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Mary Parkman to Helen D. Almon
This letter is from Mary Parkman, former State Director for Kansas Professional & Service Division, WPA, to Helen D. Almon, Chief Personnel Division Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. Parkman...
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Wiliam R. Boyd, Jr., to Pauline D. Beatty
This letter is from William R. Boyd, Jr., President of the American Petroleum Institute, New York, New York to Mrs. Pauline D. Beatty, Washington, D.C. Boyd is recognizing Mrs. Beatty as a valued...
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Currier and Ives Christmas Plate
This partially reconstructed dinner plate was recovered from the cistern at the Hale Ritchie House in Topeka, Kansas during excavations in 2004. The plate was manufactured by the Royal China Company...
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Bifaces from Atchison County
These three bifaces are part of a collection that was recovered from Atchison County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1980. All three show the pink color that indicates they were...
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Adam and Liddie Kanauss on their wedding day
This is a photograph showing Adam and Liddie Kanauss on their wedding day near Hope, Kansas. Adam worked on the C. A. Pray farm.
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College Hill Presbyterian Church in Dickinson County, Kansas
Here are two photographs showing the College Hill Presbyterian Church in Dickinson County, Kansas.
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College Hill School, District #66 on the border of Marion and Dickinson...
This is a photograph showing College Hill School, District #66, on the border of Marion and Dickinson Counties.
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Biface Cache
This group of 15 bifaces (chipped stone tools worked on both sides) was found in Atchison County sometime in the late 19th- early 20th-century by a boy plowing a field. A cache is a group of items...
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Bottle from Quindaro, 14WY314
This small aqua tinted glass bottle was recovered from excavations at the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County. The complete bottle is just 2 3/4 inches high and may have once held medicine or...
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Old brewery, Manhattan, Kansas
This photograph shows a group of people standing in front of the old brewery near the Rock Island viaduct in Manhattan, Kansas.
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Map of Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont's expedition route through central...
This is a map showing Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont's expedition to central Kansas to make peace with the Indians and establish a trade route to New Mexico. Etienne's route can be traced from Fort...
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William Heckman
Here is a photograph of William Heckman along with the text of his diary transcribed by his great grandson Lawrence D. Heckman. (Click the "Text Version" button below to view.) William Heckman was...
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house, Wolfe...
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house in Wolfe City, Texas. The structure was built in 1887.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house, Wood,...
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house in Wood, Texas. The structure was built in 1884.
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Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company's pump house, Wallis, Texas
This photograph shows the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company's pump house in Wallis, Texas. The structure was built in 1889 and measured 14' x 18'.
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Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house, Valley...
This photograph shows the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house in Valley View, Texas.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house,...
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's section house in Valera, Texas. The structure was built in 1895.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's record store house,...
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's record store house in Temple, Texas. The structure was built in 1895.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's record building,...
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's record building in Temple, Texas. The structure was built in 1895.
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Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company's engineers' wash...
This photograph shows the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company's engineers' wash room in Temple, Texas. The structure built in 1903 measured 20' x 36'.
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