The @kcstreetcar.org Main Street extension opened today! 🚃 Take a trip back to the 1800s to learn about the original street railways in Kansas City in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kclibrary.org/news.
#KCHistory #KCMO #KansasCity #Steetcar #PublicTransportation
#KCHistory #KCMO #KansasCity #Steetcar #PublicTransportation
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The @kcstreetcar.org Main Street extension opened today! 🚃 Take a trip back to the 1800s to learn about the original street railways in Kansas City in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kclibrary.org/news.
#KCHistory #KCMO #KansasCity #Steetcar #PublicTransportation
#KCHistory #KCMO #KansasCity #Steetcar #PublicTransportation
Pop Quiz: What do the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City Life Insurance Company Building, and City Hall all have in common?
Find the answer on our #kcHistory site: tinyurl.com/mrych89p
Find the answer on our #kcHistory site: tinyurl.com/mrych89p
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Pop Quiz: What do the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Jackson County Courthouse, Kansas City Life Insurance Company Building, and City Hall all have in common?
Find the answer on our #kcHistory site: tinyurl.com/mrych89p
Find the answer on our #kcHistory site: tinyurl.com/mrych89p
In honor of the Royals' first Spring Training game today, here's a photo of the Kansas City Monarchs from 1934. ⚾
To delve more into Kansas City history, check out kchistory.org
#KansasCityMonarchs #Baseball #KansasCityRoyals #KCHistory #KCMO
To delve more into Kansas City history, check out kchistory.org
#KansasCityMonarchs #Baseball #KansasCityRoyals #KCHistory #KCMO
February 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In honor of the Royals' first Spring Training game today, here's a photo of the Kansas City Monarchs from 1934. ⚾
To delve more into Kansas City history, check out kchistory.org
#KansasCityMonarchs #Baseball #KansasCityRoyals #KCHistory #KCMO
To delve more into Kansas City history, check out kchistory.org
#KansasCityMonarchs #Baseball #KansasCityRoyals #KCHistory #KCMO
Past | Present: I take 100-year-old postcards back to the original scene.
#deltiology #deltiologist #postcard #kchistory
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#deltiology #deltiologist #postcard #kchistory
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Postcard: Historic Rockhill Bridge Crossed Brush Creek With an Elegant Flair
YouTube video by Kansas City Star
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August 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Past | Present: I take 100-year-old postcards back to the original scene.
#deltiology #deltiologist #postcard #kchistory
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#deltiology #deltiologist #postcard #kchistory
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📍 Kansas City Municipal Stadium — home of the Athletics ⚾ (Philly ➝ KC ➝ Oakland), Royals ⚾ & Chiefs 🏈
Opened: 1923 | Demolished: 1976 | Cap: 35,561
#KansasCity #KCHistory #BaseballHistory #ChiefsKingdom #Royals #KCChiefs #Ballpark #18thAndVine #HistoricStadiums
Opened: 1923 | Demolished: 1976 | Cap: 35,561
#KansasCity #KCHistory #BaseballHistory #ChiefsKingdom #Royals #KCChiefs #Ballpark #18thAndVine #HistoricStadiums
September 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📍 Kansas City Municipal Stadium — home of the Athletics ⚾ (Philly ➝ KC ➝ Oakland), Royals ⚾ & Chiefs 🏈
Opened: 1923 | Demolished: 1976 | Cap: 35,561
#KansasCity #KCHistory #BaseballHistory #ChiefsKingdom #Royals #KCChiefs #Ballpark #18thAndVine #HistoricStadiums
Opened: 1923 | Demolished: 1976 | Cap: 35,561
#KansasCity #KCHistory #BaseballHistory #ChiefsKingdom #Royals #KCChiefs #Ballpark #18thAndVine #HistoricStadiums
Do you plan to visit any local eateries for Kansas City Restaurant Week? Thanks to a recent donation our Missouri Valley Collection has grown its collection of local menus from #kcHistory.
#KCRW
#KCRW
Library’s Collection Boosted by Donation of Kansas City Menus
Kansas City Restaurant Week is underway and continues through January 19. A new donation to the Library's Missouri Valley Special Collections has boosted the Kansas City restaurant menu collection.
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January 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Do you plan to visit any local eateries for Kansas City Restaurant Week? Thanks to a recent donation our Missouri Valley Collection has grown its collection of local menus from #kcHistory.
#KCRW
#KCRW
On Dec. 11, 1884, Nelle Nichols Peters was born to a farming family in Niagara, North Dakota. She would become one of the most prolific architects in Kansas City during the 1920s and design nearly 1,000 local buildings. Learn more: tinyurl.com/m5ctjtt8
#KCHistory #OnThisDay
#KCHistory #OnThisDay
December 12, 2024 at 12:54 AM
On Dec. 11, 1884, Nelle Nichols Peters was born to a farming family in Niagara, North Dakota. She would become one of the most prolific architects in Kansas City during the 1920s and design nearly 1,000 local buildings. Learn more: tinyurl.com/m5ctjtt8
#KCHistory #OnThisDay
#KCHistory #OnThisDay
Reader Charles Ballew asked our KCQ initiative, “When was the last time any of the Bobby Greenlease ransom money showed up?” This question opens a window into the chaotic days and weeks after the crime, involving crooks, mobsters, and corrupt cops. #kcHistory
This infamous kidnapping and murder in Kansas City led to a hunt for the missing ransom | KC History
The 1953 abduction and murder of six-year-old Bobby Greenlease stands as one of Kansas City’s most notorious crimes. Bobby, the son of wealthy Cadillac dealer Robert Greenlease, was taken from Notre D...
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January 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reader Charles Ballew asked our KCQ initiative, “When was the last time any of the Bobby Greenlease ransom money showed up?” This question opens a window into the chaotic days and weeks after the crime, involving crooks, mobsters, and corrupt cops. #kcHistory
It continued to serve as office space under various owners until it was redeveloped as residential units, opening in 2017.
These images and many more can be found at KCHistory.org
#TBT #ThenAndNow #kcHistory
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These images and many more can be found at KCHistory.org
#TBT #ThenAndNow #kcHistory
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December 12, 2024 at 10:39 PM
It continued to serve as office space under various owners until it was redeveloped as residential units, opening in 2017.
These images and many more can be found at KCHistory.org
#TBT #ThenAndNow #kcHistory
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These images and many more can be found at KCHistory.org
#TBT #ThenAndNow #kcHistory
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Fifty-eight years ago this week Kansas City was part of Super Bowl I vs. the Green Bay Packers. Unfortunately that game had a different outcome than today’s win!
#kchistory
#kchistory
Bowled Over | KC History
January 15, 1967: The Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I. The Chiefs’ presence in the first Super Bowl was fitting because the owner of the Chiefs, Lamar Hunt, was one of...
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January 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fifty-eight years ago this week Kansas City was part of Super Bowl I vs. the Green Bay Packers. Unfortunately that game had a different outcome than today’s win!
#kchistory
#kchistory
Alligators on the loose in Kansas City? 😲 Sink your teeth into our latest KCQ investigation with @kansascity.com examining the history of a crocodilian attraction at Electric Park in the early 1900s.
Read about it here: tinyurl.com/4m936a3y
#KCHistory
Read about it here: tinyurl.com/4m936a3y
#KCHistory
April 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Alligators on the loose in Kansas City? 😲 Sink your teeth into our latest KCQ investigation with @kansascity.com examining the history of a crocodilian attraction at Electric Park in the early 1900s.
Read about it here: tinyurl.com/4m936a3y
#KCHistory
Read about it here: tinyurl.com/4m936a3y
#KCHistory
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Missouri Valley Sunday program today with Oregon-California Trails Association manager Travis Boley about the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails!
Learn about next month’s #kcHistory program: tinyurl.com/2unh2hyn
Learn about next month’s #kcHistory program: tinyurl.com/2unh2hyn
January 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Missouri Valley Sunday program today with Oregon-California Trails Association manager Travis Boley about the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails!
Learn about next month’s #kcHistory program: tinyurl.com/2unh2hyn
Learn about next month’s #kcHistory program: tinyurl.com/2unh2hyn
Join us at the Central Library this Sunday, Jan. 5 when historian Travis Boley will discuss the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails as well as how the trails led directly to the founding of Independence and Westport: tinyurl.com/2rfb57hu
#kcHistory
#kcHistory
December 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Join us at the Central Library this Sunday, Jan. 5 when historian Travis Boley will discuss the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails as well as how the trails led directly to the founding of Independence and Westport: tinyurl.com/2rfb57hu
#kcHistory
#kcHistory
Check out our full interview with Lea Hopkins in our episode, “Kansas City’s very first Pride parade.” Link in @kchistory bio. 🌈
📷: @kcpride1 @umkclibraries
#pride
📷: @kcpride1 @umkclibraries
#pride
June 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Check out our full interview with Lea Hopkins in our episode, “Kansas City’s very first Pride parade.” Link in @kchistory bio. 🌈
📷: @kcpride1 @umkclibraries
#pride
📷: @kcpride1 @umkclibraries
#pride
Then and now: The historic Pepper Building at 9th and Locust in Kansas City once stood here — today, it’s the Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse. Another glimpse into KC’s changing skyline.
#deltiology #postcards #KCHistory
#deltiology #postcards #KCHistory
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Then and now: The historic Pepper Building at 9th and Locust in Kansas City once stood here — today, it’s the Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse. Another glimpse into KC’s changing skyline.
#deltiology #postcards #KCHistory
#deltiology #postcards #KCHistory
Next Sun. March 30 at the Central Library, UMKC professor emerita of French Kathy Krause will examine the role of French-speaking women in the early development of Kansas City: tinyurl.com/2ehbd24s
#KCHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
#KCHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
March 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Next Sun. March 30 at the Central Library, UMKC professor emerita of French Kathy Krause will examine the role of French-speaking women in the early development of Kansas City: tinyurl.com/2ehbd24s
#KCHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
#KCHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
Past | Present: Where I take 100-year-old postcards back to the original scene and see what’s there now.
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#postcards
#deltiology
#kchistory
#KansasCity
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#postcards
#deltiology
#kchistory
#KansasCity
The Kansas City Zoo Started In This Building In Swope Park. What’s It Look Like Now?
YouTube video by Kansas City Star
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December 6, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Past | Present: Where I take 100-year-old postcards back to the original scene and see what’s there now.
youtu.be/vtp0thB89GM?...
#postcards
#deltiology
#kchistory
#KansasCity
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#postcards
#deltiology
#kchistory
#KansasCity
Kansas City's Jenkins Music Company was once a tiny store that turned into the largest music retailer in the world.
While the company no longer exists, learn about Jenkins' past in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kchistory.org
#KCHistory #KansasCity #KCMO
While the company no longer exists, learn about Jenkins' past in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kchistory.org
#KCHistory #KansasCity #KCMO
September 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kansas City's Jenkins Music Company was once a tiny store that turned into the largest music retailer in the world.
While the company no longer exists, learn about Jenkins' past in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kchistory.org
#KCHistory #KansasCity #KCMO
While the company no longer exists, learn about Jenkins' past in our latest KCQ collaboration with @kansascity.com at kchistory.org
#KCHistory #KansasCity #KCMO
📣 New Local History Exhibit! 📣
Now on display at the Central Library, Detoured: The Making of Bruce R. Watkins Drive reflects on the road’s winding legacy since its construction began more than 35 years ago.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/2kzvpe8h
#kcHistory
Now on display at the Central Library, Detoured: The Making of Bruce R. Watkins Drive reflects on the road’s winding legacy since its construction began more than 35 years ago.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/2kzvpe8h
#kcHistory
March 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
📣 New Local History Exhibit! 📣
Now on display at the Central Library, Detoured: The Making of Bruce R. Watkins Drive reflects on the road’s winding legacy since its construction began more than 35 years ago.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/2kzvpe8h
#kcHistory
Now on display at the Central Library, Detoured: The Making of Bruce R. Watkins Drive reflects on the road’s winding legacy since its construction began more than 35 years ago.
Learn more: tinyurl.com/2kzvpe8h
#kcHistory
Though only in operation from 1955 to 1965, The Queen of the World hospital played an essential role in integrating healthcare in Kansas City and the region. Our latest KCQ investigation w/ the KC Star looks at its history and those who helped create it.
#kcHistory
#kcHistory
Queen of the World: How this Kansas City hospital set standard for racial integration | KC History
Hospitals are often named for specific reasons. Municipal hospitals, for example, might be named after their locality, while others are associated with universities or named after churches or religiou...
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February 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Though only in operation from 1955 to 1965, The Queen of the World hospital played an essential role in integrating healthcare in Kansas City and the region. Our latest KCQ investigation w/ the KC Star looks at its history and those who helped create it.
#kcHistory
#kcHistory
For 40 years, visitors to the children’s section of the old main Library, were greeted by a more than 35 ft long and 7 ft tall mosaic.
Our #KCQ series sheds light on the mosaic's whereabouts since the building was torn down and the artist behind it: tinyurl.com/55vcxsm7
#kcHistory
Our #KCQ series sheds light on the mosaic's whereabouts since the building was torn down and the artist behind it: tinyurl.com/55vcxsm7
#kcHistory
January 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For 40 years, visitors to the children’s section of the old main Library, were greeted by a more than 35 ft long and 7 ft tall mosaic.
Our #KCQ series sheds light on the mosaic's whereabouts since the building was torn down and the artist behind it: tinyurl.com/55vcxsm7
#kcHistory
Our #KCQ series sheds light on the mosaic's whereabouts since the building was torn down and the artist behind it: tinyurl.com/55vcxsm7
#kcHistory
The Kansas City Star recently launched "Reel Rare: Found Films from Old KC," a 5-part series exploring early 20th-century home movies and the stories they reveal.
Learn about the films, which will soon be available on the Library’s The Pendergast Years #kcHistory site!
Learn about the films, which will soon be available on the Library’s The Pendergast Years #kcHistory site!
The Kansas City Star and the Library Explore Stories Behind Old Home Movies
In December, The Kansas City Star launched Reel Rare, a five-part series exploring early 20th-century Kansas City home movies and the stories they reveal.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Kansas City Star recently launched "Reel Rare: Found Films from Old KC," a 5-part series exploring early 20th-century home movies and the stories they reveal.
Learn about the films, which will soon be available on the Library’s The Pendergast Years #kcHistory site!
Learn about the films, which will soon be available on the Library’s The Pendergast Years #kcHistory site!
Past | Present
The original John Taylor Dry Goods store was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Here’s a look at the area today and a view of the postcard from nearly a century ago.
#postcard #deltiology #kchistory
The original John Taylor Dry Goods store was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Here’s a look at the area today and a view of the postcard from nearly a century ago.
#postcard #deltiology #kchistory
December 7, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Past | Present
The original John Taylor Dry Goods store was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Here’s a look at the area today and a view of the postcard from nearly a century ago.
#postcard #deltiology #kchistory
The original John Taylor Dry Goods store was located at 11th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Mo. Here’s a look at the area today and a view of the postcard from nearly a century ago.
#postcard #deltiology #kchistory
Think it's cold outside? 🥶 124 years ago on December 31, 1900 the temp was hovering near zero degrees. Some 15,000 people gathered in KC’s Convention Hall to welcome the beginning of the 20th century with merriment and a time capsule!
Learn more about this NYE from #kcHistory: tinyurl.com/nhn3vfvk
Learn more about this NYE from #kcHistory: tinyurl.com/nhn3vfvk
December 31, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Think it's cold outside? 🥶 124 years ago on December 31, 1900 the temp was hovering near zero degrees. Some 15,000 people gathered in KC’s Convention Hall to welcome the beginning of the 20th century with merriment and a time capsule!
Learn more about this NYE from #kcHistory: tinyurl.com/nhn3vfvk
Learn more about this NYE from #kcHistory: tinyurl.com/nhn3vfvk
And the award for the first movie ever shown in Kansas City goes to... 🥁
Just in time for #Oscars2025 tonight, our latest KCQ investigation with @KCStar and our #kcHistory librarians spotlights Kansas City's cinema history.
Just in time for #Oscars2025 tonight, our latest KCQ investigation with @KCStar and our #kcHistory librarians spotlights Kansas City's cinema history.
What was the first movie ever shown in Kansas City? KCQ breaks down cinema history | KC History
Kansas City has been involved in the moviemaking and theatre industry since films evolved from lowbrow novelties to influential art that captivated audiences. In the early 20th century, movies dominat...
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March 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
And the award for the first movie ever shown in Kansas City goes to... 🥁
Just in time for #Oscars2025 tonight, our latest KCQ investigation with @KCStar and our #kcHistory librarians spotlights Kansas City's cinema history.
Just in time for #Oscars2025 tonight, our latest KCQ investigation with @KCStar and our #kcHistory librarians spotlights Kansas City's cinema history.