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William H. R. Lykins

Date: Between 1856 and 1861

A portrait of William H. R. Lykins, the son of Dr. Johnston Lykins and an early Lawrence, Kansas, settler. This photograph is from the Collections of the Kansas State Historical…

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Brinton W. Woodward

Date: Between 1880 and 1890

This is a photograph of Brinton Webb Woodward who came to Lawrence in May, 1855 and opened a drug store that later became Round Corner drug store. Woodward took an…

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Lathrop and Susan Bullene

Date: Between 1885 and 1895

A photograph of Lathrop and Susan Bullene with their grandchildren taken in Lawrence, Kansas. In 1857, Lathrop Bullene (1826-1915), established a fine mercantile business on the corner of Massachusetts and…

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Open pit mining, Pittsburg, Kansas

Date: Between 1920 and 1929

A photograph showing miners posed by a large steam shovel in an open pit mine owned by J. J. Stephenson Coal Company, Pittsburg, Kansas. Horse drawn coal cars and tracks…

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Delma Frasser, Santa Fe courier nurse

Date: Between 1950 and 1959

This black and white photograph shows chief Santa Fe courier nurse Delma Fraser. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger…

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Alfred Fairfax

Date: Between 1889 and 1890

A portrait of Alfred Fairfax, a politician, farmer and pastor of the New Hope Baptist Church in Parsons, Kansas, who resided near Peru, Kansas. He achieved political distinction in 1888…

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Topeka flood of 1951

Date: 1951

View of building washed off foundation and lying on top of railroad tracks during the 1951 flood that devastated many areas of Topeka.

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August Bondi

Date: Between 1895 and 1907

A portrait of August Bondi, who came to Kansas in May, 1855, and in the fall of that year, he became acquainted with John Brown. Bondi settled in Lawrence and…