This photograph shows two young women identified as Jean Watts, right, and Ethel Hess of Alma, Kansas. The women are finely dressed and are carrying strapped bundles of books.
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Jean Watts and Ethel Hess, Alma, Kansas
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School children dressed in costume, Alma, Kansas
A studio photograph showing a group of children dressed in costumes for a play or performance in Alma, Kansas. Some of the children are identified as Hulda Noller, Arthur Sutherland, Josie Wertzberger, Edwin Nicholson, Flossie Morton, Clara Meyer, Laura Liness, Mary Kast, Olga Schubert, Clara Rock, Mary Kraus, and Lena Degenhart.
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Old courthouse demolition, Alma, Kansas
This view of the old Wabaunsee County Courthouse dates from May 1932 as the courthouse was being demolished after the construction of the new building. The new courthouse is hidden in this photograph behind the old building. Notice the windows have been removed from the second floor and "Danger" signs are posted on nearby trees.
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Dr. August A. Meyer
A portrait of a young Dr. August A. Meyer dressed in a formal military-style uniform complete with saber. Dr. Meyer became a prominent physican in Alma, Kansas.
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Girls dressed as cupids, Alma, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of six schoolgirls dressed as cupids with bows and arrows in Alma, Kansas. The only child identified is Jean Watts standing on the back row, second from left.
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John and Emelia Dittman
Two photographs of John and Emelia Dittman of Alma, Kansas. In the first photograph, the couple is seen waiting outside the Rock Island depot in Alma. In the second photograph, the Dittmans are sitting in the backseat of an automobile.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale
This is a letter from abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale. She writes of forthcoming lectures arranged with Brother Edward and Horace Greeley. Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel of African Americans' lives in slavery.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale
A letter from abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edward Everett Hale writing on a course on the sentiments of religious men and their views on slavery. Stowe was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel of African Americans' lives in slavery.
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Harvesting peaches in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
This photograph shows Arthur Pugh, left, and Robert Daily beside a flat-bed wagon full of baskets of peaches picked from an orchard, seen at the left, in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. An attached caption says the peaches were selling for 50 cents per basket.
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Jim Schwanke moving cattle on horseback
Photograph of Jim Schwanke moving cattle while on horseback in the Flint Hills of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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Aerial view of Houtz farm in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
This is an aerial view of a Wabaunsee County farm identified as the Ralph Houtz farm, located north of Templin School. The caption says it is also known as the Wolgast farm.
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Threshing crew, Wilmington, Kansas
Photograph of a crew of fourteen men identified as Joe Sowers' threshing crew working in a field at Wilmington, in south Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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Threshing crew, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
An unidentified threshing crew is seen working in a field with a steam tractor in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. A water wagon is seen bringing water to fill the steam tractor.
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Ernest Thoes residence, Alma, Kansas
Photograph of the Thoes family on the porch of their home located southeast of Alma, Kansas. Identified left to right are: Ernest Thoes, Olga Morris, Lena Thoes, Hulda Thoes, and Albert Thoes.
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Stone arch bridge in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
This photograph shows a double arch stone bridge located on K-99 Highway in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The bridge was removed in 2012.
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Ed Krapp homstead, Alma, Kansas
Photograph showing the homestead of Ed Krapp in Alma, Kansas. The attached caption reads, "This was the original home of Ed Krapp, brother-in-law to Peter and Joseph Thoes. Ed was one of the three first settlers on Mill Creek. Now this house is known as the old Lund house. It's deserted now and is still standing on the old Halifax (Hessdale) Road, five miles south of Alma."
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Steam tractor, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Photograph of three unidentified men posing with a steam tractor in a field in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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Robert Taft correspondence related to frontier artists, Adams - Blakelock
A series of research correspondence from the Robert Taft collection relating to frontier artists. Robert Taft (1894-1955) was a professor of chemistry and author on the subjects of photography and art. The artists included here are Cassilly Adams, J. W. Albert, J. W. Alexander, Thomas Allen, Francis G. Atwood, James M. Bagley, George H. Baker, William Henry Bartlett, William Holbrook Beard, Joseph Becker, Otto Becker, Albert C. Berghaus, Albert Bierstadt, George C. Bingham, William Bishop, and Ralph A. Blakelock.
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Robert Taft correspondence related to frontier artists, Blumenshein - Cary
A series of research correspondence from the Robert Taft collection relating to frontier artists. Robert Taft (1894-1955) was a professor of chemistry and author on the subjects of photography and art. The artists included here are Ernest L. Blumenshein, Karl Bodmer, C. E. H. Bonwill, George D. Brewerton, Albertus Del Orient Browere, Grafton T. Brown, Joseph G. Bruff, George de Forest Brush, Edwin Bryant, J. W. Buel, Harold D. Bugbee, Elbridge Ayer Burbank, Frederick A. Butman, Edgar S. Cameron, A. H. Campbell, Solomon Carvalho, and William de la Montagne Cary.
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Doll head
This china doll head was excavated in 1966 at Fort Hays in Ellis County. China doll heads are described by their hair style. This doll, with her center parted hair and comb marks on the side most resembles those of the 1850s and 1860s.
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