Vintage Postcard Tour of Lansing/Leavenworth
1907 to 1920
Vintage Postcard Tour of Lansing/Leavenworth Route Description PDF Link
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Card# |
Picture |
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Remarks |
Postcard Link |
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7th and Oak |
1 |
Haymarket Square
Rail yard
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1911 |
North View from school tower |
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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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4 |
Oak Street School
Class photo
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1909 |
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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 |
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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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8 |
Union Station
Caitlin and Knox Boots
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1909 |
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9 |
Planter’s Hotel |
1911 |
Called a Sanitarium in this picture |
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10 |
Rail yard and Terminal
Bridge
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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 |
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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 |
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7A |
2nd Street |
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Missouri Valley Bridge Co. – No picture yet |
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Veteran’s Administration |
15 |
Old Hospital and Lake Jeanette |
UNK |
New hospital built in 1934 |
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9 |
Entrance to VA Station |
16 |
View from urban rail line |
1907 |
Now Miller Park |
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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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11 |
4th Street @
Tire Town
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21 |
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 |
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Shrine Park Rd & Goddard Circle |
23 |
Evergreen Place Hospital |
1912 |
Founded by Clarence Goddard for nervous and mental disorders. Cary Nation died here. |
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North Broadway |
24 |
William Small
Memorial Home
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1911 |
Now Apartments |
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5th Street and Kickapoo |
25 |
Cathedral of Immaculate Conception |
UNK |
Burned 1961 |
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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 |
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