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Minnie Johnson Grinstead

Date: Between 1919 and 1923

This is a portrait of Mineola “Minnie” Tamar Johnson Grinstead, 1869-1925, who was the first woman elected to the Kansas House of Representatives. Grinstead served from 1919 to 1923 as…

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Samuel J. Crawford

Date: 1860s

Portrait of Samuel Johnson Crawford, 1835-1913, who served in the Union army during the Civil War and was the third Governor of Kansas from 1865 to 1868.

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Prisoner of war camp

Date: Between 1940-1945

This is a view of a prisoner of war camp in Cloud County, Kansas, during World War II.

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Thomas J. Smith

Date: 1870

Portrait of Thomas J. Smith as a young man. Hired as the chief of police in Abilene, Kansas in 1870, Chief Smith, who was by then an experienced and well-respected…

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Jeremiah “Sockless Jerry” Simpson

Date: Between 1880 and 1905

Jeremiah Simpson was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, on March 31, 1842. Simpson and his family relocated to New York State when he was six, and during the Civil…

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Train and water tank, Crosby, Kansas

Date: Late 1880s

This photograph shows Santa Fe Engine #28, a steam-powered locomotive. It is stopped at a large water tank in Crosby, Kansas, which later becomes Selkirk, Kansas. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa…

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William Barclay “Bat” Masterson

Date: Around 1890

A formal portrait of William Barclay “Bat” Masterson, 1853-1921, who was raised in Wichita, Kansas. Masterson was a deputy sheriff in Dodge City, Kansas with Wyatt Earp in 1877, and…

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It went against us, the Battle of Mine Creek

Date: October 25, 1864

This color illustration from volume three of Samuel Reader’s autobiography depicts the Battle of Mine Creek, an engagement between Union and Confederate forces that took place in Kansas on October…

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Boeing B-47 Stratojet

Date: Unknown

A view of a B-47 Stratojet subsonic jet bomber built by the Boeing Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas.

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William Clark

Date: Between 1809 and 1812

This is a portrait of William Clark, 1770-1838, Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, Missouri. The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806, headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, was…

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Samuel J. Crawford

Date: Unknown

Portrait of Samuel Johnson Crawford, 1835-1913, who served as the third Governor of Kansas from 1865 to 1868.

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Coronado sets out to discover Quivira

Date: Between 1900 and 1940

This copy of a painting by Albert T. Reid depicts Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his group of explorers on their search for the fabled city of Quivera. Coronado and…

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Clyde Cessna

Date: 1914

An informal portrait of Clyde Cessna, shown standing near the propeller of his 1914 airplane, and a small group of men and boys in Burdett, Kansas.

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Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas

Date: Between 1910 and 1915

This is an informal portrait of women students picking daisies at a location where Priner Hall stands on Bethany College campus, Lindsborg, Kansas. Bethany Daisy, the college annual, received its…