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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1940

This black and white photograph shows the preliminary sketches for the statehouse mural entitled “Kansas Pastoral” by Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry, (1897-1946). Located on the west wall of the…

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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1940

This black and white photograph shows the preliminary work on a portion of the statehouse mural entitled “Tragic Prelude” by Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry, (1897-1946). Located north of the…

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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1940

This black and white photograph shows the preliminary sketches by Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry, (1897-1946), for the rotunda at the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The sketches are a reflection…

Medium: StillImage

Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1940

This black and white photograph shows the preliminary sketches by Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry, (1897-1946), for the rotunda at the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The sketches are a reflection…

Medium: StillImage

Charles Monroe Sheldon

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

This is a portrait of Reverend Charles Monroe Sheldon, pastor of Central Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas. In the fall of 1896, Reverend Sheldon introduced a sermon story entitled “In His…

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Charles Monroe Sheldon

Date: Between 1895 and 1899

This is a photograph of a sketch of Reverend Charles Monroe Sheldon, pastor of Central Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas. In the fall of 1896, Reverend Sheldon introduced a sermon story…

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Mary Elizabeth Lease

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

A drawing of Mary Elizabeth Lease, a Populist, lawyer, and experienced orator. She is reported to have said that farmers should raise “less corn and more hell.” More an agitator…

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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1940

This black and white photograph shows the preliminary sketches by Regionalist artist John Steuart Curry, (1897-1946), for the rotunda at the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. The sketches were a reflection…

Medium: StillImage

Women in a rowboat, Finney County, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This photograph shows three women in a row boat on a body of water in Finney County, Kansas. The women in the row boat are wearing dresses and hats. Also…

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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1947

This black and white photograph shows the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Located on twenty acres of land once owned by Cyrus K. Holliday, work began on October 17, 1866 when…

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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1947

This night view shows the front entrance to the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Located on twenty acres of land once owned by Cyrus K. Holliday, work began on October 17,…

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Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1947

This night view shows the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Located on twenty acres of land once owned by Cyrus K. Holliday, construction began on October 17, 1866, when the cornerstone…

Medium: StillImage

Capitol, Topeka, Kansas

Date: 1945

This night view shows the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Located on twenty acres of land once owned by Cyrus K. Holliday, work began on October 17, 1866, when the cornerstone…

Medium: StillImage

Garden City water tower, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

The photograph shows the city water works for Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. The main focus of the photograph is the city water tower. The photograph also shows some other…

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Ranch, Finney County, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1900

This photograph shows a ranch, possibly the Mitchell ranch, in Finney County, Kansas. The photo shows cattle in a field and a large hay stack.