Montezuma high school girls basketball team in Montezuma, Kansas
This is a newspaper photograph of the Montezuma High School girl's basketball team that went undefeated for two seasons. People in the photograph are identified as front row (left to right): Martha...
View ArticleHours, wages and conditions surrounding women in industry in Kansas
This report was the result of a survey by the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor in cooperation with the Industrial Welfare Commission of Kansas.
View ArticleWalter Augustus Huxman
This black and white photograph shows Governor Walter Huxman during his inaugural parade along Sixth & Kansas in Topeka, Kansas. Humxan, a Democrat, was elected on November 3, 1936, as the...
View ArticleEarl and Shirley Anne Burgess with a Mobil Oil Company truck in Cimarron,...
This is a photograph of Earl and Shirley Anne Burgess with a Mobil Oil Company truck in Cimarron, Kansas. After the Cimarron State Bank closed in 1932, Earl Burgess drove this truck.
View ArticleBurgess family home in Montezuma, Kansas
This is a photograph of the Burgess family home in Montezuma, Kansas. There is a bicycle on the porch as well as a porch swing.
View ArticleIs there a labor problem?
This is a speech by William L. Huggins before the Rotary Club at Topeka, Kansas. Judge Huggins presided over the Kansas Court of Industrial Relations.
View ArticleKansas State Exhibit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This is a stereograph showing the Kansas State Exhibit at the National Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The forefront of this photograph shows agricultural produce in the shape of...
View ArticleSecond biennial report of the Industrial Welfare Commission of the State of...
The Kansas Industrial Welfare Commission was created "to establish such standards of wages, hours, and conditions of labor for women, learners, apprentices and minors employed within the state as...
View ArticleGlee S. Smith, Jr.
This is a photograph of Glee S. Smith, Jr. who lived and practiced law in Larned, Kansas, and later Lawrence, Kansas. He was born in Rozel, Kansas, on April 29, 1921. Smith obtained his bachelors and...
View ArticleNancy Landon Kassebaum, Topeka, Kansas, and various Republican politicians
These six black and white photographs show a reception for Nancy Landon Kassebaum's induction to the United State Senate, (1978-1997), in Topeka, Kansas. Kassebaum was the first woman elected to the...
View ArticleCedar Crest, Topeka, Kansas
These five black and white photographs show Cedar Crest, the official residence for the governor of Kansas. The home designed by the architect firm of Wight and Wight was built in 1928 for the...
View ArticleKansas State Exposition Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This is an engraving of the Kansas Exposition building during the National Centennial Exposition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Centennial was the nation's first world fair and celebrated the...
View ArticleWalter Augustus Huxman Signing House Bill 309 relating to women in political...
This black and white photograph shows the twenty-seventh Governor of Kansas Walter A. Huxman signing House Bill No, 309 that gave women equal voice with men in political party organizations. The bill...
View ArticleReport of coal situation in Kansas
This report is compiled from owners and operators of coal mines and wholesale and retail coal establishments on questionnaires distributed by the Kansas Court of Industrial Relations.
View ArticleJedediah Smith
An illustration of Jedediah Smith copied from The Travels of Jedediah Smith by Maurice S. Sullivan. The sketch was made by a friend from memory after Smith's death.
View ArticleKansas Exhibit, New Orleans Cotton Centennial
This is a photograph of the Kansas wheat and corn exhibit at the New Orleans Cotton Centennial in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the exhibit is constructed of natural materials such a wheat stalks,...
View ArticleKansas Relief Committee storehouse at Atchison, Kansas
This illustration was copied from the New York Illustrated News showing destitute settlers waiting for supplies at the Kansas Relief Committee storehouse in Atchison, Kansas. The territory experienced...
View ArticleCourt of the penniless man
This is "part of an address delivered before the Crawford County Bar Association, April 7, 1920, by W.L. Huggins, Presiding Judge of the Court of Industrial Relations, State of Kansas." Judge Huggins...
View ArticleConservation of natural gas in the home
This is a report to the Court of Industrial Relations by the Natural Gas Conservation Committee.
View ArticleWichita Indian grass house in Anadarko, Oklahoma
This photograph shows a Wichita Indian grass house near Anadarko, Oklahoma. The photo also shows a second grass structure and a tipi in the background.
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