Postcards

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Postcard showing a section of the business district in Kansas City, Missouri. This elevated vantage point faces east-northeast and shows the Bell Telephone Building at 11th and Oak (background right), the Federal Reserve Bank and R.A.

Postcard of the west end of Cliff Drive in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces southwest from a bend in Cliff Drive just west of Chestnut Avenue Trafficway and just south of the East Bottoms. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to J. A. Swanson of St. Joseph, Missouri.

Postcard of the west end of Cliff Drive in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces southwest from a bend in Cliff Drive just west of Chestnut Avenue Trafficway and just south of the East Bottoms. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Mabel Couch of Washington, D.C..

Postcard of Scarritt Spring on Cliff Drive in Kansas City, Missouri. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Mrs. Aron Leher of Clarksburg, Missouri.

Postcard of the spring on Cliff Drive in Kansas City, Missouri. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Mrs. Alva Duvall of Bethalto, Illinois.

Postcard of a band stand and comfort station once located in the center of Observation Park in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces southeast from near the northwestern corner of Observation Park. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Mrs. Alford Blaney of Leavenworth, Kansas.

Postcard showing Winnwood Beach in Kansas City, Missouri, describing it as the "Atlantic City of the West". Winnwood Beach was once located near the intersection of Northeast Chouteau Trafficway and Interstate 35. Attached to the postcard is a note describing a first date one had at Winnwood Beach in 1918.

Postcard of the Lakeside Hospital, located just south of Troost Lake between Flora Avenue and Wayne Avenue (now Vine Street) in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces southeast from just south of the intersection of The Paseo and 28th Street. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Mrs. C. W. Cannon of Garnett, Kansas.

Postcard showing the flower beds in Electric Park, once located between The Paseo and Woodland Avenue, south of 45th Street, in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces west-southwest towards the entrance of the park. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to Henry Simmons of Mound City, Missouri.

Postcard showing the Crestwood Country Club District at 55th Street and Oak Street in Kansas City, Missouri. This vantage point faces north towards the 2nd Presbyterian Church (pictured left) from between Oak Street and Crestwood Drive, just south of 55th Street. The back of the postcard includes a short letter to W. C.

Postcard of the Loose Park Rose Garden, located just southeast of 52nd Street between Summit Street and 51st Street. This vantage point faces southeast at the northern entrance to the garden. The back of the postcard includes a brief caption about the garden and a letter to Elizabeth Johnston of Fort Scott, Kansas.

Postcard of the Inter-City Viaduct in Kansas City, Missouri, now better known as the portion of I-70 between downtown Kansas City, Missouri and downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The vantage point at the viaduct's eastern entrance looks west towards the West Bottoms and Kansas City, Kansas in the far distance.

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