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Kansas City Hopewell Rim Sherd

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This rim sherd was found at the Trowbridge archeological site (14WY1), in Wyandotte County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1973. The Trowbridge site 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 rim sherd shows cord marking, an incised line, embossing, and trailed lines.

Joplin Miners baseball players at a picnic

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These two loose scrapbook pages contain 12 snapshots of Joplin Miners baseball players at a picnic.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief

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This black and white photograph shows a chef boning a loin in the kitchen of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief streamlined passenger train.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief

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This black and white photograph shows Chef Sirio slicing turkey in the kitchen of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief's streamlined passenger train.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief

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This black and white photogrpah shows E.L. Haworth ,a dining car steward for the Atchsion, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super Chief, serving Colorado trout to a passenger.

Ft. Larned, Larned, Kansas

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These two black and white photographs show Officers' Quarters at the National Historic Site in Larned, Kansas. The first image shows a view of the north officers' quarters while the second photograph shows a south view of the officers' quarters.

George M. Wildin

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This is a photograph of George M. Wildin who settled in Osage County, Kanas in the spring of 1870.

Hallie Lanning Athon

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This is a photograph of Hallie Lanning Athon, the daughter of Aaron Lane Lanning and Sarah Emma Preston Lanning. She was born February 5, 1871 and grew up in Melvern, Kansas. She married Nathaniel Dean Athon and made their home in Quenemo, Kansas.

Hallie and Eva Lanning

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Here is a photograph showing (left to right) Hallie Lanning, age 5, born February 5, 1871, and Eva Lanning, age 7, January 12, 1869. They are the daughters of Aaron Lane Lanning and Sarah Emma Preston Lanning and grew up near Melvern, Kansas.

Lanning siblings in Garnett, Kansas

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This is a photograph showing the Lanning siblings. Their parents were Ralph and Diana (Bendy) Lanning. Ralph was born in Middlesex, New Jersey, October 28, 1818 and died in Linn, Kansas on July 2, 1892, and Diana was born in Wiltshire, England August 12, 1822 and died in Linn, Kansas on October 20, 1903. After Aaron, their son was discharged from the 122 Regiment, Illinois Infantry following the Civil War, he brought his parents and siblings to Mound City, Kansas. People in the back row are Aaron born 1845, George born 1848, Sims born 1850, John born 1854; and front row Hattie Bearly, born 1860, Cornelia Bearly born 1855, Mary Lanning Nungesser born 1852, and Sarah Goode born 1849.

Marian Lanning

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This is a photograph of Marian Lanning, born January 26, 1883, the daughter of Aaron Lane Lanning and Sara Emma Preston Lanning. Marian died in a drowning accident or suicide on January 18,1902. A newspaper article published in The Melvern Review, January 23, 1902, states her body was found in the Marais des Cygnes River below the bridge north of Melvern, Kansas.

Pauline Lanning

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This is a postcard showing Pauline Lanning, the daughter of Aaron Lane Lanning and Sarah Emma Preston Lanning. She was born September 11, 1874 and grew up near Melvern, Kansas. Pauline married Edward J. King.

United States Army tanks

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This photograph shows a fleet of United States Army tanks on flatcars en route from Camp Polk, Louisiana to Fort Riley, Kansas.

United States Army trucks

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This black and white photograph shows a fleet of U.S. Army trucks on flatcars at an unidentified location.

United States Army jeeps

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This photograph shows a fleet of United States Army jeeps double stacked on a flatcar handled by the Virginian Railroad. The equipment is being shipped at Hampton Roads Port to the Norfolk Army Base in Norfolk, Virginia.

Toll bridge, Dodge City, Kansas

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This sepia colored photograph shows a view, from the southwest, of a group of people standing on the first toll bridge over-looking the Arkansas River in Dodge City, Kansas.

Stone fence post, Ness or Rush County, Kansas

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This black and white photograph shows a view of stone fence posts in Ness or Rush County, Kansas.

Sac & Fox Indians

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This is a postcard showing members of the Sac & Fox Indian tribe who were present at the old settlers picnic in Quenemo, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company cottages, Winslow, Arizona

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This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company cottages nos. ten and eleven, built in 1886, at Winslow, Arizona.

Norton County livestock brand registrations

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Records of livestock brands in Norton County, Kansas, as compiled by workers on a project sponsored by the Kansas State Planning Board. The forms provide the owner's name and county in which he or she resided; date brand was registered; whether it was used for cattle, horses, sheep, or hogs; a brief description usually indicating where the brand was placed on the animal; and a copy of the brand design. The registrations in this folder are roughly in chronological order by date filed.
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