If there is one thing I love, it is vintage tourism advertisements and postcards. I mean, what is not to love about vivid colors and fun illustrations?! The Sunflower State didn’t shy away from these lively advertisements, as shown by these 14 vintage ads and postcards that are sure to make you long for the good ol’ days:

1. "Kismet's Little World's Fair."
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2. "Lydroy's 81 Grill, Sunflower Room, 1144 South Broadway, Wichita, Kansas."
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Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
3. "Scheufler Supply Company, Inc., 1515 Kansas Ave., Great Bend, Kansas."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
4. "Greetings from Milford, Kansas."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
5. "Farmers Alliance Insurance Company, Alliance Mutual Casualty Company, McPherson, Kansas."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
6. "Greetings from Kansas."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
7. "Woody's Motel, Yates Center, Kansas."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.

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8. "Scottish Rite Temple, Wichita, Kansas."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
9. "Sinclair Refining Company, Coffeyville, Kansas."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
10. "Monkey Island."
Flickr/Marion Doss
Dates unknown.
11. "Vintage Postcard Witchita, Kansas."
Flickr/Dave
Date unknown.
12. "1970s Minniola KS Handsome Herd of Range Grazing Whiteface Cattle Kansas Wheat Threshing and a little Oil too."
Flickr/Don...The UpNorth Memories Guy... Harrison
13. "Plains Machinery Co."
Flickr/Boston Public Library
Dates issued: 1930 - 1945.
14. "Kansas City KS 1910 MODERN Farmer - They do things BIG around here."
Flickr/Don...The UpNorth Memories Guy... Harrison

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