Vintage Postcard Tour of Lansing/Leavenworth
1907 to 1920
Vintage Postcard Tour of Lansing/Leavenworth Route Description PDF Link
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Location | Card# | Picture | Date | Remarks | Postcard Link |
| 1 | 7th and Oak | 1 |
Haymarket Square Rail yard |
1911 | North View from school tower |  |
| 2 | City View | 1911 | East view from school tower |  |
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| 3 | Oak Street School | 1909 | Now an apartment |  |
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Oak Street School Class photo |
1909 |  |
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| 5 | Congregational Church | 1911 | Shown in city view photo - no longer standing |  |
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| 2 | 6th and Short | 5A | JC Lysle Milling | 1914 | Later Bay State Milling – Now Office |  |
| 3 | Delaware and 5th St | 6 | Street View East | 1910 |  |
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| 4 | River Front Park | 7 | View from Missouri side of river | 1908 |
Terminal Bridge Removed 1988 |
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Freight Station No longer standing |
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Union Station Now Riverfront Community Center |
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| Catlin and Knox Boots – No longer standing | ||||||
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Union Station Caitlin and Knox Boots |
1909 |  |
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| 9 | Planter’s Hotel | 1911 | Called a Sanitarium in this picture |  |
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Rail yard and Terminal Bridge |
1911 | Three mile creek in middle of picture |  |
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| 11 | Fort Bridge | UNK | Removed in the 1960’s |  |
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| 5 | Esplanade and Choctaw | 12 | Great Western Stove Co. | 1910 | Now lofts |  |
| 6 | 3rd Street | 13 | Old Country Courthouse | UNK |
Burned 1915
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| 7 | 2nd Street | 14 | Home Riverside Coal Co. | UNK | Now Geiger |  |
| 7A | 2nd Street | ? | Missouri Valley Bridge Co. – No picture yet | |||
| 8 | Veteran’s Administration | 15 | Old Hospital and Lake Jeanette | UNK | New hospital built in 1934 |  |
| 9 | Entrance to VA Station | 16 | View from urban rail line | 1907 | Now Miller Park |  |
| 17 | KCL&W Line Wolcott Station | UNK |  |
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| 18 | Wolcott Station | UNK | Card says speed 50 mph |  |
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| 19 | Wadsworth Park Baseball Field | 1946 | Courtesy Leavenworth Times |  |
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| 10 | 4th Street and Santa Fe | 20 | Helmers Manufacturing | 1912 |
Now Besel’s was furniture factory
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4th Street @ Tire Town |
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No picture yet CW Parker Factory |
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The following are some areas of interest off the tour route.
| Shrine Park Rd & Greens Ridge Rd | 22 | Pavilion and Lake at Shrine Park | UNK | Pavilion removed in 1990’s now entrance to golf course |  |
| Shrine Park Rd & Goddard Circle | 23 | Evergreen Place Hospital | 1912 | Founded by Clarence Goddard for nervous and mental disorders. Cary Nation died here. |  |
| North Broadway | 24 |
William Small Memorial Home |
1911 | Now Apartments |  |
| 5th Street and Kickapoo | 25 | Cathedral of Immaculate Conception | UNK | Burned 1961 |  |
| Pennsylvania & Lawrence Ave | 26 | Victor Manufacturing | UNK |
Home of the Wonder Washer No longer standing |
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| Unknown | 27 | Association Park and Fairgrounds | 1910 |  |