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Western Seed House, Salina, Kansas

Date: 1867

This postcard promoting Western Furniture Exchange shows an early view of Salina, Kansas. The business, located on North Fifth Street in Salina, Kansas advertised new and used books for “winter…

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Land auction Hedville, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

This photograph show a large group of people gathered, possibly for a land auction in Hedville, Kansas. Two buggies are visible in the foreground. In the background are many trees…

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Jewell County glass plate negatives

Date: Between 1900 and 1910

This is a collection of thirty glass plate negatives showing unidentified farms, children, a school group, homes, and people, possibly taken in Jewell County. Also shown are a telephone operator,…

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Persian Gulf War scenes

Date: 1991

Various photographs of United States troops in Kuwait in 1990-1991 during Operation Desert Storm. Photographs 1 through 5 show images of a First Infantry band, Operation Desert Storm, 1991; photographs…

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Horse drawn streetcar, Strong City, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1910

This is a photograph showing the Consolidated Street Railway Company’s horse drawn streetcar, which operated between Strong City and Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.

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Dam construction, Shawnee County, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This photograph shows workers building a dam beside a wooden railroad bridge over the river in Shawnee County, Kansas. They are moving blocks of limestone with cranes and pulleys. Building…

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Dam construction, Shawnee County, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This photograph shows men working on a dam beside a wooden railroad bridge over a river in Shawnee County, Kansas. A small steamboat and barges are carrying materials on the…

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John Fenton Pratt ranch, Sheridan County, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This photograph shows a herd of sheep in front of the John Fenton Pratt ranch near Studley, Sheridan County, Kansas. Cottonwood Ranch was added to the National Register of Historic…