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Edward P. McCabe
Date: Between 1883 and 1887
Portrait of Edward P. McCabe, Kansas State Auditor, 1883-1887.
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Kansas sunflowers
Date: 1961
Sunflowers in a field of wheat.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s dining car
Date: 1905
An interior view of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company’s California Tourist dining car with passengers enjoying a meal.
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Fort Riley Hospital
Date: Between 1865 and 1869
View from the west showing the first permanent Fort Riley hospital.
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Samuel Jay Crumbine
Date: August 31,1908
Dr. Samuel Crumbine in the State Board of Health office with his assistants Warren Crumbine and Bernice Vreeland.
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First Church of Christ in Wabaunsee
Date: 1956
The First Church of Christ in Wabaunsee is also known as the Beecher Bible & Rifle Church, Wabaunsee, Kansas. It was built in 1862. The church was organized by members…
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Fort Riley
Date: Between 1860 and 1900
This north west view of Fort Riley, Kansas, depicts the post hospital and various other buildings. Ft. Riley was built in 1853 and was named after Major Bennett C. Riley,…
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John W. Geary
Date: Between 1861 and 1865
John W. Geary, third Kansas Territorial Governor and Major General of the US Volunteers. Photograph shows Geary in military uniform.
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James Henry Lane, United States Senator from Kansas
Date: Between 1861 and 1866
Portrait of James Henry Lane, first United States Senator from Kansas. He served from April 4, 1861 to July 11, 1866.
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Stearman Plant, Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1931
Aerial view of the Stearman Aircraft Plant which is now Boeing, Wichita, Kansas.
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“Mr. G. Hopper, Kansas”
Date: 1875
This humorous cartoon illustration depicts a grasshopper standing upright with a crutch, eye patch, and a sling holding his left arm. By his side is a small suitcase. The countryside…
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Clearing a field of grasshoppers
Date: 1875
An illustration showing people clearing a field of grasshoppers, copied from Harper’s Weekly, July 3, 1875.
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Grasshoppers
Date: 1875
Grasshoppers arranged to spell the words “Kansas Jayhawkers”.
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Col. O.W. Wheeler’s cattle herd
Date: 1874
View of Col. O. W. Wheeler’s herd en route to the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1867. The illustration was copied from “Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade” by Joseph McCoy…
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Bridge and dam under construction, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1870
Stereograph view of the Kansas River bridge and waterworks dam under construction, Lawrence, Kansas.
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Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
View from Pawnee Rock with the city of Pawnee Rock in the background. The site is located in the southwest corner of Barton County, about 100 yards from the old…
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Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1940
View of Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Pawnee Rock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
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Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas
Date: After 1912
View of two women and a man posed at the Pawnee Rock Monument, Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Pawnee Rock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
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Arthur Capper
Date: February 23, 1917
An informal portrait of Kansas Governor Arthur Capper, 1865-1951, signing the “Bone Dry Law” passed by the Kansas Legislature. The law prohibited possession of liquor within the state and ended…
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Exaggerated photograph
Date: 1908
This an exaggerated photograph showing a man seated on a huge ear of corn pulled by mules.
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Exaggerated postcard
Date: 1908
Exaggerated postcard showing a horse drawn wagon filled with huge cabbages.
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Abraham Lincoln raising the thirty-four star flag
Date: February 22, 1861
This is an illustration showing President Abraham Lincoln hoisting the American flag with thirty-four stars upon Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861. Copied from Harper’s Weekly, March 9, 1861.
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, Liberal, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1969
These women are waiting at the starting line for the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, Liberal, Kansas.
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Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, Liberal, Kansas
Date: 1952
This is a view of women participating in the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race, Liberal, Kansas. The participant crossing the finish line has been identified as Donna Joan Zimmerman (Collison).
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Thomas Carney, Kansas Governor
Date: 1888
Portrait of Thomas Carney, a Republican from Leavenworth, Kansas, served as Governor of Kansas from January 12, 1863 to January 9, 1865. He was elected to the United States Senate…