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Buildings in Wichita, Kansas

Date: November 27, 1905

This is a postcard showing three buildings in Wichita, Kansas. The buildings are: Friend’s University, St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Post Office.

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Mine Creek battle site, Linn County, Kansas

Date: Between 1950 and 1980

Four photographs of Samuel Tucker showing points of interest at the Mine Creek battlefield in Linn County, Kansas. On October 25, 1864, on the banks of Mine Creek, two Union…

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Hays House in Council Grove, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1970

Several views of the Hays House in Council Grove, Kansas. The structure was originally known as the Hays Tavern. Seth Hays, Daniel Boone’s great-grandson, built the structure in 1857 to…

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Catholic Cathedral in Wichita, Kansas

Date: October 15, 1908

This is a photograph of an artist’s depiction of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Cathedral in Wichita, Kansas. The postcard was addressed to Miss Laura Wolverton in Batavia, Illinois.

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Wonderland Park in Wichita, Kansas

Date: October 1908

Here are two postcards showing Wonderland Park in Wichita, Kansas. The postcards are addressed to Nellie and Edith Wolverton in Batavia, Illinois.

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Schools in Wichita, Kansas

Date: November 27, 1905

This is a postcard with six images of schools in Wichita, Kansas. The schools are: Mt. St. Mary College, Fairmount College, Lewis Academy, Mt. Carmel Academy, Kellog School, and Washington…

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Emily Morgan

Date: Between 1900 and 1929

These two black and white photographs show Emily Morgan (1878-1960). The first image is Emily’s 1908 graduation from the Methodist Hospital, formally the Ensworth Nurses Training School, in St. Joseph,…

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Kaw Mission in Council Grove, Kansas

Date: 1925

A photograph of the Kaw Mission in Council Grove, Kansas. In 1846, a treaty with the Kaw (or Kansa) gave them a diminished reservation that included the site of present-day…