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Iconic Kansas City from Our Postcard Past

Postcards were the “instant messages” of their day, a means of communicating hometown pride, civic identity, and a visitor’s curiosity. But where today’s electronic missives disappear with a click, the images and notes on vintage postcards endure – doorways to lost worlds.

Steve Noll, executive director of the Jackson County Historical Society and a postcard collector, leads an illustrated walk through Kansas City’s postcard history.

This event is keyed to the exhibit Greetings from Kansas City: Postcard Views of a Midwestern Metropolis, 1900-1950 currently on display at the Central Library. First shown in 2013, the exhibit is being reprised after earning the American Library Association’s Excellence in Library Programming Award.

Upcoming in this series:
Watch or Listen to Past Events in this Series:
26
Aug
Missouri Civil War Archaeology
Central Library |
2:00pm
17
Nov
Censorship and Kansas City: The Star and the Great...
Central Library |
2:00pm
24
Jun
The Mormon War of 1838
Central Library |
2:00pm
21
May
The Spirit of the West Bottoms
Central Library |
2:00pm

Iconic Kansas City from Our Postcard Past

Date & Location
In Person
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Adults