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Flood, Manhattan, Kansas

Date: July 13, 1951

An aerial view showing flooding in Manhattan, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is downtown Manhattan, a bridge over the Kansas River, and the Union Pacific Railroad bridge.

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Santa Fe courier nurse

Date: Between 1940s and 1950s

This black and white photograph shows a Santa Fe courier nurse assisting passengers as they board a train. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known…

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Santa Fe courier nurse

Date: Between 1930s and 1940s

This black and white photograph shows a Santa Fe courier nurse with a passenger and her baby. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as…

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Santa Fe courier nurses

Date: Between 1930s and 1940s

This black and white photograph shows a group of Santa Fe courier nurses gathered around the Santa Fe Scout emblem. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered…

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Santa Fe courier nurse

Date: Between 1930s and 1940s

This black and white photograph shows Santa Fe courier nurse Shatusky with passenger Mrs. Smiley and her three children. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses,…

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Santa Fe courier nurse

Date: Between 1930s and 1940s

This black and white photograph shows Santa Fe courier nurse Shatusky with passenger Mrs. Smiley and her three children. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses,…

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Santa Fe courier nurses

Date: Between 1960 and 1969

This black and white photograph shows two Santa Fe courier nurses dressed in turquoise and mesa blue uniforms standing beside the “Hi-Level El Capitan” that traveled between Chicago Illinois and…

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Santa Fe courier nurse

Date: Between 1960 and 1969

This black and white photograph shows a Santa Fe courier nurse talking to passengers in the Hi-Level dome lounge of the El Capitan. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway…

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Midway lunch car, Manhattan, Kansas

Date: Between 1920s and 1930s

This is a black and white photograph of the Midway Lunch car located on the west side of Manhattan, Kansas. It appears to be in some sort of a railroad…

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Kress Department Store, Iola, Kansas

Date: Between 1920s and 1930s

This black and white photograph shows a window display of Valentine’s Day cards and candy at the Kress Department Store at Seventh and South Jefferson Street in Iola, Kansas.

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Scarborough Fountain, Iola, Kansas

Date: Between 1930s and 1940s

A black and white photograph of the Scarborough Fountain in Iola, Kansas. Behind the counter, advertisements for Coca Cola and Sealtest Ice Cream are visible.

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Viola High School football team

Date: October 1917

This is a photograph of the Viola, Sedgwick County, High School football team, Kansas State Champions. Roy Higgs Wasson, 17 years old, is in the first row, fourth person from…

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George and Iva Wasson farm

Date: 1912

This is a photo of the George Tilton & Iva Higgs Wasson farm in Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas. The family moved to the farm from Farmington, Illinois in 1907 when…

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George Wasson and son Roy

Date: Between 1912 and 1917

An oval portrait of George Tilton Wasson and his son Roy H., from Viola, Kansas, taken at the Kansas State Fair.

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Auto races, Belleville, Kansas

Date: 1958

This black and white photograph shows spectators awaiting the start of auto races at the North Central Kansas Free Fair in Belleville, Kansas.

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East Side Cafe, Iola, Kansas

Date: Between 1930 and 1940

This black and white photographs shows patrons gathered around the lunch counter at the East Side Café in Iola, Kansas.

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East Side Cafe, Iola, Kansas

Date: Between 1937 and 1938

This black and white photograph shows the East Side Café in Iola, Kansas. Along the exterior wall of the business, on the left hand side, a movie poster for “The…

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Fairmont ice cream store, Iola, Kansas

Date: 1950s

This black and white photograph shows the Fairmont Ice Cream Store on the corner of South Jefferson Avenue and East Street, in Iola, Kansas. Also visible, is the store front…

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Kansas State Office Building, Topeka

Date: 1965

This black and white photograph shows the Kansas State Office Building in Topeka, Kansas. Construction on the twelve-story building, located at the corner of Tenth Street and Topeka Boulevard, began…