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Christian Smith

Date: 1996

Christian Smith of Garfield, Kansas, was a member of the Pawnee Heights High School track team of Rozel, Kansas. He was a four-event winner at the 2002 Kansas State Track…

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William Lewis Davis, World War I soldier

Date: Between 1910 and 1918

This sepia colored postcard shows William Lewis Davis from Winchester, Kansas. Davis enlisted in the Kansas National Guard on June 11, 1917 at Oskaloosa, Kansas. He was one of the…

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Flood in Kansas City, Kansas

Date: May 31, 1903

A sepia colored photo taken from the east side of the Missouri Pacific bridge over the Kansas River. In the background piles of debris are visible in the river as…

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Bullfight

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

This is a photograph showing a bullfight possibly held in Dodge City, Kansas. Visible in the photograph are three bullfighters. If you look closely, the bullfighter shown jumping over a…

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Iowa chiefs

Date: 1869

A group photograph of Iowa chiefs taken in Washington D. C. People in the photograph are: front row (l to r) Ma-hee (Knife); Io-hee (Briar); Chauncy Hobart Norris, Indian agent…

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Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas

Date: November 30, 1956

A series of aerial photographs showing construction of I-70 Interstate west of Gage Boulevard. Also, the areas east of Gage Boulevard to MacVicar Avenue, where I-70 was eventually built. Recognizable…

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Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas

Date: February 27, 1957

A series of aerial photographs showing areas adjacent to the Kansas River, prior to the construction of I-70 Interstate, and east of downtown Topeka. Recognizable sites include: the Kansas River;…

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Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler

Date: 1856

An 1856 cartoon depicting President James Buchanan and Senator Lewis Cass standing on a Democratic platform marked “Kansas”, “Cuba” and “Central America”. They are pulling the hair of a giant…

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John Whitnah Leedy house, Leroy, Kansas

Date: Between 1890 and 1899

This photograph represents the John Whitnah Leedy house in Leroy, Kansas. John W. Leedy was a Populist State Senator from 1893 to 1897, and Kansas Governor from 1897 to 1899.…

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John Whitnah Leedy

Date: Between 1897 and 1899

This photograph is an interior view of the Kansas Governor’s office with Governor John Whitnah Leedy seated at a desk. He was a Populist from Leroy, Kansas, served as state…

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Swimming pool, Fowler, Kansas

Date: Between 1937 and 1939

This is a photograph of the swimming pool at Fowler, Kansas. The pool was built by the Works Progress Administration.

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Benjamin S. Paulen, Kansas Governor

Date: March 17, 1927

This photograph shows Kansas Governor Benjamin S. Paulen seated at his desk, in the governor’s office, to commemorate his signing of the Kindergarten bill. Individuals in the photograph are identified…

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William Bolden Townsend

Date: 1891

This illustration shows William Bolden Townsend, (1854-?), taken from I. Garland Penn’s book “The Afro-American Press”. Townsend born into slavery ,in 1854, near Huntsville, Alabama overcame his humble beginnings to…

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Luke F. Parsons

Date: Between 1880s and 1890s

This black and white photograph shows Luke F. Parsons. Parsons, “a soldier under John Brown”, fought at the Battle of Black Jack near Baldwin City, Kansas on June 2, 1856…

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Luke F. Parsons

Date: February 22, 1909

This sepia colored portrait shows Luke F. Parsons. Parsons, “a soldier under John Brown”, fought at the battle of Black Jack near Baldwin City, Kansas, on June 2, 1856 and…

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Bernice Howe

Date: Between 1905 and 1909

This is a portrait of Bernice Howe, the daughter of Mark Watson and Alice Morrow Howe. Bernice grew up on a farm six miles southeast of Esbon, Kansas.

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Children of Mark Watson Howe

Date: Between 1910 and 1919

This is a portrait of Mark Watson Howe’s children, Bernice, Clifford, and Richard. The family lived near Esbon, Kansas.

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Mark Watson Howe

Date: 1891

This is a portrait of Mark Watson Howe. He was born December 3, 1870, in West Union, Iowa, the son of Fletcher Bowman and Clara Livona McCreery Howe. In 1873,…