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Funeral of Mary Watts, Alma, Kansas
Date: 1894
This view of the funeral flower arrangements for Mary E. Fairfield Watts’ funeral was taken inside the Congregational Church, located at 7th and Ohio Streets in Alma, Kansas. It was…
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Old high school, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1875 and 1876
Photograph of the first high school in Alma, Kansas, located on the northwest edge of town on watertower hill. The school opened on January 18, 1875. The school building had…
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Herrmann Shoe Shop in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1885-1920
Five photographs, including interior and exterior views, of Herrmann Shoe and Harness Shop in Alma, Kansas. Ferdinand Herrmann (1843-1919) owned and operated the shop in the 100 block of West…
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Williams Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science graduating class
Date: 1914
Photograph of students graduating from the Williams Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science. The photograph includes W. C. Hasenbank, a long-time Alma, Kansas undertaker, and Otto Wolgast who operated a…
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Flour mill, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
Two photographs of the old flour mill in Alma, Kansas. When these photographs were taken, the mill operated as part of Mid-Kansas Mills. The mill was located just south of…
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Alma Electric and Ice Plant, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1915
Photograph of the Alma Electric and Ice Plant in Alma, Kansas. The plant was located between 3rd and 4th Streets west of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe depot, between…
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Flooded railroad cars, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Photograph of two Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway cars swept away in flood waters near the Hendricks Creek entry to Mill Creek in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. A mail car…
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John and Emelia Dittman
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
Two photographs of John and Emelia Dittman of Alma, Kansas. In the first photograph, the couple is seen waiting outside the Rock Island depot in Alma. In the second photograph,…
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Interior view of the sheriff’s office, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1935
This is an interior view of the Sheriff’s Office, located in the new Wabaunsee County Courthouse in Alma, Kansas. Sheriff August Thowe is seated at the left with Undersheriff Gus…
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Old courthouse demolition, Alma, Kansas
Date: 1932
This view of the old Wabaunsee County Courthouse dates from May 1932 as the courthouse was being demolished after the construction of the new building. The new courthouse is hidden…
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Congregational Church, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Photograph of the Congregational Church located at the southwest corner of 7th and Ohio Streets in Alma, Kansas.
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Catholic school group in Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
Photograph of a group of children from the Catholic Church posing at Liederkranz Park in Alma, Kansas. Some of the children are identified as Hulda Noller, Bess Wetzel, Tillie Wetzel,…
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School children dressed in costume, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1895
A studio photograph showing a group of children dressed in costumes for a play or performance in Alma, Kansas. Some of the children are identified as Hulda Noller, Arthur Sutherland,…
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Catholic school group in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1903
This is a studio portrait of a group of students and staff from the Catholic School in Alma, Kansas.
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Catholic school group in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1894
This is a photograph of a large group of school children from the Catholic School posing for a studio portrait with their teacher, Miss Paickel, in Alma, Kansas.
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Picnic in Liederkranz Park in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1896
Two photographs of a picnic in Liederkranz Park sponsored by the Catholic Church in Alma, Kansas. In the first photograph, a group of girls in festive attire pose for the…
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Business district, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
View looking east on 3rd Street in Alma, Kansas. Around 1920, the streets were renamed and this became East 4th Street. The Brandt Hotel is visible on the left and…
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Baseball team in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1904
Photograph of members of the 1904 baseball team from Alma, Kansas. Players include George Zahner, Elmer Bartell, M. Norlin, Jimmy Lane, Ralph St. John, John Falk, Roy McMahan, Butch Stuewe,…
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Baseball team in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1894
Photograph of members of the Alma baseball team are seen at this unidentified ball field. Identified are Carey Carroll, Billie Hughes, T. Gregory, Hugo Brandt, John Craft, F. I. Sage,…
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Band in Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Members of the city band pose for this studio portrait in Alma, Kansas. Some of the members are identified as Charles Undorf, Louis Undorf, Eugene Schmitz, Carl Orff, George Falk,…
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Band in Liederkranz Park, Alma, Kansas
Date: 1886
Photograph of fifteen members of a band are seen here at a performance at Liederkranz Park located just outside the west edge of Alma, Kansas.
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Falk family stone house, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1885 and 1890
Photograph of members of the August Falk family seen in front of a two-story stone house in Alma, Kansas. Identified from left are: August Falk, unidentified, Malinda Fix Falk, Henry…
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Travelers Rest boarding house in Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
Photograph of four unidentified individuals posing in front of the Travelers Rest boarding house in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. Boarding houses and private residences boarding individuals were quite common in Alma…
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Telephone switchboard operators in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1905-1915
Photograph of three female employees of the Alma Telephone Exchange taken in the telephone company office on Missouri Street in Alma, Kansas. Identified from left are Ruth Pennock, Josie and…
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Soda shop in Alma, Kansas
Date: 1915-1930
An interior view of an early soda shop in Alma, Kansas. The photograph shows three employees and a female customer. The establishment sold canned and baked goods, cigarettes and cigars,…