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Chopsticks
Bundle of ten chopsticks held together by a piece of metal wire. Most of the chopsticks are bamboo; one is made of ebony. Colonel James C. Hughes acquired the chopsticks while being held as a Prisoner...
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Cigarette pack
Package of Porto Rican American Tobacco Company cigarettes. A tax stamp on the package indicates that they were sold in 1934. These cigarettes belonged to Colonel James C. Hughes. Born in Topeka,...
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Corner Notched Arrow Points
These six arrow points were just a few of those recovered at the Kraus site in Ellis County during the 2015 Kansas Archeology Training Program. Archeologists consider corner notched points to be the...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's refrigerator car #10663
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's refrigerator car #10663. The car was original built in 1925 and was refurbished in 1946. The letters "SFRD" stand for Santa...
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United States Army flatcars
This photograph shows members from the Strategic Army Corps, Armored Division, securing equipment to flatcars at Fort Hood's railhead during exercise "Cimarron Drive."
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Country Club, Topeka, Kansas
These two postcards show views of the Topeka Country Club at 2700 SW Buchanan Street in Topeka, Kansas. The facility was designed by Kansas City architect Louis Curtiss.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employees
This photograph shows employees from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company sorting mail at an unidentified facility.
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Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Los Angeles, California
This photograph shows an interior view of the waiting room at the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in Los Angeles, California. The depot was built in 1936 with the cooperation of the regions three...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Regal Spa car
This photograph shows two passengers walking their dogs beside the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Regal Spa car during a stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The car was built by the...
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Burrell soddy, Ness County, Kansas
This photograph shows Frank, Henry and Otis Burrell with their dogs in front of the Burrell homestead in Ness County, Kansas. The sod house was located in northern Ness County and was built by Warren...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section house, Las Vegas,...
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company section house. The building was built in 1881 in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company agent cottage, Maxwell, New...
These two photographs show the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company agent cottage, built in 1909, in Maxwell, New Mexico.
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Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Los Angeles, California
This photograph shows a view of the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in Los Angeles, California. The structure was built in 1939 with the cooperation of the region's three principal railroads, the...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Raymond, California
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Raymond, California.
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Huntsville school, Reno County, Kansas
This photograph shows students with their teacher in front of the Huntsville school in Reno County, Kansas. Some of the students have been identified on the back of the photograph.
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Krause disc plow, Reno County, Kansas
These four black and white photographs show the Krause one-way disc plow from the Krause Manufacturing Company of Hutchinson, Kansas. The first two images are the Krause K-3 plow while the last two...
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Governor John Carlin signing a proclamation recognizing the 1982 Kansas...
This is a photograph showing Governor John Carlin signing a proclamation declaring the week of April 26 to May 2, 1982 as "Kansas Folklife Week". The fourth annual festival was held at Manhattan's...
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Arkansas River, Garden City, Kansas
This photograph shows a lack of water in the Arkansas River in Garden City, Kansas. Several people can be seen standing on the bridge.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company troop train
This photograph shows a group of soldiers in sleeping berths aboard an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company military train. The same group of men can also be seen in Kansas Memory item...
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Brand book containing brands of the Western Kansas Cattle Growers'...
This is the Brand Book containing the brands of the Western Kansas Cattle Growers' Association authorized by the Stockmen's Convention, held at Dodge City, Kansas on April 2, 1884. In addition to the...
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