History

Six frames of the post-production storyboard for the Billy Smith Tree Climbing Expert PSA.

curiousKC: The Missing ‘Billy Smith Tree Climbing Expert’ PSA

Flatland’s curiousKC set out to answer the question: What ever happened to that old KCP&L “Billy Smith Tree Climbing Expert” PSA?

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World War I veteran Fred Nason Furber

Words From World War I Echo Eerily a Century Later

The National World War I Museum and Memorial has spent the pandemic shutdown transcribing handwritten letters and converting them to digital form.

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Kansas City's Guadalupe Center in the 1930s

curiousKC: A Visual History on Racial Distribution in the Metro

Is KC divided into different racial groups? curiousKC investigates. And the short answer: yes. See why.

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Woman making food at Latino Arts Festival

curiousKC: Many Cultures Brought Food to KC

We know KC is famous for BBQ, but what other cultures brought food to the city? curiousKC answers with a quick history lesson.

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Electric Park.

curiousKC: A Brief, Entertaining, History of the East Bottoms

curiousKC explores the vibrant history of Kansas City’s East Bottoms, highlighted by a famous brewery and an amusement park.

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