Those springs, and the good health they promised, brought huge numbers of people to the Excelsior Springs’ bathouses and hotels. The best known of course, was The Elms Hotel, where Harry Truman stayed ...

This postcard from around 1910 illustrates a major ... This was a time when Kansas City’s car dealers and ancillary industries swarmed into the area along McGee and Oak Streets as well as ...

"They say pictures don't lie," explained Conard, "but from the sale of these postcards-the fastest selling novelty cards on ...