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Commissioning of the U.S.S. Oregon City at Boston, Massachusetts
Here are two photographs showing the commissioning of the U.S.S. Oregon City at Boston, Massachusetts.
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Golden Reflector from Hoyt High School in Hoyt, Kansas
Here is Hoyt High School's 1936 Golden Reflector yearbook. Hoyt High School is located in Hoyt, Kansas. The yearbook contains photographs adhered to the pages.
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Vessel from a City Dump
This complete vessel was found in the city dump of Anthony, Kansas in 1936 and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1969. It appears to have been made on a potter's wheel and is decorated...
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Celt
This celt was recovered from a multicomponent site in Osage County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 2014. Archeologists use the word multicomponent to indicate that a site has been...
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Personal histories of inmates
The personal histories of each resident admitted to the Beloit Industrial School for Girls from May 6, 1889 - July 20, 1935 are displayed here in five volumes. The Women's Christian Temperance Union...
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Proclamation of the Governor for Dr. Glenn Cunningham Homecoming Day
A proclamation by Governor John Carlin, proclaiming November 7, 1984 as Dr. Glenn Cunningham Homecoming Day.
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Allan H. Hand to Pauline D. Beatty
This letter is from Allan H. Hand, Trustee & Liquidation Agent for the Petroleum Industry War Council, Washington. D.C. to Mrs. Pauline D. Beatty, Petroleum Industry War Council, Washington, D.C....
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Jason Clarke Swayze
This is a cabinet card showing Jason Clarke Swayze. Jason came to Topeka in 1873 and started the Topeka Blade which later became the Topeka State Journal. He married Kate Edwards and they had three...
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Thimbles from the Canville Trading Post
These brass thimbles were found at the Canville Trading Post in Neosho County near the Osage Reservation. They were donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1994. Thimbles were worn to protect the...
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Marvelous Cold Cream Jar
This jar of "Marvelous Cold Cream" was recovered from the dump at the Security Benefit Home and Hospital Association in Shawnee County. The brand was first created by Richard Hudnut (of New York and...
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Decorated Ceramic Vessel Handle from the Wullscheleger Site
This ceramic strap handle has shell tempering and would have once been attached to the lip of a vessel and molded onto the body. It is decorated on the rim with two incised lines, 10 horizontal...
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Greenwood Phase Vessel from the Curry Site
This reconstructed vessel was recovered in fragmented sherds from the Curry site (14GR301) in Greenwood County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The Curry site was a multicomponent...
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Ash Grove Cement Company, Chanute, Kansas
These three photographs show various views of the Ash Grove Cement Company in Chanute, Kansas. The plant opened in 1908 as the company's first cement operation.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's advertising staff
Here are two photographs showing Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway's advertising staff Richard Baker (left) and Walter Duzmal. The two worked as production assistants, handled merchandising and...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's advertising staff
This is a photograph showing Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's advertising staff. The employees in the photograph, Richard Baker (left) and an unidentified staff member, handled merchandising,...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's advertising staff
This is a photograph showing two staff members in Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's advertising department.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's advertising staff
This is a photograph showing Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's advertising staff for the Gulf Lines territory in Galveston, Texas. Employees in the photograph are A. L. Boyd, advertising agent...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Osborne, Kansas
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Osborne, Kansas.
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Petroglyphs from the Moore-McCollum Site
These petropglyphs were located on a limestone boulder at the Moore-McCallum site in Cowley County. They show the face and torso of an anthropomorphic (having a human form or attributes) figure, a...
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Petroglyphs from the Indian Hill Site
The Indian Hill site is a series of petroglyphs on an outcrop of Dakota sandstone. They were first photographed in 1867 by Alexander Gardner. Carlyle Smith, noted archaeologist and anthropologist from...
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