Here are "Reminiscences", "Against sunday games", "Pioneer life of Emma Preston Lanning" and "Some recollections of early days in Kansas" all written by Aaron Lane Lanning.
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Reminiscences and articles by Aaron Lane Lanning
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief dining car
This is a photograph showing the interior of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's dining car Cochiti. It was built in 1937 for the Super Chief and contained exotic wood paneling on the interior.
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Baseball team in Topeka, Kansas
This is a photograph of an unidentified baseball team in Topeka, Kansas.
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Brand book containing the brands of the Western Kansas Cattle Growers' Association
This is the Brand Book containing the brands of the Western Kansas Cattle Growers' Association. It was authorized by the Stockmen's Convention, held at Dodge City, Kansas. In addition to the brands, the book contains proceeedings of the convention and and listings of officers.
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The devil's cook kitchen
This newspaper advertisement from the Topeka Plaindealer, is promoting Reverend H. Charles Pope's moving and stereopticon pictures titled "The Devil's Cook Kitchen or Death in the Pot." The exhibition also goes on to show the twenty-six different ways dancing is harmful.
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Osage or Mine Creek, Kansas
This is a map showing the Osage or Mine Creek battle. 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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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius
This is a photograph of Emanuel Haldeman-Julius at age 60. In 1915, Emanuel Julius was invited to move to Girard and write for the Appeal to Reason, then the largest socialist periodical in the country.
While in Girard he married Anna Marcet Haldeman, a feminist in her own right. Following their marriage, Marcet and Emanuel decided to combine their surnames as a demonstration of their commitment to equality, and became Marcet and Emanuel Haldeman-Julius.
In 1919 they purchased Appeal to Reason and its printing plant. 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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Minnesota Avenue looking west between Sixth and Seventh Streets, Kansas City, Kansas
Two photographs showing businesses and automobiles on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Ft. Larned, Larned, Kansas
These four photographs show the post hospital at the Ft. Larned National Historic Site in Larned, Kansas.
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Todd Strait's scrapbooks
Selected materials from two scrapbooks compiled by Todd Strait, a jazz drummer from Topeka, Kansas. Strait grew up in northeast Shawnee County, Kansas, and attended Seaman High School where he started playing the drums and became interested in jazz music. He entered the Slingerland-Bellson National Drum Contest at age 17 and completed the final round in Las Vegas, Nevada, in second place. After graduating from Seaman High School, he moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he studied at the University of Bridgeport with Ed Soph as part of a scholarship awarded through the contest. Todd joined Marian McPartland's Trio from 1982-1989, also was a member of Tal Farlow's trio and Barney Kessel's trio throughout the '80s as well as free lancing throughout New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Todd enjoyed a short 3 month stint with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd in 1986. Returning to Kansas City in late 1989, he spent the 90's performing, recording, and traveling nationally and internationally with Kevin Mahogany (1995-2000), Eldar (1999-2010), and Karrin Allyson (1991-2014). He frequently returns to KC to play and record with Bob Bowman, Danny Embrey, Rod Fleeman, Paul Smith, etc.
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Celt
This celt was found at the Trowbridge archeological site (14WY1), in Wyandotte County, and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1973. Trowbridge is a Kansas City Hopewell site from the Early Ceramic Period. During this time archeologists find evidence of houses, cultivated plants, the bow and arrow, and decorated pottery. This celt was made by pecking a hard stone into a rough shape then grinding and polishing it into its final shape. Most likely it would have been inserted into a wooden handle.
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Toy donkey
This toy donkey was excavated in 1966 at Fort Hays in Ellis County. It was cleaned using electrolysis which uses a chemical solution and an electrical current to remove the corrosion. Only this half of the toy was found.
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Toy dishes
These toy dishes were excavated in 1966 at Fort Hays in Ellis County. Two are identical, though they were found in different locations, and appear to have a small spout. The third is a cup. All are made of lead that was poured into a mold.
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Crooked Knives
These knives were found in 2012 at the Fool Chief site (14SH305), a Kansa village site in Shawnee county. Archeologists think these "crooked knives" were traded to the Kansa already in their unique shape. They were likely used for woodworking, such as in the manufacturing of bowls or spoons.
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Protohistoric Ceramic Vessel
This reconstructed ceramic vessel was found in Pottawatomie County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1925. It's elaborate decoration of nested chevrons, punctate borders, and parallel incised lines make it similar to vessels created by the Oneota during the Protohistoric period.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway workers laying track
This is a photograph showing Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway workers laying track.
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Young men's christian association building in Salina, Kansas
This is a postcard showing the Young Men's Christian Association building in Salina, Kansas.
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Street scene in Scammon, Kansas
This is a postcard showing a business street in Scammon, Kansas.
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Melvern State Bank parade float
This is a postcard showing a Melvern State Bank parade float possibly taken in Melvern, Kansas.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's depot in Melvern, Kansas
This is a postcard showing Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's depot in Melvern, Kansas.
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