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General Samuel Ryan Curtis
Date: Between 1861 and 1865
This is a photograph of Samuel Ryan Curtis, who was born near Champlain, New York. Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831, and moved to Ohio, where…
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Ford family reunion in Ohio
Date: 1880
This is a photograph of the Ford family reunion in Ohio. The man with the beard, fourth from the front on the right side, is probably Joseph Ford who settled…
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Ira J. Lacock
Date: Between 1884 and 1889
This cabinet card shows Ira J. Lacock (1831-1900), a lawyer from Hiawatha, Kansas. Lacock was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania and graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1856…
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Wild flowers in the Flint Hills
Date: June 1985
This is a slide showing wild flowers in the Flint Hills.
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Group of men in Seneca, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1919
This is a postcard showing a group of men in Seneca, Kansas. They were possibly gathered to work on or discuss roads in their community.
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Walter G. Thiele
Date: Between 1955 and 1957
Here are two photographs of Walter G. Thiele who was born in Washington, Kansas, the son of George and Elizabeth Baumberger Thiele. While attending school, Walter worked in his father’s…
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Clara Curtis’ brother
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
This is a tintype of Clara Curtis’ brother.
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Walter Curtis
Date: Between 1870 and 1879
This is a tintype of Walter Curtis.
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William Foster Means
Date: Between 1894 and 1900
This cabinet card shows William Foster Means (1861-1930), a lawyer from Hiawatha, Kansas. Means, a native of DeKalb County, Missouri, graduated from the University of Missouri in 1885 with a…
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Clara Curtis
Date: Between 1870 and 1875
Here are two tintypes of Clara Curtis.
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Charley Curtis
Date: Between 1865 and 1870
This is a tintype of Charley Curtis as a small boy. We are not able to determine if this is Charles Curtis that represented Kansas in the United States Senate…
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Garfield Park, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 28, 1951
This black and white photograph shows the aftermath of the 1951 flood to Garfield Park in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July caused some of the…
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Garfield Park, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 28, 1951
This black and white photograph shows the aftermath of the 1951 flood to the bathhouse at Garfield Park in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July caused…
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North Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 28, 1951
This black and white photograph shows the aftermath of the 1951 flood at 1526 North Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July caused some…
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Second Delegation of Osage Indians, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1874
This sepia-colored photograph, presented to the Kansas Historical Society on December 5, 1931 by Thomas M. Galey, shows the second delegation of Osage Indians to Lawrence, Kansas. The names of…
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William Allen White
Date: April 1929
This is an autographed photograph of William Allen White. As publisher and editor of the Emporia Gazette newspaper, White gained national fame with his editorial “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”…
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George Thiele
Date: Between 1885 and 1890
This is a tintype showing George Thiele, father of Kansas Supreme Court Justice Walter G. Thiele. George Thiele lived in Washington, Kansas, and owned an abstracting business.
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Major General James B. McPherson, McPherson, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1938
This postcard shows the statue of Major General James Birdseye McPherson in McPherson, Kansas. This bronze monument honors the career of a Union General and the namesake of McPherson, Kansas.…
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Main Street, McPherson, Kansas
Date: 1911
This black and white photograph shows a street scene of storefronts and wagons on Main Street in McPherson, Kansas.
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Main Street, McPherson, Kansas
Date: 1908
This sepia-colored postcard shows a street scene of store fronts and horse-drawn wagons along Main Street in McPherson, Kansas. The following text “Compliments of Albert E. King, McPherson, Kansas” and…
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Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas
Date: 1886
This plat shows the city of Hiawatha in Brown County, Kansas. The map has been scaled one inch to 600 hundred feet and shows blocks of the original city along…
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Walter G. Thiele and Maude Baker Thiele
Date: 1911
This is a photograph of Walter G. Thiele and Maude Baker Thiele. Walter was born in Washington, Kansas, the son of George and Elizabeth (Baumberger) Thiele. Growing up he worked…
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Charles A. and Frank Richard
Date: Between 1897 and 1899
This is a photograph of Charles A. and Frank Richard, the twin sons of Frank and Olive Jane Richard. They lived in Holton and attended Campbell College. Charles A. Richard…
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Frank Richard and Olive Jean Richard with their twin sons
Date: Between 1885 and 1889
This is a photograph of Frank Richard and Olive Jean Richard with their twin sons, Frank and Charles. The photograph was taken in Holton, Kansas.
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Scenes of Sherman County, Kansas
Date: 1890-1930
Multiple scenes of Sherman County, Kansas. In the photograph of lunch time for the harvest crew, Mrs. Ed Chatfield is the woman on the left and Ed Chatfield is the…