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This photograph is of Fiesta at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Topeka, Kansas, possibly in the 1930's. Pictured in the background are the Santa Fe shops.

A photograph of a group of children at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Topeka, Kansas. Lucy Aguirre is marked on the far left.

This is the eighth grade graduation diploma of Luziana "Lucy" Aguirre from Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Topeka, Kansas.

A photograph of the sixth grade class at Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Topeka, Kansas.

A photograph showing a group of children attending a September 16th Independence Celebration in Topeka, Kansas.

A diploma given to Marilyn Lopez for completing the Blue Flame Cooking School in Topeka, Kansas.

A citation given to Marilyn Lopez for school patrol at St. Matthew School in Topeka, Kansas.

A photograph of Mrs. Clara McClain's third grade class at Lincoln School in Topeka, Kansas. Marilyn Lopez is pictured in row six.

A photograph of Mrs. Dorris Palmer's 1959-60 second grade class at Lincoln School in Topeka, Kansas. Identified front row, far right, is Marilyn Lopez.

A photograph of Mrs. Driver's 1958-9 first grade class at Lincoln School in Topeka, Kansas. Marilyn Lopez is pictured in the third row on the right.

A photograph of the kindergarten A.M. class at Lincoln School in Topeka, Kansas. Pictured in the second row on the left is Marilyn Lopez, with Mrs. Joyce Paul listed as the kindergarten A.M. teacher and Mr. Allen E. Ecord as Principal.

This is a photograph of the Los Santos baseball team in Topeka, Kansas.

This Archaic period dart point was recovered from 14GR324, a Native American camp site in Greenwood County. The pinkish color of the chert is a result of the flintknapper heat treating the material to improve the chert's knapping qualities. After knapping the dart points were mounted to the dart fore shaft, and then thrown with an atlatl.

These Scallorn arrow points were found in Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in l984. Scallorn arrow points are small corner notched or expanding stem arrow points with barbed shoulders. They may even show fine serration along the blade edges. Bows and arrows appear during the Early Ceramic Period and were in use into the 1800s.

This candlestick holder was excavated at Fort Hays in Ellis County. It was recovered in four pieces and reconstructed. Once someone's proud possession, the holder is quite colorful and has an unusual leaf shape.

Pictured here is a small calling card for Emmanuel Berg, pastor of the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Mission Church in McPherson, Kansas. Pastor Berg led the church from 1908 to 1917.

This postcard from 1910 shows a group of automobiles and their drivers posing on Santa Fe Avenue in downtown Salina, Kansas.

This postcard from 1915 shows the Swedish Lutheran Church in McPherson, Kansas. The inscription on the back, addressed to Mrs. Linstrom in Smolan, is written in Swedish.

This postcard from 1910 shows two views of Oakdale Park in Salina, Kansas

This postcard from the early 1900s shows a street scene in downtown Salina, Kansas. The view is looking north on Santa Fe Avenue, the city's main street in the central business district.

Fiesta at Our Lady of Guadalape in Topeka, Kansas

School children at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Topeka, Kansas

Graduation diploma for Luziana Aguire from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Topeka, Kansas

Sixth grade class at Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Topeka, Kansas

School-aged children at an Independence Celebration in Topeka, Kansas

Marilyn Lopez, Blue Flame Cooking School diploma

Marilyn Lopez, school patrol citation, Topeka, Kansas

Lincoln School, third grade, 1960

Second grade at Lincoln school, Topeka, Kansas

First grade at Lincoln School, Topeka, Kansas

Kindergarten a.m. class at Lincoln School, Topeka, Kansas

Los Santos baseball team in Topeka, Kansas.

Archaic Projectile Point

Scallorn Projectile Points

Candlestick holder

Emmanuel Berg calling card, McPherson, Kansas

Group of autos on Santa Fe Avenue, Salina, Kansas

Swedish Lutheran Church, McPherson, Kansas

Scenes of Oakdale Park, Salina, Kansas

Santa Fe Avenue in Salina, Kansas