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Board Members, Dickinson, Saline & Ottawa rural electric coop
This is a photograph of the Dickinson, Saline & Ottawa Rural Electric Cooperative board of directors. Timothy Francis Kelley, president, is seated in the center front row and Timothy Theodor...
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Gary Sebelius sworn in as United States Magistrate
This is a photograph of (left to right) Judge Richard Dean Rogers, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Judge Gary Sebelius and Cindy Rogers at the swearing in ceremony for Gary Sebelius as the new United...
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Fred Stone
This is a photograph of Fred Stone as the Scarecrow in the Broadway show 'The Wizard of Oz', which is always associated with Kansas. He gained notoriety with this role and went on to become a popular...
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Winter Herding Upon the Upper Arkansas River
This illustration, copied from " Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade" by Joseph G. McCoy, shows a group of men camping during the winter with their herd of cattle on the Upper Arkansas River. The...
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McBurney's store in Hutchinson, KS
This is a postcard showing C. H. McBurney dry goods store in Hutchinson, Kansas. A number of horse drawn buggies are at the left side of the store.
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Star Valley Grange group, Allen County, Kansas
This photograph shows the Star Valley Grange group, Patrons of Husbandry, lodge number 1661. Both men and women are pictured in somewhat elaborate uniforms. The National Grange of the Order of Patrons...
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First Presbyterian church in Chanute, Kansas
This is a postcard showing the First Presbyterian Church in Chanute, Kansas.
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M.L. McClenahan to Governor John St. John
M.L. McClenahan of Arkansas City, Kansas, sends Governor St John a list of 61 signatures from the Ladies Temperance Society, affirming their stand against intemperance and pledging their support for...
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Santa Fe demonstration train
These posters adtertise Santa Fe demonstration trains traveling in Kansas in 1930 and 1931. The purpose of the 1930 train (8 cars) was to present a plan for higher profits on wheat farms. Tom L. Bair,...
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Santa Fe Wheat Festival Special
This Wheat Festival Special was operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. It traveled throughout Kansas July 19-July 30, 1926, to numerous Kansas communities. Other...
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Jacob Brumbaugh to Governor John St. John
Jacob Brumbaugh asks Governor St. John to speak in Marion Center, Kansas, after his address in McPherson.
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Annie Kennedy to Governor John St. John
From New Brighton, Pennsylvania, comes a plea from Annie Kennedy for Governor St. John to visit her city and speak on temperance. Kennedy also lauds the efforts of temperance worker Mrs. E.B. Russell.
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Views of the Onion Creek bridge in Allen County, Kansas
Several views of the Onion Creek bridge in Allen County, Kansas. Some of the photographs show the bridge in a state of disrepair.
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Kansas wheat train stops
This map shows the tentative schedule of stops for the 1926 Kansas Wheat Train. It was scheduled to run from July 19 through July 30. It shows a number of stops in twenty-nine counties. A printed...
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Drilling a water well on the Funston property
Photographs showing a water well being drilled on the Funston property in Allen County, Kansas.
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Santa Fe. A farm home train
This nine car demonstration train was featuring presentations for better farm homes. It was operated jointly by the Kansas State Agricultural College and the Santa Fe. It would visit a number of...
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Olive Ann Beech
This is a photograph of Olive Ann Beech, wife of Walter H. Beech. She was born and raised on a farm south of Waverly, Kansas. Olive Ann attended business college in Wichita and worked for the Travel...
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Bell Grade School in Atchison County, Kansas
This is a photo of Bell Grade School #59 students and teacher, Lancaster Township, Atchison County. The photo is for the 1904-05 school year. The school was two miles north of Lancaster. There is also...
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Views of the Allen County petroleum industry
These fifteen photographs of the petroleum industry in Allen County, Kansas show oil wells, refineries, and various related equipment. One photo, taken November 11, 1918, shows Geroge B. McLeod's...
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Allen County, Kansas, floods--1951
These numerous photographs show flooding and flood damage from the Neosho River in Allen County, Kansas. High water marks can be seen on many buildings, as well as debris and destruction left by the...
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