Petticoat Lane street scene, Kansas City, MO, 1908
- Subjects
- AutomobilesCommercial BuildingsCrowds & GatheringsStreetcars & TrolleysStreet ScenesTrucks & Wagons
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
The view shows a crowded Petticoat Lane, Kansas City's popular name for a stretch of 11th Street given over to clothing, millinery, and dry-goods shops. Pedestrians fill the street; a green trolley car runs at the right, and an automobile and a wagon are at the left. Multi-story brick commercial blocks line both sides, with a large rooftop sign reading "PECKS" and a "HOTEL" sign on the building at left. The mix of foot traffic, street railway, and early motor vehicles shows a downtown shopping district in transition in the first decade of the 1900s.
Postcard Details
Highlands Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Kansas City, MO |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Suhling & Koehn Co. |
| Series | 2133 |
| Condition | Fair |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte Barnett, Highlands, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Kansas City, MO, MO |
| Publisher | Suhling & Koehn Co., Chicago, IL |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, Scott #300, green, issued 1903 |
| Notes | Narrow white margin at edges; heavy surface abrasion and scuffing across the sky and upper portion of the image. Postmark: KANSAS CITY MO. DEC 20 7-PM 1908. Divided back; green 1¢ Franklin stamp; imprint "Pub. by Suhling & Koehn Co., Chicago, Ill. — Made in Germany", No. 2133; light toning and edge wear. |
Cite this card
Petticoat Lane street scene, Kansas City, MO, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/petticoat-lane-street-scene-kansas-city-mo-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.