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Justina Peters
This is a postcard showing Justina Penner Peters who was born September 18, 1842 in Prangenau, Molotschna Colony, South Russia, and died December 28, 1920 in Liberty Township, Marion County, Kansas....
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car
This is a photograph showing a crane loading a canopy cover onto Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's flatcar #90428.
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car
This photograph shows a crane loading a vertical tail for the C-141 Starlifter onto an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway flatcar.
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car
This photograph shows a crane loading the last cover onto Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car (ATSF #90428) built to carry airplane parts.
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General Dynamics Convair Strato-Box car
This is a photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's flatcars #90428 and #90429 ready to ship.
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Battle of the Marais Des Cygnes or Osage or Mine Creek
This is a map showing the Battle of Marais Des Cygnes or Osage or Mine Creek. The map was copied from The Story of a Cavalry Regiment, The Career of the Fourth Iowa Veteran Volunteers, from Kansas to...
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Westport and Big Blue
This is a map showing the Battle of Westport and Big Blue. It accompanied a report by Major General S. R. Curtis, U. S. Army and was copied from the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the...
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William Thomas West's Korean War photograph album
This is an album containing photographs of the Korean War. William Thomas West, the photographer, was a surgeon in the 3rd Infantry Division, 9th Field Artillery, possibly Battery B, and he served in...
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Alma Electric and Ice Plant, Alma, Kansas
Photograph of the Alma Electric and Ice Plant in Alma, Kansas. The plant was located between 3rd and 4th Streets west of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot, between the Santa Fe and the Rock...
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Williams Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science graduating class
Photograph of students graduating from the Williams Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science. The photograph includes W. C. Hasenbank, a long-time Alma, Kansas undertaker, and Otto Wolgast who...
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Old high school, Alma, Kansas
Photograph of the first high school in Alma, Kansas, located on the northwest edge of town on watertower hill. The school opened on January 18, 1875. The school building had no electricity or running...
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Funeral of Mary Watts, Alma, Kansas
This view of the funeral flower arrangements for Mary E. Fairfield Watts' funeral was taken inside the Congregational Church, located at 7th and Ohio Streets in Alma, Kansas. It was a common practice...
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Clements family gathering, Maple Hill, Kansas
Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. John Clements and family members gathered to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in Maple Hill, Kansas.
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Bird's eye view of Maple Hill, Kansas
This photograph is a bird's eye view from atop the grain elevator of Maple Hill, Kansas, looking to the west across Main Street.
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Main Street in Maple Hill, Kansas
This real photograph postcard shows Main Street, looking south from the 300 block, in Maple Hill, Kansas.
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L. A. Knapp residence, Maple Hill, Kansas
This photograph shows a residence identified as being that of L. A. Knapp, Maple Hill, Kansas.
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Unidentified infants, Maple Hill, Kansas
Two photographs of unidentified babies seated in a wicker stroller and wooden rocker on the porch of a residence, possibly in Maple Hill, Kansas.
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Coyote hunters in Maple Hill, Kansas
Photograph of a large group of coyote hunters and other people posing with the dogs and dead coyotes on the back of a horse in front of Turnbull's Blacksmith Shop in Maple Hill, Kansas. A few people...
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Mrs. John Combs cutting wood, Maple Hill, Kansas
This is a photograph of Mrs. John Combs chopping wood in Maple Hill, Kansas. At the time this photograph was taken, the most common source of heat for people in Wabaunsee County was wood.
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Train wreck, Maple Hill, Kansas
Two photographs showing a Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific train wreck at Maple Hill, Kansas.
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