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Kansas State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas
Date: 1890
A view of the administration building at the Kansas State Normal School in Emporia, Kansas.
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Commercial Street, Emporia, Kansas
Date: 1910
View of Commercial Street with a banner “Emporia Is The Place” hanging between two poles. Visible are businesses buildings, a trolley, carriages, and people walking on the street and sidewalks.
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Welsh Congregational Church, Emporia, Kansas
Date: 1882
Exterior view of the Welsh Congregational Church, Emporia, Kansas. The church was built in1867 and rebuilt in1882.
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Meadowlark
Date: 1925
Drawing of a Western Meadowlark by Margaret Whittemore.
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Clyde Tombaugh
Date: 1930
Front page article on the discovery of planet Pluto from the New York Times, March 14, 1930.
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Clyde Tombaugh
Date: 1928
Photograph of astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh, 1906-1997, at age 22 with his homemade 9 inch Newtonian Telescope on his family farm near Burdett, Kansas. Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto in…
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Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas
Date: 1885
View of Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas.
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Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas
Date: 1890
These women are enrolled in a cooking class at Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas.
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Stearman Plant, Wichita, Kansas
Date: 1945
Aerial view of the Stearman Plant, Wichita, Kansas. View shows Plant I and a large number of Kaydets lined up awaiting delivery on the ramp area located east of Oliver…
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William Inge
Date: 1953
A portrait of playwright William Motter Inge, 1913-1973. Born in Independence, Kansas, Inge graduated from the University of Kansas, worked for a Wichita radio station, and taught in both high…
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Thomas “Boston” Corbett
Date: 1865
A portrait of Thomas P. “Boston” Corbett, who was the Union Army soldier who killed Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Corbett, who homesteaded near Concordia, Kansas in the late…
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Populist members of the House of Representatives, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1893
These are Populist members of the House of Representatives and others standing on the state capitol steps, Topeka, Kansas.
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Battery A on the Kansas State Capitol grounds in Topeka, Kansas
Date: February 1893
During the Populist War of 1893, Battery A, a militia unit from Wichita, Kansas, was stationed on the grounds outside of the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. The…
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Door to the House of Representatives, Kansas Capitol, Topeka, Kansas
Date: February 1893
A photograph showing the House of Representatives door in the Kansas Capitol after it was broken by the Republicans during the Populist War, Topeka, Kansas. The second image shows a…
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Guards during the Populist War, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1893
A photograph showing a group of R. B. Welch’s guards or sergeant at arms on the state capitol steps during the Populist War in Topeka, Kansas.
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Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas
Date: Between 1905 and 1915
View of Baker University’s campus, Baldwin, Kansas.
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Atchison, Kansas Territory
Date: Between 1859 and 1860
View of 3rd and Commercial Streets looking west, Atchison, Kansas Territory. Business buildings and horse drawn wagons are visible on the street.
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Lawrence, Kansas Territory
Date: 1858
Copy of a painting showing Lawrence, Kansas Territory, from Mt. Oread.
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James Naismith and Forrest Claire (Phog) Allen
Date: 1932
Photograph of Dr. James Naismith and Forrest Claire (Phog) Allen holding a basketball at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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William Allen White
Date: Between 1890 and 1895
Portrait of William Allen white, editor and owner of the Emporia Gazette newspaper, Emporia, Kansas.
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Minneola Capitol
Date: 1858
Drawing of the proposed state capitol, which was to be built in Minneola, Kansas.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey lunchroom, Emporia, Kansas
Date: 1924
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company’s Fred Harvey lunchroom in Emporia, Kansas. At the horse shape counter a group of Harvey Girls are serving and…
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Fred Harvey
Date: Between 1880 and 1901
Portrait of Fred Harvey founder of the Harvey House restaurants.
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Charles Robinson, first Kansas Governor
Date: 1861
This is a cabinet card showing first Kansas Governor and Republican, Charles Robinson of Lawrence, Kansas. He served from February 9, 1861 to January 12, 1863.
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Suffragists, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1912
These suffragists are in Governor Walter Roscoe Stubbs’ automobile, going after the vote in Topeka, Kansas. The women are identified as: (l to r) Laura Clay, President of Kentucky Equal…