Medium: PhysicalObject
Charles Dill Space
Date: Between 1871 and 1872
A photograph of Charles Dill Space, a member of the Sixth Cavalry, F Troop. He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on July 9, 1870 and was stationed at several installations including…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Legislative War frame
Date: 1893
The picture frame is made from wood taken from the doors of the Kansas House of Representatives during the 1893 Legislative War, and the photo shows what was left of…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Dr. Brinkley’s yachting jacket
Date: 1938
Man’s black wool double-breasted serge jacket with brass buttons. The buttons have a raised image similar to the Kansas state seal. Admiral’s stripes (three narrow and one broad) in gold…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Dr. Brinkley’s yachting cap
Date: between 1920 and 1929
Black yachting cap used by the infamous Dr. John Brinkley. Brinkley operated a fraudulent medical practice near Milford, Kansas that specialized in implanting goat glands in male patients to increase…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Millennium paperweight
Date: between 1999 and 2000
This water globe depicts what many feared would happen during the millennium–a computer crashing. Tiny, plastic 2s and Os float in the water when the globe is shaken.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Slot machine
Date: between 1945 and 1955
This cast aluminum and wooden slot machine was manufactured by Mills Industries, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois. The front is painted gray and red and the sides are painted black. A…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Hand-carved sculpture
Date: 1960
Hand-carved and painted wooden figure of a two-wheeled cart being pulled by a donkey. The figure was made by Gust Andrew Sands and given to the donor’s son around 1960.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Woman’s hat
Date: between 1890 and 1903
This silk and straw hat was made by Sarah Pettigrew McWilliams (1872-1958), who in her late teens operated her own dressmaking and millinery (hat-making) business in Washington, Kansas. At that…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Candle lantern
Date: between 1875 and 1925
This turn-of-the-century candle lantern was designed to hang from the branches of a Christmas tree and prevent wax from dripping on the tree.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Horn table
Date: 1896
This was the first piece of furniture made of horns made by Charles A. Calwell (1873-1975). Calwell lived with his wife, Nancy Ellen, in Wetmore, Kansas. He gathered horns from…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company freight house, Dallas, Texas
Date: November 1930
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s outbound freight house at Dallas, Texas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Valentine diner building, Arlington, Kansas
Date: April 26, 2003
Two photographs of a Valentine Diner building in Arlington, Kansas. Valentine Diners were manufactured in Wichita, Kansas. They were constructed as eight-to-ten-seat diners that one or two people could operate.…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Caldwell, Kansas
Date: 1910
A photograph showing the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad roundhouse in Caldwell, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Henry Isely’s cemetery marker, Fairview, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1955
These two photographs show Henry Isely’s cemetery marker at the Isely Cemetery located northwest of Fairview, Kansas. On November 6, 1909 the Hiawatha Daily World ran an article entitled “Large…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Eureka Irrigation Canal, Ford County, Kansas
Date: Between 1883 and 1885
This sepia colored photograph shows the construction of the Eureka Irrigation Canal in Ford County, Kansas. Financed in 1883 by Asa T. Soule, the project was a scheme to divert…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Los Angeles, California
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s union passenger terminal at Los Angeles California.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Child with an umbrella, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1919
This photograph shows a young girl with an umbrella in Cimarron, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Howard English, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1927
This is a photograph of Howard English, Cimarron, Kansas. The photograph was taken during his senior year at Cimarron High School.
Medium: PhysicalObject
John Staley Holden, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1958
This photograph shows John Staley Holden campaigning for District Judge in the Thirty First Judicial District. An elephant and donkey are wearing campaign signs. One of them reads “Whether Republican…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cimarron High School football team, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1916
This is a photograph of the Cimarron High School football team, Cimarron, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Baseball team, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
This photograph shows members of a baseball team in Cimarron, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Class of 1914, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1947
This photograph shows some members of the Cimarron High School class of 1914 attending the 1947 homecoming at Cimarron, Kansas. The class members are posed with a 1914 automobile.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Cimarron school band, Cimarron, Kansas
Date: 1947
This is a photograph showing the Cimarron High School band posed on a business street in Cimarron, Kansas.
Medium: PhysicalObject
Residence and outbuildings, Gray County, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
These two photographs shows a residence and outbuildings in Gray County, Kansas. The residence appears to be stucco with an earthen roof. Visible in the photographs is a man with…
Medium: PhysicalObject
Caleb Sutton home, Cave, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1899
This is a photograph of Caleb Sutton’s home and out buildings near Cave, Kansas.