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When the Boys Came Marching Home

Date: Between 1899 and 1900

Postcard image of troops marching in a parade, Iola. This is probably the 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry who had returned from the Philippines after the Spanish-American War.

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President Taft’s Visit to Iola, Kansas

Date: September 25, 1911

Postcard image of U. S. President William H. Taft’s visit to Iola. He is standing at the back of a train car speaking to the people gathered at the train…

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Northrup Store, Iola, Kansas

Date: Between 1880 and 1886

Card photo of the Northrup store in Iola. The men standing under the Emporium sign are (left to right): Will Northrup, possibly W. A. Cowan, and O. P. (Lon) Northrup.…

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Walter Pearce Hull, Colony, Kansas

Date: Between 1894 and 1898

Cabinet card photo of Walter Pearce Hull, an amateur photographer. At the time this photo was taken, he was the manager of Northrup Store in Colony.

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Airplane, Iola, Kansas

Date: Between 1905 and 1911

Postcard image of an airplane flying over Iola. The event is possibly an exhibition held at the fair grounds at the Allen County fair in 1911, where a Strobel aviator…

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Wesley Benjamin Milberger

Date: 1914

This is a photograph of Wesley Benjamin Milberger, the son of Henry B. Milberger and Amalia (Mollie) Rein Milberger. He was born June 8, 1913, in Russell County, Kansas.