This is a cabinet card studio portrait of three men from Alma, Kansas. The men are identified on the back of the photograph as Richard Thoes, Herman J. Palenske, and Gus Meier.
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Three men in Alma, Kansas
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People posing for studio portrait, Alma, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of six people from Alma, Kansas, identified as George Haller, George Miller, George Ketterman, Katie Drebing, Nettie Ketterman, and Katie Drebing.
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Sylvester and Sarah Hiner
This is a studio portrait of Sarah and Sylvester Hiner. Hiner operated a blacksmith shop in Alma, Kansas.
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Leala Haller
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of an infant identified as Leala Haller, sitting in a tall arm chair. The photograph was taken in Alma, Kansas.
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Sarah Ann Simon
This is a photograph of Sarah Ann Simon (1846-1935) sittting on a bed in a residence reading a Popular Mechanics magazine. She was married to Frank C. Simon of Alma, Kansas.
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John L. Schepp and his mother
This is a studio portrait of John L. Schepp and his mother. Schepp was a prominent rancher in Washington Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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1951 flood scenes in Manhattan, Kansas
Here are photographs of the 1951 flood in Manhattan, Kansas, taken by Francis Velora King and Mabel Alberta King.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #5000
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #5000 in a fenced area at Amarillo, Texas.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #5000
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's steam locomotive #5000.
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Dr. John R. Brinkley and friends
Photograph of Dr. John R. Brinkley and others identified, from left to right, as Dr. Horatio Osborn, his wife Margueute and baby Myrna Lea, and Minnie Brinkley.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Wellsville, Kansas
Two views of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Wellsville, Kansas. It is part of the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Second District.
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Julia and Adelaide German
This is a photograph of Julia and Adelaide German, who were taken captive with their sisters, Sophia and Julia, by Cheyenne Indians after their family was killed. On September 11, 1874, the John German family, consisting of his wife and seven children, were attacked by a band of Cheyenne east of Ft. Wallace, Kansas. Only the four youngest, Sophia, Catherine, Julia, and Adelaide, were spared and taken captive. The two youngest, Julia and Adelaide (aged 7 and 5), were subsequently abandoned on the prairie in what is now the Texas panhandle. Sophia and Catherine were kept by their Cheyenne captors. Fort Wallace received word of the killings, and began the search to find the girls, and to negotiate their release. They found Julia and Adelaide, who had survived on their own for 6 weeks, and on February 26, 1875, the Cheyennes released Catherine and Sophia German at an Indian reservation. The two girls were reunited with their younger sisters, Julia and Adelaide, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. The photograph was copied from Girl Captives of the Cheyennes by Grace E. Meredith.
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Lester Arnold World War I scrapbook
This scrapbook was created by Lester Ira Arnold and contains photographs and documents of his training and service in World War I (1917-1919). The album shows views of barrack life at Camp Pike in Little Rock, Arkansas, American soldiers in France and Germany, and also battlefield scenes and postcards scenes in Europe. Lester Arnold was born on October 9, 1890 in Piedmont, Kansas, to Moses Tandy Arnold and Margaret Herald Arnold. He attended school at Southern Kansas Academy in Eureka, Kansas, and graduated in 1915 from Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas. In the fall of 1917, he enlisted in the United States Army and received basic training at Camp Pike near Little Rock, Arkansas. On September 14, 1917, Lester was shipped to France where he served with the 312th Sanitary Train, 87th Division. He also served nine months in the Army of Occupation in Germany. Lester was discharged from the Army on August 12, 1919 and returned to Kansas. After the war, he became the principal at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Kansas. He later taught school in the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and New York. For seventeen years, Lester taught at the minimum security prison in Wallkill, New York, before retiring on October 25, 1955. On October 25, 1981, Lester passed away at the age of ninety-one in Kingston, New Jersey.
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Charles W. Adams
This is a carte-de-visite of Col. Charles W. Adams, who resided in Lawrence, Kansas. During the Civil War, he served in the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Headquarters. He was mustered in on September 30, 1862, promoted to Brev. Brigadier General on February 13,1865, wounded in action at Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas, on April 30, 1864, and mustered out with the regiment on June 30, 1865.
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Catholic school group in Alma, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of a group of students and staff from the Catholic School in Alma, Kansas.
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Church youth group, Alma, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of a church youth group in Alma, Kansas. People in the photograph are identified as (back row, from left) Victor Saffrey, Louis Herren, Herman Geisler, Leonard Nehring, and Harold Schmitz; (seated on the front row, from left) Johanna Voegtling, Rev. Voegtling, and Beulah Zwanziger.
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Interior view of Hickory Jones' Tobacco Shop in Alma, Kansas
This is an interior view of Hickory Jones' Tobacco Shop in Alma, Kansas. Identified are, from left, Mrs. Hickory Jones (Charlie Loehr's sister), Charlie Loehr, and Hickory Jones.
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E. Meyer Store, Alma, Kansas
This stereocard shows a rare view of the interior of the first store in Alma, Kansas. The Schmitz and Meyer Store opened in 1867. In 1874, Henry Schmitz sold his interest in the enterprise to his partner, August Meyer and Meyer's wife, Emile. In this view, children's toys are seen on the shelves.
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Coyote hunters in Alma, Kansas
Photograph of a group of unidentified men posing with their dogs and seven dead coyotes.
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Louise Gongoll
This is a studio portrait of Louise Gongoll. She was the maternal grandmother of Herman J. Palenske of Alma, Kansas.
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