This is a panoramic photograph showing members of the 89th Division, 353th Infantry Medical Detachment and staff. The photograph was taken when the detachment returned from France following World War I.
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89th Division, 353th Infantry Medical Detachment and staff
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6th Company, 14th Provisional Regiment, U. S. Officers' Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas
This is a panoramic photograph showing members of the 6th Company, 14th Provisional Regiment, U. S. Officers' Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas.
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Tek and Scribner on the North and South Korean border
This is a photograph of (left to right) Tek (a KATUSA) and Scribner. The border between North and South Korea can be seen in the background.
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Gil Carter, baseball player
Kansan Gil Carter is pictured in this photograph from the late 1950s. In 1957, Chicago Cubs scout Buck O'Neil signed Carter to a minor league baseball contract. He spent the next three seasons playing for teams in the Cubs organization, including the Carlsbad Potashers (1958-59) and the St. Cloud Rox (1960). Carter is best known for the home run he hit on August 11, 1959 for the Potashers. The official scorekeeper put the home run distance at 650 feet. However, estimates based on aerial photograph measurements were reported at 700-733 feet, which would make it the longest home run in baseball history. In his three years in the minors, Carter batted for a .264 average, hit 72 home runs, and had 266 RBIs. He led the Sophomore League in home runs in 1959, with 34; he was named to the Northern League All-Star Team in 1960. In the early 1960s, Carter was the starting left fielder for the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners, a team that won national semi-pro baseball championships in 1962 and 1963. His national tournament performance in 1962 (.484 batting average and six home runs) earned him a spot on the National Baseball Congress All-American Team. Carter was born and raised in Topeka. He lived in Wichita for nearly four decades before returning to Topeka in 2000. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Gil Carter baseball scrapbook
This scrapbook contains clippings and photographs about the baseball career of Kansan Gil Carter. Carter was an outfielder for the minor league Carlsbad Potashers (1958-59) and the St. Cloud Rox (1960). He is best known for his home run on August 11, 1959 for the Potashers. The official scorekeeper put the home run distance at 650 feet. However, estimates based on aerial photograph measurements were reported at 700-733 feet, which would make it the longest home run in baseball history. In his three years in the minors, Carter batted for a .264 average, hit 72 home runs, and had 266 RBIs. He led the Sophomore League in home runs in 1959, with 34; he was named to the Northern League All-Star Team in 1960. In the early 1960s, Carter was the starting left fielder for the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners, a team that won national semi-pro baseball championships in 1962 and 1963. His national tournament performance in 1962 (.484 batting average and six home runs) earned him a spot on the National Baseball Congress All-American Team. Carter was born and raised in Topeka. He lived in Wichita for nearly four decades before returning to Topeka in 2000. Digital reproduction of the scrapbook was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Gil Carter with Des Moines baseball team trainer
Kansan Gil Carter (on the right) is pictured here with the trainer of the Des Moines minor league baseball team. Carter trained briefly with the Des Moines club, but did not become a member of the team's roster. In 1957, Chicago Cubs scout Buck O'Neil signed Carter to a minor league baseball contract. He spent the next three seasons playing for teams in the Cubs organization, including the Carlsbad Potashers (1958-59) and the St. Cloud Rox (1960). Carter is best known for the home run he hit on August 11, 1959 for the Potashers. The official scorekeeper put the home run distance at 650 feet. However, estimates based on aerial photograph measurements were reported at 700-733 feet, which would make it the longest home run in baseball history. In his three years in the minors, Carter batted for a .264 average, hit 72 home runs, and had 266 RBIs. He led the Sophomore League in home runs in 1959, with 34; he was named to the Northern League All-Star Team in 1960. In the early 1960s, Carter was the starting left fielder for the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners, a team that won national semi-pro baseball championships in 1962 and 1963. His national tournament performance in 1962 (.484 batting average and six home runs) earned him a spot on the National Baseball Congress All-American Team. Carter was born and raised in Topeka. He lived in Wichita for nearly four decades before returning to Topeka in 2000. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Carlsbad Potashers baseball team
The Carlsbad Potashers minor league baseball team is featured in this photograph from the late 1950s. Among those pictured is Kansan Gil Carter (kneeling in the front row, third from the right). Carter was a power-hitting outfielder for the Potashers in 1958-59. He is best known for the home run he hit on August 11, 1959 in a game against the Odessa Dodgers. The official scorekeeper put the home run distance at 650 feet. However, estimates based on aerial photograph measurements were reported at 700-733 feet, which would make it the longest home run in baseball history. In three years playing for minor league teams affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, Carter batted for a .264 average, hit 72 home runs, and had 266 RBIs. He led the Sophomore League in home runs in 1959, with 34. While playing for the St. Cloud Rox in 1960, Carter was named to the Northern League All-Star Team. In the early 1960s, Carter was the starting left fielder for the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners, a team that won national semi-pro baseball championships in 1962 and 1963. His national tournament performance in 1962 (.484 batting average and six home runs) earned him a spot on the National Baseball Congress All-American Team. Carter was born and raised in Topeka. He lived in Wichita for nearly four decades before returning to Topeka in 2000. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Minor league baseball team in St. Cloud, Minnesota
The St. Cloud Rox baseball team is featured in this photograph from 1960. Among those pictured is Kansan Gil Carter (seated in the front row, second from the left). Carter was a power-hitting outfielder in the third and final season of his minor league career. In 1958 and 1959, he played for the Carlsbad Potashers. He is best known for the home run he hit on August 11, 1959 in a game against the Odessa Dodgers. The official scorekeeper put the home run distance at 650 feet. However, estimates based on aerial photograph measurements were reported at 700-733 feet, which would make it the longest home run in baseball history. In his three minor league seasons, Carter batted for a .264 average, hit 72 home runs, and had 266 RBIs. He led the Sophomore League in home runs in 1959, with 34. While in St. Cloud, he was named to the Northern League All-Star Team. In the early 1960s, Carter was the starting left fielder for the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners, a team that won national semi-pro baseball championships in 1962 and 1963. His national tournament performance in 1962 (.484 batting average and six home runs) earned him a spot on the National Baseball Congress All-American Team. Carter was born and raised in Topeka. He lived in Wichita for nearly four decades before returning to Topeka in 2000. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Northern League All-Star baseball team
The Northern League All-Star Team is featured in this photograph from 1960. Among those pictured is Kansan Gil Carter (standing, far left). Also pictured is future Hall-of-Famer Joe Torre (standing, third from the left). Carter was named to represent the St. Cloud Rox, a Chicago Cubs farm club where he played as an outfielder. The all-star game was held in Duluth, Minnesota on July 21, 1960. It was Carter's third and final season in the minor leagues. In 1958 and 1959, he played for the Carlsbad Potashers, also a Cubs affiliate. He is best known for the home run he hit on August 11, 1959 in a game against the Odessa Dodgers. The official scorekeeper put the home run distance at 650 feet. However, estimates based on aerial photograph measurements were reported at 700-733 feet, which would make it the longest home run in baseball history. In his three minor league seasons, Carter batted for a .264 average, hit 72 home runs, and had 266 RBIs. He led the Sophomore League in home runs in 1959, with 34. In the early 1960s, Carter was the starting left fielder for the Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners, a team that won national semi-pro baseball championships in 1962 and 1963. His national tournament performance in 1962 (.484 batting average and six home runs) earned him a spot on the National Baseball Congress All-American Team. Carter was born and raised in Topeka. He lived in Wichita for nearly four decades before returning to Topeka in 2000. Digital reproduction of the photograph was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Topeka Aces baseball teams, 1966-1973
This bound volume, entitled Aces: 1966-1973, is one of two written by Topekan Lee Dodson documenting the activities of youth and semi-pro baseball teams that he managed from the late 1960s through 1981. Each of the teams included one or more of his three sons (Jim, Dick and Steve) as participants, whether as player, field manager, coach, or batboy. In this volume are Dodson's annual reports about the Topeka Aces youth teams that competed in the Suburban League (1966-1970). Age brackets for these teams ranged from 8-10 for the youngest team to 14-16 for the oldest. The volume also includes reports on the Topeka Aces teams in the Jayhawk Connie Mack League for 16-18 year-olds (1971 and 1972), and the Aces in the semi-pro Sunflower Stan Musial League (1973). The report on the 1966 team is brief, containing statistics only. All of the other team reports include not only individual player statistics, but detailed narrative accounts of every game played by each team. The companion volume covers the period 1976-1981 (see Kansas Memory ID 309527). Throughout his adult life, Lee Dodson was a leader in Topeka's baseball community who became known as Topeka's ?Mr. Baseball.' A former minor league pitcher, Dodson founded and managed several leagues in Topeka, and managed and/or coached countless teams. Digital reproduction of the volume was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Topeka Aces, Braves and 7Uppers baseball teams, 1976-1981
This bound volume, entitled Aces: 1976-1981, is one of two written by Topekan Lee Dodson documenting the activities of youth and semi-pro baseball teams that he managed from the late 1960s through 1981. Each of the teams included one or more of his three sons (Jim, Dick and Steve) as participants, whether as player, field manager, coach, or batboy. In this volume are Dodson's annual reports about the Topeka Aces (1976-79), the Topeka Pepsi-Cola Braves (1980), and the Topeka 7Uppers (1981). The 1976 and 1977 Topeka Aces teams competed in the Eastern Kansas Mickey Mantle League, and were composed of players aged 15 and 16. The 1978 and 1979 Aces played in the senior Babe Ruth division for players 16-18. Both the Topeka Pepsi-Cola Braves and the Topeka 7Uppers were semi-pro teams that were members of the Kaw Valley Semi-Pro Baseball League. Reports on the six teams include not only individual player statistics, but detailed narrative accounts of every game played by each team. The companion volume covers the period 1966-1973 (see Kansas Memory ID 309526). Throughout his adult life, Lee Dodson was a leader in Topeka's baseball community who became known as Topeka's ?Mr. Baseball.' A former minor league pitcher, Dodson founded and managed several leagues in Topeka, and managed and/or coached countless teams. Digital reproduction of the volume was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Treadle Sewing Machine Base
This treadle sewing machine base was recovered during excavations at the Thomas Johnson/Henry Williams dugout site in Graham County at the 2007 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The Thomas Johnson family moved into the dugout near Nicodemus in September 1877. Henry Williams, grandson of the Johnson's, purchased the property in 1906 and lived there with his family until building a house nearby in 1920. Wording on the sewing machine base proclaims it was patented in April 1878 by the Singer Mfg. Co. of New York. It also displays the trademark "S" (designed to resemble thread), a spool, and a needle.
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Little Stranger Christian Church records
This is a collection of records spanning the years of the Little Stranger Christian Church (1853-1914) and the Little Stranger Christian Church Society (1969-2005).
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Governor Harry H. Woodring, Correspondence Files, Box 25
These folders contain correspondence with Governor Woodring on the topic of unemployment for the years 1931 and 1932.
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Harry Walter Colmery on the Oberlin College baseball team
This is a photograph of the Oberlin College baseball team. Harry Walter Colmery, a notable Kansan who played on the team, is seated in the middle row, second from the right.
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World War I-era wristwatch
Man's watch with narrow, brown leather wristband. The face of the watch is covered by a protective metal grate. Lewis W. Arnold owned this watch and used it while serving in World War I. Born in Nebraska in 1885, Arnold spent most of his adult life in Lawrence, Kansas. He enlisted in the army in 1916 and served with Battery B, 130th Field Artillery, a unit that became part of the 35th Division during the war. They were stationed in the Alsace region of France. Arnold was honorably discharged in 1919.
Men did not commonly wear wristwatches before the war, as most men regarded them as women's jewelry. During World War I, new and improved weapons created new fighting methods that required precise timing among troops. Wristwatches allowed soldiers to easily check the time without removing their hands from their weapons. Because chips, scratches, and breaks were inevitable, the metal guard was added to help prevent against such damage.
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Administration Building at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas
This is a postcard showing the Administration Building at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas.
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Green Gables at Hesston Academy and Bible School in Hesston, Kansas
This is a photograph of a postcard showing Green Gables at Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas. The building was razed in 1995.
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Sharp Hall at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas
This is a postcard showing Sharp Hall at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas.
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Lockwood Hall at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas
This is a postcard showing Lockwood Hall at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas.
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