This is a photograph showing a dance at Dr. Thomas McCarty's skating rink in Dodge City, Kansas. Dr. McCarty's roller rink opened in 1885 and also served as an opera house.
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Dance at McCarty's skating rink in Dodge City, Kansas
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Airplane fuselage loaded on a Kansas City Southern Railroad flatcar
This is a photograph showing an airplane fuselage loaded on Kansas City Southern Railroad's flatcar #523.
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Banquet for the opening of the new museum, Topeka, Kansas
Five photographs showing a banquet being held at the Ramada Inn as part of the opening activities for the new museum in Topeka, Kansas. Gordon Jump can be seen in several of the photographs.
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Birds-eye view of Kansas Avenue from 10th Street in Topeka, Kansas
This is a birds-eye view of Kansas Avenue from 10th Street looking north in Topeka, Kansas.
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Draftees being processed at Camp Funston
This is a photograph of draftees at Camp Funston being processed. 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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Street scene in 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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Training draftees at Camp Funston
This is a photograph showing the training of new draftees at Camp Funston. 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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The Gaiety Theatre in Army City, Kansas
This is a photograph of the exterior of the Gaiety Theatre on the zone 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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Railroad station at Buck Creek, Kansas
This is a photograph showing Marian and Ethel Zinn standing in front the railroad station at Buck Creek, Kansas.
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Joe Zinn standing in front of a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad locomotive
This is a photograph showing Joe Zinn (right) standing in front of a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad locomotive possibly in Atchison, Kansas.
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Street scene in 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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Book signing at Fort Scott, Kansas
Here are four photographs showing Leo Oliva, author, (on the left) and Jerry Thomas, artist, (on the right) at book signing in Fort Scott, Kansas. Leo Oliva was the author of "Fort Scott, Courage and Conflict on the Border" and Jerry Thomas painted the artwork for the book's cover. The book was published by the Kansas State Historical Society in cooperation with the Kansas Forts Network.
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Cowboys sitting around a chuck wagon in Ford County, Kansas
This is a photograph showing cowboys on a spring roundup sitting around a chuck wagon in Ford County, Kansas. The cowboys in the photograph are identified as: "Hell and six bits" only known name, Bill Bruce, Wiley Rhodes, "Irish" McGovern, Freedom Way, "Doc" Anshutz, David Mackey, C. B. S. Jones, Lester Rhoades, John Clinton, ____Steele, and Eugean Baker "Cook" (standing).
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's rail shipment
This black and white photograph shows a flatcar from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company moving aircraft parts from the Boeing Company in Wichita, Kansas.
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Cleaning or painting the interior of F. W. Woolworth Company's store in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph showing men either cleaning or painting the interior of the F. W. Woolworth Company 5 and 10, and 15 cent store located at 627 Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.
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Haldeman-Julius printing company in Girard, Kansas
This is a photograph showing women working at the Haldeman-Julius printing company in Girard, Kansas. In 1919 Emanuel and Marcet Haldeman-Julius purchased Appeal to Reason and its printing plant in Girard, Kansas. The Haldeman-Juliuses wrote and published their own work, including the novel Dust, published in 1921. They also began publishing what became known as the Little Blue Books: 3 ½ by 5-inch reprints of classical, educational, biographical, and other literature with heavy-paper covers. Originally the books were 25 cents each, but with mass advertising and greater volume, the price was reduced to a dime, later to a nickel. From 1919 until 1951, the Haldeman-Julius Press of Girard, printed more than 500,000,000 of the famous Little Blue Books in over 6,000 different titles.
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Haldeman-Julius print shop in Girard, Kansas
This is a photograph of the printing room at the Haldeman-Julius publishing company in Girard, Kansas. In 1919 Emanuel and Marcet Haldeman-Julius purchased Appeal to Reason and its printing plant in Girard, Kansas. The Haldeman-Juliuses wrote and published their own work, including the novel Dust, published in 1921. They also began publishing what became known as the Little Blue Books: 3 ½ by 5-inch reprints of classical, educational, biographical, and other literature with heavy-paper covers. Originally the books were 25 cents each, but with mass advertising and greater volume, the price was reduced to a dime, later to a nickel. From 1919 until 1951, the Haldeman-Julius Press of Girard, printed more than 500,000,000 of the famous Little Blue Books in over 6,000 different titles.
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Street car barns in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph of the street car barns located near 11th and Jackson in Topeka, Kansas.
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Training new recruits at Camp Funston
This is a photograph of new recruits training at Camp Funston. 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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Women at the F. W. Woolworth Company's jewelry counter in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph showing women at the F. W. Woolworth Company's jewelry counter in Topeka, Kansas. The store was located at 627 Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.
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