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Justina Peters

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This is a postcard showing Justina Penner Peters who was born September 18, 1842 in Prangenau, Molotschna Colony, South Russia, and died December 28, 1920 in Liberty Township, Marion County, Kansas. She married Gerhard Peters on September 11, 1862. They immigrated via Antwerp, Belgium on the ocean liner the S. S. Netherland and arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 25, 1875. They traveled west by railroad and arrived in Marion County, Kansas where they settled on a farm two miles southwest of Hillsboro. Gerhard and Justina joined the Gnadenau Krimmer Monnonite Brethren Church in 1876. The Peters had ten children, six sons and four daughters.
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This is a photograph showing a crane loading a canopy cover onto Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's flatcar #90428.
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This photograph shows a crane loading a vertical tail for the C-141 Starlifter onto an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway flatcar.
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This photograph shows a crane loading the last cover onto Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car (ATSF #90428) built to carry airplane parts.
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This is a photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's flatcars #90428 and #90429 ready to ship.
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Battle of the Marais Des Cygnes or Osage or Mine Creek

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This is a map showing the Battle of Marais Des Cygnes or Osage or Mine Creek. The map was copied from The Story of a Cavalry Regiment, The Career of the Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteers, from Kansas to Georgia, 1861-1865.
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Westport and Big Blue

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This is a map showing the Battle of Westport and Big Blue. It accompanied a report by Major General S. R. Curtis, U. S. Army and was copied from the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865, War of the Rebellion, Series 1, Vol. XLI, Part 1.
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William Thomas West's Korean War photograph album

August 7, 2014, 6:08 am
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This is an album containing photographs of the Korean War. William Thomas West, the photographer, was a surgeon in the 3rd Infantry Division, 9th Field Artillery, possibly Battery B, and he served in the furthest surgical unit north of the 38th parallel. The album contains photographs of Seoul, Taegu, a mash hospital, USO, the aid station where West was a surgeon, and members of his unit. He received a commendation ribbon with a medal pendant for his service. West graduated from the University of Kansas Medical School in 1949 and while a resident, he was drafted into the Army. After the war, he finished his residency in obstetrics and gynecology and later was a physician at the Wichita Clinic in Wichita, Kansas. His father Dr. Ray West was one of 10 founders of the Wichita Clinic, a group of physicians which combined their talents, experience, and education into an innovative multi-specialty group practice. On December 9, 2010, Wichita Clinic became part of Via Christi Health.
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Alma Electric and Ice Plant, Alma, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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Photograph of the Alma Electric and Ice Plant in Alma, Kansas. The plant was located between 3rd and 4th Streets west of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot, between the Santa Fe and the Rock Island tracks.
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Williams Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science graduating class

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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Photograph of students graduating from the Williams Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science. The photograph includes W. C. Hasenbank, a long-time Alma, Kansas undertaker, and Otto Wolgast who operated a mortuary in Alta Vista, Kansas.
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Old high school, Alma, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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Photograph of the first high school in Alma, Kansas, located on the northwest edge of town on watertower hill. The school opened on January 18, 1875. The school building had no electricity or running water.
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Funeral of Mary Watts, Alma, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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This view of the funeral flower arrangements for Mary E. Fairfield Watts' funeral was taken inside the Congregational Church, located at 7th and Ohio Streets in Alma, Kansas. It was a common practice to photograph funeral services at the end of the 19th century.
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Clements family gathering, Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. John Clements and family members gathered to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in Maple Hill, Kansas.
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Bird's eye view of Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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This photograph is a bird's eye view from atop the grain elevator of Maple Hill, Kansas, looking to the west across Main Street.
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Main Street in Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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This real photograph postcard shows Main Street, looking south from the 300 block, in Maple Hill, Kansas.
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L. A. Knapp residence, Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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This photograph shows a residence identified as being that of L. A. Knapp, Maple Hill, Kansas.
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Unidentified infants, Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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Two photographs of unidentified babies seated in a wicker stroller and wooden rocker on the porch of a residence, possibly in Maple Hill, Kansas.
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Coyote hunters in Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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Photograph of a large group of coyote hunters and other people posing with the dogs and dead coyotes on the back of a horse in front of Turnbull's Blacksmith Shop in Maple Hill, Kansas. A few people are identified as Walter Worrel, Rufus King, Frank Allen, Nate Lett, Archie Wyllie, Tommy Logan, Leonard May, Allen Weaver, Bill Veale, Steele romick, O. Weaver, Sam Hamilton, and Gary Hamilton.
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Mrs. John Combs cutting wood, Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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This is a photograph of Mrs. John Combs chopping wood in Maple Hill, Kansas. At the time this photograph was taken, the most common source of heat for people in Wabaunsee County was wood.
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Train wreck, Maple Hill, Kansas

August 8, 2014, 6:12 am
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Two photographs showing a Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific train wreck at Maple Hill, Kansas.
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