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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas
Date: October 1992
This black and white photograph shows a north view of the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Located on twenty acres of land once owned by Cyrus K. Holliday, work began on…
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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas
Date: June 1981
These five black and white photographs (a set of two and a set of three images) show views of the State Capitol Building in Topeka, Kansas. Located on twenty acres…
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A. H. Connelly’s lumber yard, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1887 and 1888
This sepia colored photograph shows a view of A. H. Connelly’s lumber yard at the corner of Eighth and Adams Streets in Topeka, Kansas.
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White House reception for all Kansas tour
Date: December 8, 1927
This panoramic photograph shows members of the 1927 All-Kansas Special tour at a White House reception in Washington, D.C. The two-week tour was sponsored by the Kansas Farmer and featured…
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Scott Kelsey digging potatoes near Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 21, 1912
This photograph shows Scott Kelsey digging potatoes near Topeka, Kansas.
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Kelsey school in Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: 1911
A photograph showing Kelsey school located in the Oakland area of Shawnee County, Kansas. The original photograph is blurry as is the subsequent digital image.
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Scott Kelsey’s home in Oakland, Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: 1911
A photograph showing Scott Kelsey’s home in Oakland, Shawnee County, Kansas.
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Digging potatoes on Melvin Kelsey’s farm in Shawnee County, Kansas
Date: September 1911
These photographs show people digging potatoes on Melvin Kelsey’s farm in Shawnee County, Kansas.
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Santa Fe Watch Company, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1907 and 1910
These five black and white photographs show exterior and interior views of the Santa Fe Watch Company at 106 W Eighth Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. Several images contain phonographic equipment…
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Santa Fe Watch Company, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1912 and 1919
These two black and white photographs show an exterior and an interior view of the Santa Fe Watch Company at 821 Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. It appears to have…
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Santa Fe Watch Company, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1912 and 1919
This black and white photograph shows a group of people in front of the Santa Fe Watch Company at 821 Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. They may be holding oversized…
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Disabled American Veteran’s charity drive, Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1923
This photograph shows the first charity Christmas drive of Topeka’s Chapter #5 Disabled American Veterans group of World War I. The men have been identified from left to right as:…
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Ho! for the new Kansas! The Upper Arkansas Valley. The best thing in the west
Date: September 1876
Promotional flier featuring a map of Kansas titled, “The Finest Climate and Most Prolific Soil in the West.” Map depicts the land granted to the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe…
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Tennis players, Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1890s and 1900s
This black and white photograph shows a group of men dressed in suits holding tennis rackets from Hays, Kansas. The men have been identified from left to right as follows:…
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Gillette & Nicholson lumber yard, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1912
This sepia colored photograph shows delivery wagons in front of the Gillette and Nicholson lumber yard at 100 Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. It was across the street from the…
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Topographic map of the road from Missouri to Oregon
Date: 1846
Part one of an Oregon Trail map compiled by Charles Preuss and based on the field notes and journal of John C. Frémont. It is the first of seven maps…
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Map of the new islands which are called the islands of the West or of the Indies
Date: Between A.D. 1552 and A.D. 1568
Hand-tinted woodcut map of the New World. The map’s text is in Latin, except for a French title that translates as, “Map of the new islands which are called the…
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Profile of a portion of J. C. Hopper’s Great Interstate Canal showing natural reservoirs
Date: 1914 or 1915
This map shows a bird’s-eye view of a landscape near Ness City, Kansas. Printed in three colors, the map includes an inset map at upper right featuring a proposed four-state…
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Government building and post office in Kansas City, Kansas
Date: August 13, 1911
This postcard shows the government building and post office in Kansas City, Kansas. The postcard was sent to Clifford Fullen in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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Post office in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
This postcard shows the U. S. Post Office in Topeka, Kansas.
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Santa Fe hospital in Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1915 and 1920
This postcard shows the Santa Fe Hospital located on 6th Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.
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Santa Fe avenue in Salina, Kansas
Date: October 09, 1938
This postcard shows a birds-eye view of Santa Fe Avenue in Salina, Kansas. Visible is the downtown, with businesses and cars lining the street.
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Jerome Ashby “Rome” Colvin
Date: Between 1890s and 1930s
This political card shows Jerome Ashby “Rome” Colvin as a candidate for sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas. Colvin, (1863-1932), was a livestock merchant and brother- in- law of U.S. Vice-…
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Hays baseball team, Hays, Kansas
Date: Between 1895 and 1905
This is a studio portrait of an early baseball team from Hays, Kansas.
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Ninth Cavalry baseball team, Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas
Date: 1935
This is a photograph of Fort Riley’s all-black Ninth Cavalry baseball team. The team’s uniform features a large “9” on the left side of the jersey, with the abbreviation “CAV”…