

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:46:52 +0100

Title:
American Hereford Association Headquarters
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
American Hereford Association Headquarters Home of the whitefaces Hereford Drive, Kansas City, Mo. The Association, founded in 1881, has recorded more than 9 million Herefords, the predominant and most profitable beef breed in America. The headquarters pylon is 90 feet high; the plastic bull 12 feet high and 20 feet long

TenMain Center

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:46:51 +0100

Title:
TenMain Center
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
The newest jewel on Kansas City's exciting downtown horizon. This $14,000,000 complex features a twenty-story office skyscraper, a ten-level parking garage for 919 cars, plus an electrifying retail esplanade spanning Main from Tenth to Ninth

Kansas City Power and Light Co. Building

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:43:41 +0100

Title:
Kansas City Power and Light Co. Building
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
This impressive structure is 34 stories high and is the tallest building in the State

The Magnificent Giralda Tower

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:59:22 +0100

Title:
The Magnificent Giralda Tower
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
A part of the Swanson's building and the eastern gateway to Kansas City's famed Country Club Plaza. Here, the buildings of the Plaza are aglow with thousands of lights during the Yuletide Season

Kansas City Power and Light Co. Building

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:58:27 +0100

Title:
Kansas City Power and Light Co. Building
Kansas City (MO), Chrome unused

Description:
This impressive structure is 34 stories high, and is the tallest building in the State

Municipal Airport

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:41:21 +0100

Title:
Municipal Airport
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

The Little theater, Municipal Auditorium

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:41:15 +0100

Title:
The Little theater, Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City (MO), Linen PM 1940 Oct-19

Description:
Jewel of the Auditorium is the Little Theater, a room of breath-taking and fairy tale beauty. Octagonal in shape, and occupying the northeast section of the Auditorium, it was designed to accommodate musicales, concerts, lectures, dances, banquets, receptions, amateur theatrical productions and small conventions or sectional meetings of larger ones

Municipal auditorium

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:40:19 +0100

Title:
Municipal auditorium
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium is one of the newest, largest and most modern such structures in the world. In addition to its spectacular Arena seating 14,000 people, it includes a beautiful Music Hall seating 2,700 and a Little Theatre seating 600. There are also 8 meeting halls, extensive exhibit space, 20 sizable committee rooms and innumerable smaller rooms - permitting many large meetings and attractions simultaneously without interference. Covers a square block in downtown area, and is all air conditioned

William Rockhill Nelson Art Gallery - Atkins Museum of Fine Arts

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:40:19 +0100

Title:
William Rockhill Nelson Art Gallery - Atkins Museum of Fine Arts
Kansas City (MO), Linen unused

Description:
William Rockhill Nelson Art Gallery and Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, located in one of Kansas City's finest residential areas, is considered outstanding among the most modern galleries in the world. With an endowment of $11,000,000 the gallery owns many famous art pieces, features travelling collections and, because of the war, is in possession of valuable collections sent here for the duration. More than 5,000 objects are on display in small, scientifically lighted and air-conditioned galleries, decorated according to various periods

Monkey Cage, Electric Park

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:15:11 +0100

Title:
Monkey Cage, Electric Park
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back

General View of Electric Park

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:15:06 +0100

Title:
General View of Electric Park
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back

Electric Park

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:15:00 +0100

Title:
Electric Park
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back PM 1917 Jan-19

Interior of Convention Hall

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:14:36 +0100

Title:
Interior of Convention Hall
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back PM Sep-13

Description:
Interior of Convention Hall as arranged for theatrical performances seating capacity 15,000

Colonade on Concourse

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:12:55 +0100

Title:
Colonade on Concourse
Kansas City (MO), Divided Back unused