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Kansas Film Commission site photographs, subject convention centers -...

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

These are panoramic photographs of locations in Kansas created by the Kansas Film Commission to promote scenes to film companies. The panoramics were created by taking individual photos and taping...

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Sanborn Fire Insurance map showing Monroe Public School in Topeka, Kansas

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

This is a map showing the area around Monroe Public School. It was copied from a 1913 (corrected in November, 1940) Sanborn Insurance Map of Topeka, Kansas

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Whiteford's Indian burial pit, Saline County, Kansas

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

A photograph showing an unidentified man at Whiteford's Indian Burial Pit also known as Salina's Indian Burial Pit, Saline County, Kansas. Guy and Mabel Whiteford excavated the site, and it was one of...

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Whiteford's Indian burial pit, Saline County, Kansas

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

An interior view of Whiteford's Indian Burial Pit also known as Salina's Indian Burial Pit, Saline County, Kansas. The gentleman in the photograph might be Waldo Wedel of the Smithsonian Institution,...

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Official list of fair houses and firms employing union labor

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

A pamphlet given to trade-unionists and friends of union labor that lists the Fair Houses and Firms that employee Union Labor. It was issued by the Trades and Labor Assembly in Topeka, Kansas on...

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Constitution and by-laws of Journeymen Bricklayers' Union No. 9

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

The constitution and by-laws of the Journeymen Bricklayers' Union No. 9 of Coffeyville, Kansas. The purpose of this union was to unite and associate all bricklayers to help secure work that was in...

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Extracts from reviews of leading journals

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

Extracts from reviews of leading journals on labor unions.

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Arkansas Valley Guide, Southwest Kansas

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

This circular would be free to any address. Its purpose was to promote the development of the Arkansas River Valley in southwest Kansas. It tells of the agricultural progress of the nine counties in...

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A New Home in an Old Settlement: Come and see the "New Land in an Old...

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

This paper advertises for sale land, formerly owned by the Pottawatomie Nation, from 1837 to 1868, and then purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail Road Company. On the reverse side of the...

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Lucinda Todd: handwritten draft of the background of the Brown case

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

A handwritten draft by Lucinda Todd, on the case of Brown vs. The Board of Education. This case led to a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court that ended school segregation.

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Leslie Parsons Collection

August 9, 2013, 9:14 am

A collection of glass plate negatives taken by Leslie Parsons showing people and scenes around Marshall County including the towns of Randolph, Waterville, and Vliets, Kansas. There is one image of...

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