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  • Renovation of the Charles Curtis House, Topeka, Kansas

    Date(s): Between 1992 and 1999 | Item type: Still Image

    Seventeen photographs showing the 1990’s renovation of the Charles Curtis House. The owners at the time were Nova and Don Cottrell. This house was originally constructed for Topeka Mayor Joseph…

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  • Indian Creek bridge, Topeka, Kansas

    Date(s): Between 1930 and 1939 | Item type: Still Image

    A photograph of the Indian Creek bridge in Topeka, Kansas, once located at NE 43rd Street.

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  • Ray Moyer and General William Tecumseh Sherman's cabin, Topeka, Kansas

    Date(s): Between 1920 and 1935 | Item type: Still Image

    Several photographs of Civil War General William T. Sherman’s cabin on Holview Road (NE 43rd Street) in Topeka, Kansas. Sherman built the cabin in the spring of 1859 for his…

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  • Local 178, baseball team in Topeka, Kansas

    Date(s): Between 1960 and 1980 | Item type: Still Image

    A photograph of Local 178, a youth baseball team in Topeka, Kansas. This photograph was collected as part of a collecting project for Topeka’s Oakland community.

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  • Charles Curtis house, Topeka, Kansas

    Date(s): Between 1993 and 1999 | Item type: Still Image

    Thirteen photographs of the Charles Curtis house in Topeka, Kansas. Featured in the photographs are owners Don and Nova Cottrell. This house was originally constructed for Topeka Mayor Joseph C.…

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  • Interior photographs of Charles Curtis house

    Date(s): Between 1993 and 1999 | Item type: Still Image

    Fifteen photographs of the music balcony, stairway, and upstairs in the Charles Curtis house in Topeka, Kansas. This house was originally constructed for Topeka Mayor Joseph C. Wilson and was…

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  • Exterior photographs of the Charles Curtis house

    Date(s): Between 1993 and 1999 | Item type: Still Image

    Fifteen photographs showing the exterior of the Charles Curtis house in Topeka, Kansas. This house was originally constructed for Topeka Mayor Joseph C. Wilson and was completed in 1878. Charles…

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  • First floor photographs of the Charles Curtis house

    Date(s): Between 1993 and 1999 | Item type: Still Image

    Twenty four photographs showing the first floor of the Charles Curtis house in Topeka, Kansas. This house was originally constructed for Topeka Mayor Joseph C. Wilson and was completed in…

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  • John and Pat Jordan hydroplane photographs

    Date(s): Between 1949 and 1961 | Item type: Still Image

    A set of loose photographs from John and Pat Jordan’s hydroplane boat racing careers. John Jordan and Patricia Dodds Jordan started racing hydroplane boats from the late 1940’s to the…

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  • Spirit of 1776 patriotic train, Richmond, California

    Date(s): Between 1972 and 1975 | Item type: Still Image

    This set of colored transparencies show the “Spirit of 1776” patriotic train in Richmond, California. In November of 1972, the train left from Richmond, California and traveled across the county…

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