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Jeffrey William Colyer, M.D.

Date: 2018

A formal portrait of the 47th Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer. A fifth generation Kansan from Hays, Governor Colyer is a surgeon who has volunteered in conflict zones such as Afghanistan,…

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Mary “Maime” Bassard Douglass

Date: Between 1873 and 1875

This is a photograph of Mary “Maime” Bossard, the second wife of Henry Douglass and 1st cousin of Isadore Bowman Douglass. She was born on May 16, 1855. She married…

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Isadore Bowman Douglass

Date: Between 1858 and 1860

This is a photograph of Isadore Bowman Douglass (1841-1867). She married Henry B. Douglass on July 13, 1858 at West Point. The couple and their three children were stationed at…

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Henry B. Douglass

Date: 1852

This a photograph showing Henry B. Douglass who was born March 9, 1827 at West Point, where his father David Bates Douglass was Professor of Engineering. Henry Douglass graduated from…

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Baseball team in Simpson, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1905

This photograph shows the Simpson, Kansas baseball team dressed in their uniforms with some of the players holding gloves. The coach of the team stands in the back row in…

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Jason Clarke Swayze portrait

Date: Between 1870 and 1877

This is a photograph of Jason Clarke Swayze, 1830-1877. Born in Hope, New Jersey, he learned the printer’s trade under Horace Greeley at the New York Tribune. Swayze married the…

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Jason Clarke Swayze portrait

Date: Between 1862 and 1865

This is a carte-de-visite showing Jason Clarke Swayze in his Civil War uniform. Late in 1860, Swayze went south with his family where is plays with Northern sentiment were not…

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Kate Edwards Swayze portrait

Date: Between 1855 and 1860

This is a photograph of Kate Edwards Swayze, who was born in London, England on November 24, 1834. She married American J. Clarke Swayze on June 22, 1856 in New…

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Kansas Newspaper Union, Shawnee County, Kansas

Date: Between 1880 and 1890

This is a photograph of a newspaper advertisement in the Saturday Evening Lance, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. The advertisement is titled “Kansas Newspaper Union”, showing a building with signage for…