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Johnson’s Cafe, Ozawkie, Kansas

Date: 1946

This black and white photograph shows Lottie Johnson standing outside of the Johnson’s Cafe in Ozawkie, Kansas. The building was later demolished for the construction of the Perry Dam and…

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Park Street, Olathe, Kansas

Date: 1900

This black and white photograph shows business along Park Street in Olathe, Kansas. Some individuals can be seen standing along the sidewalks. The city of Olathe founded, in 1857, is…

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Olathe City Commission, Olathe, Kansas

Date: May 1902

A black and white photograph showing city officials from Olathe, Kansas. On the back of the photograph is a list of those pictured as well as a list of the…

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Swedish Concert Band, Savonburg, Kansas

Date: 1917

A photograph of the Swedish Concert Band, Friends Home Evangelical Lutheran Church, Savonburg, Kansas. Members of the band are: 1. Carroll M. Barsby, 2. Conrad Erickson, 3. Olaf Gerdin, 4.…

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Smith Automobiles, Topeka, Kansas

Date: Between 1902 and 1911

A photograph of the building where the Great Smith automobile was first built. The Great Smith was manufactured by Smith Automobiles. In the early twentieth century, Smith was one of…

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Melvin Brose photograph album

Date: 1945-1952

This photograph album belonging to Melvin Brose visually documents his childhood through high school. The Brose family lived and farmed southwest of Valley Falls, Kansas. Included in the album are…

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Edwin S. Eldridge

Date: Between 1870 and 1879

Photograph of Edwin S. Eldridge, youngest brother of Shalor W. Eldridge, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. He and his brothers built the Eldridge Hotel in Lawrence, which was burned during Quantrill’s…

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Mary S. Eldridge

Date: Between 1875 and 1879

A photograph of Mary Sophia Eldridge, daughter of Colonel Shalor W. and Mary Morton Eldridge of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. She married Oscar E. Learnard in 1882.