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Anna Werner Steinmeyer and Fritz Palenske
This is a studio portrait made with a tintype process showing Anna Werner Steinmeyer and Fritz Palenske in Alma, Kansas.
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Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School at Hays, Kansas
This is a photograph showing the Western Branch of the Kansas Normal School at Hays, Kansas. In the background, is the hositpal building which was part of the Fort Hays military facility.
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Hospital building at Fort Hays
This is a photograph showing the hospital building at Fort Hays. The main ward of the prefabricated pine hospital is on the left; it was forty by twenty-four feet. The smaller ward was twenty-eight by...
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. historic incorporation records
These are railroad incorporation records that include the Atchison and Fort Riley Railroad Company (1859), Atchison and Pikes Peak Railroad Company (1859), Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company (1860),...
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Howard Lincoln Athon and Eunice Roberta Athon
This is a collection of materials documenting the life of Howard Lincoln Athon and Eunice Roberta Athon. After high school Howard joined the Navy on June 30, 1917 and served on several ships during...
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Barbecue in Alta Vista, Kansas
This small photograph shows a man cooking in large caldrons in the business district of Alta Vista, Kansas.
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Street scenes in Alta Vista, Kansas
Four views of a residential street, the business district, and the railyards from the viaduct in Alta Vista, Kansas.
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Eck and Gerardy residences in Alma, Kansas
This photograph shows two residences in Alma, Kansas, including the C. J. Eck residence located at 215 East 7th Street and the E. L. Gerardy residence located next door to the east.
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August Meseke property after tornado, Alta Vista, Kansas
Photograph of an ominous sky as August Meseke (far right), a noted businessman in Alta Vista, Kansas, and others examine the damage from the 1912 tornado that struck the town.
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Organization of Railroad Telegraphers, Alta Vista, Kansas
Photograph of members of Local 126 of the Organization of Railroad Telegraphers at Alta Vista, Kansas.
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Dierking family, Alta Vista, Kansas
Studio portrait of members of the Dierking family from Alta Vista, Kansas. Identified from left to right are Mrs. Fredrick (Bertha) Dierking, Minnie, Mary, Henry, and Mr. Fredrick Dierking.
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Dierking family home in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
The Dierking family poses in front of their country home in rural Alta Vista, Kansas.
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George Edwards, Alta Vista, Kansas
Portrait of George Edwards, a school teacher and postmaster in Alta Vista, Kansas. He also built the Alta Vista High School and built the first underpass for the Rock Island Railroad in Alta Vista,...
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Unidentified women on natural rock chair, Alta Vista, Kansas
Photograph of two young women seen seated on a natural rock chair in Alta Vista, Kansas. There were substantial limestone formations and quarrying at Alta Vista.
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Eberle Grocery parade float, Alta Vista, Kansas
Black and white photograph of a float representing Eberle Grocery seen preparing for a parade in Alta Vista, Kansas. On the side of the float the words are emblazoned, "Trading at Eberle Store is like...
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Parade wagon, Alta Vista, Kansas
Black and white photograph of a parade wagon full of patriotically-dressed residents ready for a parade in Alta Vista, Kansas.
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Eberle Grocery, Alta Vista, Kansas
Photograph of Eberle Grocery located in the Meseke Bank building in Alta Vista, Kansas. Eberle had previously worked at the Star Mercantile before opening this grocery. Identified in this photo are...
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Herman Meyer and his dray wagon, Alta Vista, Kansas
Black and white photograph of Herman Meyer and an unidentified man waiting in a dray truck at the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway depot for a freight train bringing goods into Alta Vista,...
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People's State Bank, Alta Vista, Kansas
Photograph of Henry Dierking and Lillian Addie, employees of the People's State Bank in Alta Vista, Kansas. The People's State Bank declared insolvency during the Great Depression.
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