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Colton’s North America

Date: 1861

Map of North America identifying countries, states, territories, cities, and rivers. This map is provided through a co-operative project between the Lecompton Historical Society and the Kansas Historical Society. Partial…

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Johnson’s New Military Map of the United States

Date: 1861

Map showing the military forts and posts across the United States. Inset illustrations show waterways located in Baltimore, Washington, D. C., Hampton Roads, Charleston Harbor, Savannah River, Key West, Pensacola…

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Sectional Map of the Territory of Kansas

Date: 1857

A sectional map of Kansas Territory compiled from field notes in the Surveyor General’s Office. County boundaries, cities, rivers, and Indian reservations are identified on the map. This map is…

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Kansas and Nebraska

Date: 1856

Map detailing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and surrounding states. Identified on the map are rivers, Indian lands, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Oregon Trail. This map is…

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Gavin Berberich playing baseball

Date: Between 2005 and 2013

In this set of five photographs, Gavin Berberich of Topeka, Kansas is featured playing baseball at various ages ranging from age 2 through age 10. Four of the photos were…

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Map of the Western States by J. M. Atwood

Date: 1855

Map detailing the counties and cities in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Detailed illustrations of Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, and St. Louis are found in each corner. This…

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Lukas Brennan playing baseball in Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 2011 and 2012

These three photographs from 2011 and 2012 feature Lukas Brennan playing baseball in Topeka, Kansas. Digital reproduction of the photographs was accomplished through a joint project sponsored by the Kansas…

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The United States of America

Date: 1855

A detailed map of the United States of America identifying railroads, rivers, mountains, bodies of water, cities, states, and territories. Kansas is shown in its large territorial size which included…

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Mitchell’s Sectional Map of Kansas

Date: 1859

A sectional map of eastern portions of Kansas Territory. The map was compiled from the field notes in the Surveyor Generals Office by David T. Mitchell, a U. S. Surveyor…

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Worker’s Alliance Lodge group photographs

Date: 1940

These two photographs show the Worker’s Alliance Lodge Meeting at 27 S. Tremont St. in Kansas City, Kansas. Identified are: Charles Northington (man with suspenders), Anna Northington (to his right),…

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Peter Smith store and residence, Cato, Kansas

Date: Between 1950 and 1970

Two photographs showing Peter Smith’s store and residence in Cato, Kansas. The structure had the living quarters on the left with the store on the right. Lodge meetings were held…

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The Frontiersman and the Conquistadors murals

Date: 1999

This is a color transparency showing the Frontiersman and Conquistadors murals on the second floor of the capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. The murals were painted by John Steuart Curry.…

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Kansas Pastoral mural

Date: 1999

This is a color transparency of the Kansas Pastoral mural showing Kansas oil fields and a coyote. It was painted by John Steuart Curry and is on the second floor…