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George Grant

Date: 1871

This is a photograph of George Grant, founder of the Victoria Colony located in Ellis County, Kansas.

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Children’s parade, Garnett, Kansas

Date: Between 1900 and 1919

This black and white photograph shows a group of children gathered on Fourth Avenue in Garnett, Kansas for a possible parade. In the background the storefronts of the Fourth Avenue…

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Alexander Howat

Date: December 31, 1921

A photograph of Alexander Howat, “czar of the Kansas coal fields” copied from Literary Digest. Howat was chiefly responsible for the organization of a powerful and aggressive union for coal…

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Christmas in Silkville

Date: 1889

This photograph was taken of Silkville, Kansas residents at Christmastime. From left to right are Mrs. Lockhart, Mrs. Bitts, and son, Frank Bitts, Mr. Ernest V. de Boissiere, C. Sears,…

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West side of Kansas Avenue

Date: 1879

West side of Kansas Avenue looking south from 5th Street in Topeka, Kansas, 1879. Business buildings include Turn Halle, Jones Brothers Drug Store and a dry goods store. Leonard and…

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Sod house

Date: 1879

This is a sod house built by William A. Watson in Dighton, Kansas, 1879. There are four men in front of the house.

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Abbie Bright

Date: 1870

Abbie Bright at age 22 photographed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Fike and Haynes Farm, Levant, Kansas

Date: July 13, 1910

This black and white photograph shows a group of representatives from the U.S. Government and the State Agricultural Department visiting the Fike and Haynes farm south of Levant, Kansas.