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Amelia and Louis Paetke
This is a studio portrait of Amelia and Louis "Louie" Paetke from Alma, Kansas.
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Hugo and Olga Saffry homestead, Alma, Kansas
This is a photograph of the homestead of Hugo and Olga Saffry. The house was located ten miles southeast of Alma, Kansas.
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Hattie Wendland
This is a cabinet card studio portrait of a young lady identified as Hattie Wendland. She was the daughter of Ernest and Ida Wendland of Alma, Kansas.
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Hiner homestead, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
This photograph shows a deserted stone house with a frame addition identified as the Hiner family homestead built in the 1870s in Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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H. G. Richter residence in Alma, Kansas
This is a black and white photograph of the home built by H. G. Richter located at 325 Ohio Street in Alma, Kansas. Richter owned a furniture store and undertaking business in Alma during the 1880s.
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Rebekahs Lodge members, Alma, Kansas
This is a studio portrait of a large group of lodge women from Alma, Kansas. The women have been identified as Mary Kraus, Mrs. Frank Sanders, Irene Bandle, Madge Fridley, Laura Schmidt, Mrs. Sammons,...
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Kansas Avenue looking north, Alma, Kansas
This photograph looks north on Kansas Avenue from the 300 block in Alma, Kansas. It is obvious why the street has often been referred to as "the wide street" rather than its proper name.
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Meat market in Alma, Kansas
This interior view of Otto Meyer's meat market in Alma, Kansas, dates from February 1910. Meyer is seen at the register on the right.
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Duck hunting, Volland, Kansas
This is a photograph of brothers August Kratzer and Otto Kratzer (on right) after a successful day of duck hunting in Volland, Kansas. The Volland stockyards can be seen in the background.
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Appanoose township baseball team in Franklin County, Kansas
This photograph from 1932 shows the Appanoose township baseball team in Franklin County, Kansas. Only two individuals in the photo have been identified. John Montgomery is standing in the back row on...
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Disposition of baseball contract for Ed Wilson of Topeka
This contract disposition form dated August 1, 1951, was used in a minor league baseball player transaction involving Topekan Ed Wilson. Under its terms, the contract rights to Wilson's services were...
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Letter about baseball record of Ed Wilson, Topeka
This letter from 1951 was written to Topekan Ed Wilson by Bud Wittick, sports editor of the Beacon-News, a newspaper in Paris, Illinois. In the letter, Wittick provides statistics he compiled...
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Ed Wilson of the Abilene, Kansas, baseball team
Topekan Ed Wilson is pictured in this photograph from 1946. At the time, Wilson was a pitcher with the Abilene, Kansas, Ban Johnson League baseball team. A year later, he also pitched for the Abilene...
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Ed Wilson of the Fulton, Kentucky, baseball team
This photograph from 1952 shows Topekan Ed Wilson when he was a pitcher for the Fulton Lookouts, a minor league team in Fulton, Kentucky, which competed in the Class D Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee...
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Ed Wilson of the Paris, Illinois, baseball team
This photograph shows Topekan Ed Wilson when he was a pitcher for the Paris Lakers, a minor league team in Paris, Illinois, which competed in the Class D Mississippi-Ohio Valley League. Wilson played...
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Bud Fawl, baseball player, Topeka, Kansas
These four photographs show Topekan Clifford (Bud) Fawl in baseball-related poses at various ages. The earliest is from 1940, when Fawl was ten years old. The others were taken when he was a member of...
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Topeka High School basketball team
This photograph shows the 1946-47 Topeka High School basketball team. In the top row are (l to r): Jack Lambert, Jim McFarland, Chick Gordon, Charles Benson, and Coach Chet Davenport. Seated in the...
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Abilene Ikes baseball team, Abilene, Kansas
This photograph features the 1949 Abilene Ikes, the team that won the pennant in the Amateur Baseball League of America with a record of 28-20. The ABLA, which was established in 1947 as a successor...
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Topeka Decker Oilers in Wichita, Kansas
This photograph of the Topeka Decker Oilers is believed to have been taken in August 1948 during the National Baseball Congress' national semi-pro baseball tournament in Wichita, Kansas. The Decker...
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Chick Gordon, Topeka, Kansas
Topekan Charles (Chick) Gordon is pictured here wearing a Topeka Decker Oilers jacket and cap. Gordon is known to have played with this semi-pro baseball team in 1948 and 1950-52 as a pitcher, first...
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