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Doug and Jim Thiessen from Beloit

Date: July 14, 1998

This colored slide shows, (left to right) brothers Doug and Jim Thiessen farmers from Beloit, Kansas, standing in a harvested wheat field.

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Floyd Wallace and Andy Madsen

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

These photographs show two portraits of United States sailors from Rawlins County, Kansas. In the first photograph, Floyd Wallace is dressed in a naval uniform that features a back flap…

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A joyful Easter

Date: Between 1900 and 1914

This German printed postcard wishes “A Joyful Easter” as a young boy dressed in a sailor’s uniform sits on a wooden cage holding a baby chick. Brightly colored eggs and…

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Greetings for Easter

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This colored postcard wishes the best “Greetings for Easter” with two white rabbits surrounded in a gold leaf border.

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Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., Emporia, Kansas

Date: Between 1970 and 1979

This photograph shows an overview of the processing line at the Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. in Emporia, Kansas. The company, founded in 1960 in Denison, Iowa, was the largest meat…

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Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., Emporia

Date: Between 1970 and 1979

This photograph shows workers cutting meat at the Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. in Emporia, Kansas. The company was founded in 1960 in Denison, Iowa. It was the largest meat packing…

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Commanding officer’s quarters, Fort Hays, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1902

This photograph shows the commanding officer’s quarters that was once the residence of Generals Custer, Sheridan, and Forsythe at Fort Hays, Kansas. The building was later occupied by the principal…

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United States sailor

Date: Between 1900s and 1920s

Side-by-side black and white photographs of a United States sailor dressed in the traditional uniform of a back flap and neckerchief.

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Woman musicians

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This black and white photograph from a glass plate negative shows three young women with musical instruments–a harp, flute and violin. On the back of the photograph, “Gorsuch lived 600…

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Frictionless Metal car

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This black and white photograph from a glass plate negative shows a couple standing beside an automobile that is advertising “Frictionless Metal” a perfect bearing metal that was manufactured by…

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Thomas Clayton Nixon

Date: 1884

A portrait of Thomas Clayton Nixon, a successful buffalo hunter and assistant marshal of Dodge City, Kansas. On July 22, 1884, Nixon was killed over a feud, by Mysterious Dave…

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Fitzhugh Lee

Date: Between 1890 and 1895

A portrait of Fitzhugh Lee, nephew of Robert E. Lee and cousin of George Washington Custis Lee. Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate cavalry general in the Civil War, the 40th…