Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1912
Florence Palenske was about five years old when this studio portrait was created. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1923
One of two views of Florence Palenske in a park, dated 1923. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1923
One of two views of Florence Palenske in a park, dated 1923. Funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission through the Kansas State Historical Records Advisory Board.
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1886
This is a studio portrait of Louise Gongell, the maternal grandmother of photographer Louis Palenske. Louise and her husband, Jacob, lived with the Palenske family at Alma and are both…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1880
This stereo view card, produced by Louie Palenske in 1880, shows the Davis and Raymond General Merchandise store, located on Main Street in Rico, Colorado. Palenske established his first photography…
Medium: StillImage
Date: after 1914
This view of Louis Palenske seated in his photography studio at McFarland, Kansas, was taken shortly after Palenske opened the business in 1914. Funded by the National Historical Publications and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Around 1907
This photograph postcard shows the high school at Alma, Kansas in the late 1900s. Constructed in 1906, the school opened in 1907. The reverse of the card says “1907 Laura…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1936
This letter, dated April 9, 1936, is from Louis Palenske written to his son and daughter-in-law Victor and Irene Palenske of St. Joseph, Michigan. Palenske tells his son that he…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1930
This is a monograph by Louis Palenske, addressing the Old Santa Fe Trail as it looked in 1930 shortly after the author traveled the length of the trail by car,…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1930-1936
This is a monograph by Louis Palenske, detailing his 1930 trip across the Oregon Trail and California Trail. Along the way, he took many panoramic photographs of the landscape. In…
Medium: StillImage
Date: Unknown
This is an undated three page article by Louis Palenske titled, “The Pony Express.” Palenske was very well-traveled, and he developed a fondness for the American West, the subject of…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1918
This is a gripping autobiographical narrative written by Louis Palenske after leaving Wabaunsee County in search of work. It is entitled, “My Experiances and Observations Since Leaving Wabaunsee Co.” After…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1938
This is an autobiographical manuscript written by Louis Palenske in 1938, detailing his life story. Palenske was born in Kansas Territory, near the present-day location of Alma, Kansas, the son…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1925-1930
This view of the City Park Dam, located on the Neosho River at Burlington, Kansas was created by Louis Palenske with his Korona Panoramic View Camera. Palenske operated a photographic…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske photographed Canyon de Chelly, located in the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, while on a photographic excursion through northern New Mexico and northern Arizona. The Navajo people, and…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
This photograph by Louis Palenske, titled West Entrance to Canyon Fort Defiance was created with his Korona Panoramic View Camera on his photographic excursion across northern New Mexico and northern…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske created this photographic panorama of the Grand Canyon with his Korona Panoramic View Camera while on a photographic excursion across northern New Mexico and northern Arizona. The Grand…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske created this photograph of the Grand Canyon with his Korona Panoramic View Camera while on a photographic excursion across northern New Mexico and northern Arizona. The Grand Canyon…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske created this photograph of Inscription Rock with his Korona Panoramic View Camera while on a photographic excursion across northern New Mexico and northern Arizona. Inscription Rock is now…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
The Little Colorado River canyon is a very deep, narrow gorge formed by the Little Colorado River, a tributary which dumps into the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske created this photograph of Taos Pueblo while on his photographic excursion across northern New Mexico and northern Arizona. Palenske used a Korona Panoramic View Camera to create this…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
This photograph of the Badlands in South Dakota was created by Louis Palenske during one of his two photographic excursions to South Dakota. Palenske took this photo with his Korona…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
This photograph of the Badlands in South Dakota was created by Louis Palenske during one of his two photographic excursions to South Dakota. Palenske took this photo with his Korona…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
This photograph of the Aztec ruins, now known as the Aztec Ruins National Monument, located near the town of Aztec, New Mexico was created by Louis Palenske, using his Korona…
Medium: StillImage
Date: 1928-1938
Louis Palenske photographed the Valmora Sanatorium at Valmora, New Mexico while on a photographic excursion through northern New Mexico and northern Arizona. Palenske created this view using his Korona Panoramic…
