Members of the city band pose for this studio portrait in Alma, Kansas. Some of the members are identified as Charles Undorf, Louis Undorf, Eugene Schmitz, Carl Orff, George Falk, and Dave Gardner.
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Band in Alma, Kansas
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Baseball team in Alma, Kansas
Photograph of members of the Alma baseball team are seen at this unidentified ball field. Identified are Carey Carroll, Billie Hughes, T. Gregory, Hugo Brandt, John Craft, F. I. Sage, Charlie Henderson, Jim Henderson, Frank Mossman, Billie Horne, J.B. Fields, John Auer, Sell Fields, Johnnie Horne, and C. O. Kinnie. The owner of the team is identified as Hal G. Weaver.
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Co-op tour group from Alta Vista, Kansas
A large group of Alta Vista farmers and ranchers stop at the Co-op offices in Kansas City while on a bus tour in 1958. Identified from left to right, first row: Vernon Zeckser, Oral Weeks, Homer Roberts, Walter Kraus, Vernon Richter, Clyde Thomas, Albert Meinhardt, Theodore Jones, Victor Zimmerman, and Virgil Bryant. Second row: Aaron Unruh, Harlow Crowell, O.H.Swenson, George Eberle, Roy Carlton, Wayne Horne, Dale Fechner, Emmit Furney, and Walter Rutledge. Third row: Charles Wrenn (bus driver), Carl Ziegenhirt, Purley Horne, Bert Sisson, Arthur Kahle, T.W. Hodge, W.R. Zimmerman, Henry Andret, M.W. Andres, and Walter Swartz. Fourth row: Roy Reed, John Little, Maurice Cashman, Wallace Cripps, Dan Cashman, William Reineke, Benjaman Pape, C.E. Ensiminger, and Ed Newmeyer.
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Fix Cemetery, Volland, Kansas
This is a photograph of the Fix Cemetery located near Volland, Kansas.
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Johnson Jewelry, Alta Vista, Kansas
An interior view of Johnson Jewelry in Alta Vista, Kansas. Writing on the back of the photograph reads, "Chris Johnson Jewelry store located south of Buchman's Farm Supply. Started in 1888, Chris was a cabinet maker and carpenter and later took up jewelry trade. Continued in jewelry until his death in October 1914. He was born in Dockenhuden, Germany December 27, 1854. Came to the United States in 1876. He married Emilie Wolgast June 28, 1889. Six children raised five."
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Nora Hazelett
This is a cabinet card showing Mrs. Nora Hazelett, a member of the Caddo tribe. The photograph was taken in Cobb, Oklahoma Territory.
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Draftees arriving at Camp Funston
This is a photograph of draftees arriving at Camp Funston.
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Charles Cochran
This is a carte-de-visite of Lt. Charles Cochran, a resident of either Ottumwa or Key West, Kansas, who served in the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company F. He was mustered in on September 26, 1862 as a Second Lieutenant, promoted to First Lieutenant on January 5, 1865, and mustered out with the regiment on June 30, 1865.
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Dora McMahon
This is a carte-de-visite of Dora McMahon, possibly taken in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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A. J. Skeen family in Eskridge, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of Andrew Jackson Skeen and his family in Eskridge, Kansas. Skeen was the foreman of the Tanner Ranch at Eskridge. Other members of the family are identified as Ed, Patsy, Fred, Frank, John, Sarah 'Sally', William, Benjamin, Charles, Andrew, and his mother, Malinda Denning Skeen.
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South Topeka and Potwin Station street car #33 in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph showing South Topeka and Potwin Station street car #33 in Topeka, Kansas. The car was owned by the Topeka Railway Company which purchased the line in 1892. It was the major transit line for the city until the 1920s when the Kansas Power & Light purchased the trolley line.
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Louis Palenske to Kirke Mechem
Correspondence between Louis Palenske, a photographer from Alma, Kansas, and Kirke Mechem, secretary of the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka, Kansas. The two men discuss Palenske's recollection of a trip to Germany in 1884 to encourage settlement along the Santa Fe Railway. Palenske previously worked as a land agent for the Santa Fe Railway.
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William E. Goodnow diary
Diary kept by William Eaton Goodnow, who settled in Manhattan, Kansas, in 1855 with his brother, Isaac T. Goodnow.
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Joseph Orville Shelby
These two black and white photographs show Confederate cavalry general Joseph Orville Shelby, (1830-1897). Shelby, a wealthy plantation owner from Waverly, Missouri, began his military career in 1861, organizing and recruiting volunteers for the Missouri State Guard. Commissioned to the rank of captain, he led troops through the battles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek, and Pea Ridge. Recognized for his effective leadership skills and military strategies Shelby rose in the ranks to colonel in 1862 and later brigadier general in 1863. He led his cavalry known as the "Iron Brigade" through the Trans-Mississippi theater into a number of major battles that included Prairie Grove, Little Blue, Westport and Price's Raid. In the closing days of the Civil War Shelby was promoted to major general but refused to surrender and led approximately 1,000 of his remaining troops into Mexico. The men, recognized as "the undefeated rebel", assisted Sterling Price in founding Carlota, a colony for ex-Confederate soldiers. Shelby eventually returned in the summer of 1867 to Missouri where he engaged in farming and various business ventures. In 1893 President Grover Cleveland appointed Shelby U.S. Marshal to the Western District. A position he held until his death on February 13, 1897. Burial was conducted at Forest Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Street scene in Army City, Kansas
This is a photograph showing several business buildings in Army City, Kansas. Army City was a boom town built in 1917 primarily to satisfy the needs of Camp Funston. The town offered closer business and recreation facilities than did either Manhattan or Junction City.
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Street scene in Army City, Kansas
This is a photograph of a street scene in Army City, Kansas. Army City was a boom town built in 1917 primarily to satisfy the needs of Camp Funston. The town offered closer business and recreation facilities than did either Manhattan or Junction City.
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Street scene of Army City
This is a photograph showing a street view in Army City, Kansas. Army City was a boom town built in 1917 primarily to satisfy the needs of Camp Funston. The town offered closer business and recreation facilities than did either Manhattan or Junction City.
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William Thomas West
Here is a newspaper photograph showing the Wichita East High School state high school championship swim team. People in the photograph seated are (left to right) Bill Brinkman, Jim Sargent, Charles Fink, Bill Ferguson, Howard Anderson and Chester Robbins; and standing (left to right) William Thomas West, Bob Tobey, Earl Lesser, Jack Cornelius, ___ Claus, and Don Wilson, coach. Also, an article titled "Senior" with information on William Thomas West.
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Main Street in Paxico, Kansas
Postcard photograph of a group of motor cars seen arriving in Paxico, Kansas, advertising a soon-to-be-held Chautauqua festival in Wamego.
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Paxico Hotel, Paxico, Kansas
Postcard photograph of the Paxico Hotel which was located at 201 Newbury in Paxico, Kansas. The hotel originally stood in Newbury, but after the Rock Island Railroad came through Paxico, the building was moved from Newbury to Paxico, and an addition was made to the north side of the building. The message written on this postcard invites the recipient, Flora Appenfeller Stratton, to "come see us before we tear the house down."
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