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United States sailor
Date: Between 1940 and 1945
These photographs from a glass plate negative show two informal portraits of a United States sailor.
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Raccoon Plaster, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This set of photographs from a glass plate negative show two young men with an automobile, parked on the streets of Lawrence, Kansas, advertising for “Raccoon Plaster”. The product promised…
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Young Uncle Sam
Date: Between 1900 and 1920
This photograph from a glass plate negative shows an informal portrait of a young boy dressed up as Uncle Sam.
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Saddle made by Bill Gomer
Date: 1988
Two color slides showing a custom saddle made by Bill Gomer, who lives in Leavenworth County, Kansas. He has completed more than 300 saddles in his career. Although he continues…
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Unidentified Family
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This photograph from a glass plate negative shows a formal portrait of an unidentified family. Their nationality is unknown but the young woman is wearing a belt that has swastika…
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Haskell Girls’ Breakfast, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1919
This photograph from a nitrate negative shows a group of young ladies gathered for the Haskell Institute breakfast at Lawrence, Kansas.
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Princess Joyful Star and Golden Flower
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This photograph from a glass plate negative shows Princess Joyful Star and Golden Flower wearing Native American dresses adorned with ornamental and detailed needlework.
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Haskell Institute Baseball Team, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1917
This photograph from a glass plate negative shows the baseball team from Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas
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Barbershop, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: Between 1920s and 1930s
This photograph from a nitrate negative shows a young boy receiving a haircut at a barbershop in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Haskell Institute baseball team, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1921
This photograph from a glass plate negative shows Haskell Institute’s baseball team, Lawrence, Kansas.
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African American musicians
Date: Between 1890 and 1919
This photograph, from a glass plate negative, shows a group of African American men holding musical instruments alongside two women and children. Alfred Lawrence’s studio was located in Lawrence, Kansas,…
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Nurses, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1919
This photograph shows nurses providing what appears to be staged medical treatment to patients at an unknown location, in Lawrence, Kansas.
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E. W. Norris service station, Glen Elder, Kansas
Date: Between 1926 and 1930
These twenty-one photographs show the E. W. Norris service station under construction and following completion. Norris hired Frank A. Slack, Beloit, Kansas, to design the service station and Charles Eby…
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Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
Date: 1876
An illustration depicting the Colorado display in the west wing of the Kansas and Colorado Building at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. The illustration was copied from Kansas at the Centennial,…
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Flood Waters in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1951
This black and white photograph shows an unidentified bridge partially submerged under flood waters. The extremely heavy rains during June and July of 1951 caused some of the greatest flooding…
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Flood waters in Topeka, Kansas
Date: 1951
This black and white photograph shows flood waters surrounding the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway’s freight depot in Topeka, Kansas. The extremely heavy rains during June and July of…
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Flooding on the Kansas River, Topeka, Kansas
Date: July 12, 1951
These three black and white photographs show rising flood waters to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge on the Kansas River in Topeka, Kansas. The heavy trains were…
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Dick Bishop riding a bison (buffalo)
Date: May 10, 1961
A photograph showing Dick Bishop from Hugoton, Kansas, riding Grunter a bison (buffalo) in a Santa Fe Trail reride possibly in Council Grove, Kansas, however the location is unconfirmed. The…
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Santa Fe trail reride, Council Grove, Kansas
Date: May 10, 1961
This photograph shows an oxen drawn covered wagon participating in a Santa Fe Trail reride possible in Council Grove, Kansas. The event was part of the Kansas State Centennial.
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Kansas Centennial commemorative postage stamp ceremony, Council Grove, Kansas
Date: May 10, 1961
A photograph showing H. W. Brawley, deputy U. S. Postmaster General, speaking at a ceremony marking the first day mailing of the Kansas Centennial Commemorative postage stamp. The event took…
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Kansas Centennial postage stamp
Date: 1961
A photograph of the Kansas Centennial commemorative postage stamp.
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Track Elevation, Chicago, Illinois
Date: April 14, 1904
This black and white photograph is looking at the south corner of Market Place and 31st Street, during the construction of the Eighteenth Street track elevation project in Chicago, Illinois,…
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Track elevation, Chicago, Illinois
Date: April 14, 1904
This black and white photograph is looking west on 31st Street, during the construction of the Eighteenth Street track elevation project in Chicago, Illinois, by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa…
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Track elevation, Chicago, Illinois
Date: April 14, 1904
This black and white photograph is looking north on Ashland Avenue, during the construction of the Eighteenth Street track elevation project in Chicago, Illinois, by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa…
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Kansas Legislature meeting at First Territorial Capitol, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date: February 22, 1961
Twelve photographs of the Kansas Legislature meeting at the First Territorial Capitol in Fort Riley, Kansas. The event was part of the Kansas Centennial celebration. The First Territorial Capitol was…