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1895 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1895. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and...
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1896 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1896. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and...
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1897 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1897. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and...
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1885 Charles A. Thresher Diary
Charles A. Thresher's diary from 1885. Charles Thresher lived and farmed in the Berryton, Shawnee County area. Entries are typically brief and provide information regarding the weather, chores and...
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Kansas State Historical Society's museum staff, Topeka, Kansas
These three colored slides shows museum staff from the Kansas State Historical Society storing and cataloging artifacts in the annex area at the Memorial Building in Topeka, Kansas. The Kansas...
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Kansas Museum of History's opening day, Topeka, Kansas
These slides show opening day and unpacking at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The first and second slides show crowds gathered outside the facility on opening day. The third slide...
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Kansas State Historical Society's annex,Topeka, Kansas
These two colored slides shows the annex area inside the Memorial Building at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka, Kansas. The first slide shows museum employee Maureen Hart Hennessey, assistant...
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Kansas Museum of History's architect's scale model, Topeka, Kansas
These two colored slides show the architect's scale model of the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building in downtown Topeka...
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Kansas Museum of History's construction site, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows construction at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. Construction began in the fall of 1981 on the 80-acre site in west Topeka near the Potawatomi Mission....
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Kansas Museum of History's ground breaking ceremony, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows Kansas Governor John Carlin speaking at the Kansas Museum of History's, ground breaking ceremony in Topeka, Kansas. Pictured are John Carlin, speaker; and seated Ross Doyen,...
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Kansas Museum of History's information desk,Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the information desk at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The museum was located in the GAR Memorial Building for nearly seven decades, until moving to a new...
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Kansas Museum of History's "orientation theater",Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the "orientation theater" at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. This space was designed to educate and inform patrons about the museum's purpose.
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Kansas Museum of History, aerial view, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows an aerial view of the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building in downtown Topeka to their present...
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Kansas Museum of History's construction scene, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows two men placing stone slabs into place to the outside walls of the new Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. Construction began in the fall of 1981 on the 80-acre site...
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Kansas Museum of History's construction site, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the beginning of construction in September of 1981 on the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. The museum building was completed in 1984 on 80-acres of land in west...
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Kansas Museum of History's tipi, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the construction of a tipi at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building in downtown Topeka to...
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Kansas Museum of History's grass house, Topeka, Kansas
These two colored slides show construction of the grass house at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building in downtown...
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Kansas Museum of History's "women's reform" exhibit,...
This colored slide shows the "women's reform" exhibit part of the main gallery at the Kansas Museum's of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial...
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Kansas Museum of History's drover's car exhbit, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the drover's car exhibit, part of the main gallery at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building in...
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Kansas Museum of History's "trails exhibit", Topeka, Kansas
This colored side shows the "trails exhibit," part of the main gallery at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building in...
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Kansas Museum of History's "trails exhibit", Topeka, Kansas
This colored side shows the trails exhibit part of the main gallery at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building in...
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Kansas Museum of History's "war era" exhibit, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the "war era" exhibit which was apart of the main gallery at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial...
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Kansas Museum of History's "Early People" exhibit, Topeka,...
This colored slide shows the "Early People" exhibit which was apart of the main gallery at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial...
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Kansas Museum of History's "settlement exhibit", Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows the "settlement exhibit" part of the main gallery at the Kansas Museum's of History in Topeka, Kansas. In 1984, the museum moved their collections from the Memorial Building...
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Kansas Museum of History, Cyrus K. Holliday train restoration, Topeka, Kansas
This colored slide shows restoration work on the Cyrus K. Holliday steam locomotive at the Kansas Museum of History. The train was placed on a flatbed and transported to the Kansas Museum of History...
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