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View of Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Date: 1869

This 1869 view of Alma shows few buildings in the town. This view is from the northeast looking to the southwest. The large white building left of center is the…

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Forest Park, Atchison, Kansas

Date: June 01, 1908

A photograph of the lake, pavilion, and band stand at Forest Park, Atchison, Kansas. The photograph was published by The Union News Company, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Richardson photograph collection

Date: Between 1870 and 1980

Photograph collector, Dennis Richardson of Marysville, Kansas, donated these photographs to the Kansas Historical Society over a number of years. The collection includes many photographs by many different photographers, most…

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Railway trade marks

Date: Between 1950 and 1959

A page from an unidentified publication showing logos for railroads in the United States. On the reverse are outlines of the logos with company names.

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Kansas State University Engineering Advisory Council

Date: October 8, 1993

This is a photograph showing the Kansas State University Engineering Advistory Council. People in the photograph are: front row (left to right) Bill Johnson, Jerome Lavelle, Mark Evans, Christy Bentley,…

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James D. and Nancy J. Dickson’s children

Date: 1880

A photograph showing James D. and Nancy J. Dickson’s children. They are identified as (left to right) Eresa (9), Jemina (19), Albert (16), Rebecca (1) and Luvena (14). The photograph…

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George Henry Lowry

Date: 1890

This is a photograph of George Henry Lowry who was born August 16, 1864, in Middleport, Ohio, and died April 16, 1937, in Wetmore, Kansas. He married Eresa Dickson Lowry…

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Bourgmont’s route to central Kansas

Date: September 15, 1979

Milton Reichart created this map to accompany his article on Etienne de Bourgmont’s route to central Kansas which appeared in the Summer 1979 issue of Kansas History (Vol. 2, no.…

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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company worker

Date: Between 1960s and 1970s

This black and white photograph shows Anita Davis, a hostler helper for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in Los Angeles, California. Hostler helpers are engine service employees…

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Flood scenes in Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1908

These six postcards show the 1908 flood in North Topeka, Kansas. One of the postcards shows the Melan bridge over the Kansas River. Names of several businesses are visible on…

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Lewis Glynn Magouirk

Date: Between 1943 and 1945

this photograph shows Lewis Glynn Magouirk from Cimarron, Kansas, dressed in his Marine Corps uniform. Magouirk served with the 229th Platoon and was stationed in the South Pacific during World…

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Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas

Date: March 29, 1967

Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, sitting at his desk at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of his years of service with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.…

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Lewis Glynn Magouirk

Date: Between 1940 and 1945

These two photographs show Lewis Glynn Magouirk using a pulley tool invented and patented by his father Carl Cecil Magouirk. He is demonstrating how the pulley helped speed up unloading…

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Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas

Date: August 1962

Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal taken at the time of his promotion to Auditor for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Topeka Railroad. Rosenthal was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington,…

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Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas

Date: August 1962

Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal taken at the time of his promotion from Assistant Auditor to Auditor for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Topeka. Rosenthal was born September…

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Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas

Date: September 1954

Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal taken the first day of his arrival in Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Accounts for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. He was born…