This is a cabinet card showing a Kiowa man and infant in front of a tipi. The baby is in a child carrier. The photographer was from Chickasha, Indian Territory.
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Kiowa man with a baby
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U.S. General Land Office patents
Three land patents issued by the United States General Land Office for land in Township 10 South, Range 7 East in Riley County, Kansas. Isaac T. Goodnow was granted 160 acres in the northeast quarter of section 14. William E. Goodnow was granted 80 acres in the eastern half of the southwest quarter of section 14. Blue Mont Central College Association was granted 160 acres in the southwest quarter of section 12.
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Petitions for annexed land
Petitions signed by citizens of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, for the land lying east of the 6th Principle meridian to be annexed by Riley County, Kansas. The petition specifies land "commencing at the point in Township 10 south Range 9 east of 6th principal meridian where the line between sections 14 and 15 strikes the north bank of the Kansas River thence north along said line to the north boundary of the county."
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Bone Rasp
This rasp was found at the Saxman village site in Rice County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2014. The rasp was made by cutting grooves into a deer rib. Archeologists believe that artifacts like these could have been used as musical instruments by drawing a stick across the grooves.
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Old Settler's Picnic in Harveyville, Kansas
This stereoview possibly shows an Old Settler's Picnic in Harveyville, Kansas.
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August Meseke residence in Alta Vista, Kansas
Photograph showing a street view of the August Meseke home in Alta Vista, Kansas.
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Train tracks washed out in Harveyville, Kansas
This photograph shows several men on the rubble of a railroad bridge washed out by flood waters in Harveyville, Kansas.
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Carl and Margaret Glotzbach
This is a wedding portrait of Carl and Margaret Glotzbach of Paxico, Kansas.
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Street scene in Harveyville, Kansas
Two photographs showing the same section of business district in Harveyville, Kansas, 56 years apart.
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Topeka High School basketball team
This photograph shows the 1946 Topeka High School basketball team.
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Street scene of Army City, Kansas
This is a photograph showing 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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Customers at a bank in Army City, Kansas
This is a photograph showing the interior of a bank 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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Arcade at Army City, Kansas
This is a photograph showing the interior of an arcade 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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Ambulance and crew at Camp Funston
This is a photograph of the Camp Funston ambulance crew. Camp Funston was located on the Fort Riley military reservation near Junction City, Kansas. The facility, named after Brigadier General Frederick Funston, was the largest of 16 divisional cantonment training camps built during World War I to house and train soldiers for military duty.
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August and Malinda Falk
Photograph of Malinda (Fix) Falk and August Falk seen in front of a small frame log house in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The door on the log section at the right says Bicycle Shop.
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John L. Schepp
Photograph of John L. Schepp (top row, at right) with several men and women belonging to the Fix family of Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Schepp was a prominent rancher in Washington Township.
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Stone arch bridge in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
This is a photograph of a single arch stone bridge, probably located in Washington Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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Strowig family, Paxico, Kansas
This is an outdoor portrait of the Strowig family in Paxico, Kansas. Family members are identified as Otto Strowig, Mabel Strowig Crawford, Robert Strowig, Elizabeth Riederer, Florence Crawford, Ione Strowig, and Caroline Riederer Strowig.
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Strowig residences, Paxico, Kansas
Photograph of the homes of Robert and William Strowig, located at Snomoko Road and Mill Creek, in Paxico, Kansas. The Strowigs operated the flour mill which was located on Mill Creek.
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Cecelia Reber
This is a studio portrait of Cecelia Reber of Wabaunsee County, Kansas. She died of pneumonia at the age of 24.
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